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This Happened — February 5: Birth Of Cristiano Ronaldo
Updated Feb. 5, 2024 at 12:10 p.m.On this day in 1985, football star Cristiano Ronaldo was born. Get This Happened straight to your inbox ✉️ each day! Sign up here. Who is Cristiano Ronaldo?Cristiano...
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Blinken Back To MidEast, El Salvador's Bukele Re-elected, Grammy History
👋 Salibonani!* Welcome to Monday, where U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken heads back to the Middle East amid new strikes against Houthi missiles in Yemen, El Salvador’s president claims a...
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This Happened - February 6: Bob Marley Is Born
Updated Feb. 6, 2024 at 12:30 p.m.On this day in 1945, Bob Marley was born. He is considered one of the most influential musicians of all time. Get This Happened straight to your inbox ✉️ each day!...
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Blinken Tries Again, King’s Cancer “Caught Early,” One Year Since Turkey...
👋 Ki kati!* Welcome to Tuesday, where U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Egypt to try to broker a ceasefire as fighting rages on in Gaza, UK’s Prime Minister says the King’s cancer was...
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This Happened - February 7: The Beatles Invade New York
Updated Feb. 7, 2024 at 11:30 a.m.On this day in 1964, the Beatles landed in New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport to start their first U.S. tour — it would change the music industry forever. Get This...
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Hamas Ceasefire Proposal, New Strikes Across Ukraine, Australia’s Right To...
👋 Yáʼátʼééh!*Welcome to Wednesday, where Hamas is proposing a three-part ceasefire plan, Chile’s former President Sebastian Pinera dies in a helicopter crash and Australians are about to be allowed to...
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Russia's New "Hybrid" Grom Missile Becoming Key To Air Attacks On Ukraine
This article was updated on February 7, 2024 at 3 p.m..Russia has stepped up its air attacks on major Ukrainian cities, Russian Air Forces bombarded a residential quarter of the Ukrainian city of...
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Taranto: Between Jobs And Environment, North And South, Past And Future
Taranto is sick. This city of 190,000 in Italy's southern Puglia region is sick from a virtually permanent state of economic crisis and runaway unemployment; it's sick from the polluted sea and...
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This Happened—February 8: NASDAQ Is The New Stock Market In Town
Updated Feb. 8, 2024 at 1:00 p.m.On this day in 1971, NASDAQ, the world's first electronic stock market was created in New York City. Get This Happened straight to your inbox ✉️ each day! Sign up...
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No Gaza Ceasefire In Sight, One Full Year Of +1.5 °C, Sexiest Accent
👋 Bunâ!*Welcome to Thursday, where Gaza truce talks are back to square one after Netanyahu refuses Hamas’ terms, the world exceeds its 1.5 °C climate change limit across a full year for the first...
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For A Gaza Truce, Hostages Remain The Hardest Question
CAIRO — There are details about security arrangements. There's the question of how long a ceasefire would last. There are the old blueprints for Palestinian statehood being dusted off. Even with...
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This Happened—February 9: Britain Invades Benin In "Punitive Expedition"
Updated Feb. 9, 2024 at 11:00 a.m.The invasion of Benin, also known as the Punitive Expedition, took place on this day in 1897 by an expeditionary force sent by the British government. Get This...
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Worldcrunch Magazine #70 — The Specter Of Famine
Here's the latest edition of Worldcrunch Magazine, a selection of our best articles of the week from top international journalists, produced exclusively in English for Worldcrunch readers. >>...
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New Israeli Strikes On Gaza, Putin’s Tucker Carlson Interview, Lunar Year...
👋 Ko na mauri!*Welcome to Friday, where Israel launches new airstrikes on Gaza hours after Joe Biden called the response to Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack “over the top,” Vladimir Putin defends his actions in...
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The Limits Of Herbal Medicine
“Dottoré, I don't want to take the medicine. Shouldn’t I be free to decide that for myself?”This question holds everything I resent the most about my work.At this point, I know I have to look the...
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Le Weekend: Piano Vertical, Camels On Netflix, Waze Of Skiing
Feb. 10-11Anti-gay hatred in RussiaTaylor-mania in TokyoFarmers to the cops’ rescue… and much more.🎲 OUR WEEKLY NEWS QUIZ1. Rejecting Hamas’ offer for a Gaza ceasefire, what did Benjamin Netanyahu...
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This Happened — February 10: Kasparov v. I.BM. Deep Blue
Updated Feb. 10, 2024 at 1:45 pmOn this day in 1996, Russian Chess Grandmaster Kasparov lost his first chess game to IBM’s chess computer Deep Blue. Get This Happened straight to your inbox ✉️ each...
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This Happened - February 12: Milosevic On Trial
Updated Feb. 12, 2024 at 12:10 p.m.On this day, 21 years ago, the trial of Slobodan Milošević began in the Hague, Netherlands. Get This Happened straight to your inbox ✉️ each day! Sign up here. Who...
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Israel’s Deadly Hostage Rescue, Pakistan Limbo, Kansas City & Ivory Coast
👋 Sannu!*Welcome to Monday, where dozens are killed in an airstrike on Rafah that served as cover for Israel to free two hostages, coalition talks start in Pakistan amid uncertain election results,...
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