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Polish President Andrzej Duda vetoes law placing Supreme Court under power of ruling party
President of Poland Andrzej Duda promised to veto the Senate's plans to change the arrangement of the country's Supreme Court. The new law, which passed 55 to 23, would place the selection of judges in the hands of the ruling political party, the Law and Justice Party (PiS).
Anthony Scaramucci leaves role as US White House communications director after ten days
United States president Donald Trump dismissed Anthony Scaramucci from his role as White House communications director on Monday. Scaramucci had only held the position for ten days but had already received criticism after a profanity-laced phone call to a reporter from The New Yorker. President Trump forced Scaramucci's resignation after his new Chief of Staff, General John Kelly, made the decision, The New York Times reported. General Kelly replaced Reince Priebus who resigned on Friday.
British dancer and talent show winner Robert Anker dies in car accident aged 27
Robert Anker, a British dancer and member of troupe Diversity when they won the 2009 season of Britain's Got Talent, died in a car accident in Canada on Thursday. Anker died after a collision between his Chevrolet Cobalt and a Ford pick-up truck. The accident occurred in Vaughan, Ontario at around 6:00 AM Thursday morning, local time. Anker, who moved to Canada last year, was 27 years old.
Publisher withdraws book about Nelson Mandela's final days after family complaint
A book about Nelson Mandela's final days was withdrawn on Monday by publisher Penguin Random House South Africa after a complaint by Mandela's family. Mandela's Last Years was released on July 18, which is Nelson Mandela Day, and was written by the former South African President's physician, Dr. Vejay Ramlakan.
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... that the United States Marine Corps tiara (pictured) was designed by the New York fashion house Mainbocher?
... that Prince Știrbei, the Romanian arts patron, buried sculptor Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux in Courbevoie, then fought over the remains with Carpeaux's widow?
... that "Denes nad Makedonija" was chosen to be the national anthem of the Republic of Macedonia, even though it finished runner-up in a contest held soon after independence in 1991?
... that in a pioneering study, American pedagogue Florence E. Bamberger quantified the effects of book design on stimulating a child's interest in reading?
... that one of the largest colonies in England of the rare sea aster mining bee is in an artificial mound of sand?
... that those implicated in the 1957 alleged coup attempt against King Hussein of Jordanwere later pardoned and given senior posts in the government?
... that at age 18, Daniel Schiebeler wrote the libretto for an opera by Telemann based on an episode from Cervantes' Don Quixote, which he could read in Spanish?
... that people may be fined US$250,000 for importing monkey meat into the United States?
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In the news
Polish President Andrzej Duda vetoes law placing Supreme Court under power of ruling party
President of Poland Andrzej Duda promised to veto the Senate's plans to change the arrangement of the country's Supreme Court. The new law, which passed 55 to 23, would place the selection of judges in the hands of the ruling political party, the Law and Justice Party (PiS).
Anthony Scaramucci leaves role as US White House communications director after ten days
United States president Donald Trump dismissed Anthony Scaramucci from his role as White House communications director on Monday. Scaramucci had only held the position for ten days but had already received criticism after a profanity-laced phone call to a reporter from The New Yorker. President Trump forced Scaramucci's resignation after his new Chief of Staff, General John Kelly, made the decision, The New York Times reported. General Kelly replaced Reince Priebus who resigned on Friday.
British dancer and talent show winner Robert Anker dies in car accident aged 27
Robert Anker, a British dancer and member of troupe Diversity when they won the 2009 season of Britain's Got Talent, died in a car accident in Canada on Thursday. Anker died after a collision between his Chevrolet Cobalt and a Ford pick-up truck. The accident occurred in Vaughan, Ontario at around 6:00 AM Thursday morning, local time. Anker, who moved to Canada last year, was 27 years old.
Publisher withdraws book about Nelson Mandela's final days after family complaint
A book about Nelson Mandela's final days was withdrawn on Monday by publisher Penguin Random House South Africa after a complaint by Mandela's family. Mandela's Last Years was released on July 18, which is Nelson Mandela Day, and was written by the former South African President's physician, Dr. Vejay Ramlakan.
Did you know...
US Marine Corps tiara
... that Prince Știrbei, the Romanian arts patron, buried sculptor Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux in Courbevoie, then fought over the remains with Carpeaux's widow?
... that "Denes nad Makedonija" was chosen to be the national anthem of the Republic of Macedonia, even though it finished runner-up in a contest held soon after independence in 1991?
... that in a pioneering study, American pedagogue Florence E. Bamberger quantified the effects of book design on stimulating a child's interest in reading?
... that one of the largest colonies in England of the rare sea aster mining bee is in an artificial mound of sand?
... that those implicated in the 1957 alleged coup attempt against King Hussein of Jordanwere later pardoned and given senior posts in the government?
... that at age 18, Daniel Schiebeler wrote the libretto for an opera by Telemann based on an episode from Cervantes' Don Quixote, which he could read in Spanish?
... that people may be fined US$250,000 for importing monkey meat into the United States?
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