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Europe · ChautauquaAn Associated Press reporter witnessed a man storm the stage at the Chautauqua Institution and begin punching or stabbing Rushdie. The author was taken or fell to the floor, and the man was restrained. Rushdie's book The Satanic Verses has been banned in Iran since 1988, as many Muslims consider it to be blasphemous.See the Story
Author Salman Rushdie attacked on stage at event in New York
42% Center coverage: 337 sources
Europe · WashingtonA delegation of American lawmakers is visiting Taiwan just 12 days after a visit by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that angered China. The five-member delegation is led by Democratic Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts. They will meet senior leaders to discuss U.S.-Taiwan relations. China responded to Pelosi’s visit by sending missiles, warships and warplanes into the seas and air around Taiwan.See the Story
US lawmakers visiting Taiwan 12 days after Pelosi visit
46% Center coverage: 152 sources
Europe · MoscowThe defence team of Brittney Griner, the U.S. basketball star jailed for nine years in Russia on drugs charges, has appealed against her conviction for narcotics possession and trafficking. Griner jailed for nine years in Russia on drugs charges. Griner was arrested at a Moscow airport on Feb. 17 after cannabis-infused vape cartridges were found in her luggage. She pleaded guilty to the charges but said she had made an "honest mistake." The US government says Griner was wrongfully detained. It has offered to exchange her for Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer serving a 25-year prison sentence in the United States.See the Story
Brittney Griner defence team appeals against Russian drugs conviction
54% Center coverage: 142 sources
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Corruption · Suwon-SiSouth Korea’s president will formally pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong, one year after he was released on parole from a prison sentence for bribing former President Park Geun-hye as part of the massive corruption scandal that toppled Park’s government, the justice minister announced Friday. The pardon is largely symbolic, with Lee already out on parole after serving 18 months in jail for bribery relating to his time leading the world's biggest smartphone and memory-chip maker. Lee's crimes were directly tied up in the corruption scandal that led to the imprisonment of former president Park Geun-Hye, in office from 2013-2017.See the Story
South Korea to pardon Samsung’s Lee, other corporate giants
56% Center coverage: 58 sources
Europe · ParisFrench cartoonist Jean-Jacques Sempe, known for his illustrations for the "Le Petit Nicolas" ("Little Nicolas") children's book series, died on Thursday. Sempe's wife, Martine Gossieaux Sempe told the AFP news agency about his passing. "Little Nicolas," a national treasure in France, didn't find immediate success when it was first published in 1959. Today, the books are international best-sellers, with more than 15 million copies sold in 45 countries.See the Story
French cartoonist Sempe, famous for New Yorker covers, dies age 89
46% Left coverage: 24 sources
Terrorist Attack · JeddahA man wanted by security officials in Saudi Arabia has killed himself. Abdullah bin Zayed al-Shehri detonated the bomb belt to avoid arrest. Four others were wounded in the blast in the city of Jeddah. The kingdom has battled al-Qaida and Islamic State militants.See the Story
Terrorism suspect blew himself up in Jeddah, injuring four, Saudi media says
38% Center coverage: 13 sources
Aung San Suu KyiAustralian economist Sean Turnell is detained in Myanmar on charges of violating a law on official secrets. He has pleaded not guilty in a closed court, Australian broadcaster ABC said on Friday. Turnell had testified in court for the first time since his arrest shortly after the military coup last year.See the Story
Australian held in Myanmar pleads not guilty in closed court
71% Right coverage: 7 sources
Europe · Zaporizhzhia"I do not believe there would be a total of more than 2,200 people in the audience" "I don't know how long it would take to go from here to there" "There is no way of knowing how long the audience would have to wait to find out" "It would take a long time for us to get to the point where we know what to do" "We don't want to know what it would be like to have to go to that many people to get there and back" "If you want to see what it is like to be there, you have to be able to see it"See the Story
Factbox: The vast nuclear plant in the eye of the war in Ukraine
Coverage: 5 sources
Pandora shares fall on disappointing U.S. sales
67% Center coverage: 3 sources
Dennis Uy’s Dito CME bleeds P15.4 billion, brushes off debt jitters
100% Left coverage: 1 sources
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ReligionI attended a Catholic school for 13 years. I can confidently attest that my Catholic school allowed me to grow in a multitude of aspects, but it had just missed the particular one it had hoped to nurture above everything else: my relationship with God. I've even come to discern that I am bound to some of my closest friends because for over a decade we collectively bore the brunt of suffocating practices.See the Story
[New School] Studying in a Catholic school made me resent religion
100% Left coverage: 1 sources
