An evening performance of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera ‘Sadko’ at the Bolshoi took a tragic turn on Saturday, when a heavy stage decoration hit a performer on the head. The accident occurred immediately after the opera began, according to several reports. “Nobody had time to sing. The overture had only finished …
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Saakashvili’s coming to Georgia was widely perceived as a game of dare with the authorities, as he had several convictions in absentia on charges of abuse of power. However, Georgian Dream leader Irakli Kobakhidze said the police had a more urgent reason for detaining the controversial politician, as he had …
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“O Rosemary, Rosemary! Wherefore art thou Rosemary?” It’s probably the most famous love story ever told, William Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’. You know, star-crossed lovers and all that. A tragic love, because Romeo and Juliet were members of opposing noble Italian families in 13th-century Verona. I don’t know what’s more …
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CeCe Telfer will not be able to compete in the women’s 400-meter hurdles due to World Athletics guidelines which set requirements for athletes to be eligible for the summer Olympics, according to the Associated Press. In 2019, the organization closed international women’s events from 400 meters to a mile to any …
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The Russian president gave little away while speaking to journalists after the head-to-head came to an end, praising Biden as a “statesman” and saying the talks were constructive. The US leader, however, sent more mixed messages, announcing that there is now a “genuine prospect to significantly improve relations” with Moscow, …
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Biden will speak to reporters at a conference held nearby, while Putin is addressing the cameras from inside Villa la Grange, the stately manor in the Swiss city where the summit was held. The two leaders spoke for around 90 minutes in a slimmed-back format, with only Russian Foreign Minister …
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Senate Bill 7 (SB7) would enact a major overhaul of the electoral process in Texas. Written along lines not unlike those of similar bills passed in Georgia and Florida, it became a focal point for partisan clashes on the state and federal levels. Republicans said the reform was meant to …
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According to the TASS news agency, about 100 people from various far-right nationalist groups participated in a celebration of the military division’s 77th anniversary. In response to the march, the country’s second largest parliamentary grouping ‘Opposition Platform – For Life’ asked for a “tough reaction” against the Nazis, and demanded …
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Some 20 people gathered in the center of the French capital this weekend, Le Parisien reported. The artists expressed their anger at the government for apparently not paying enough attention to their industry during the pandemic. Slogans such as “theft of culture” and “we are going to die, but not on stage” could be …
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Design Foundry, a firm based in Maryland, has come forward to say they “had no idea” their stage layout for the conservative conference held last week in Orlando, Florida resembled the Othala Rune, a symbol found on Nazi uniforms. “There was no need to jump the gun on this, companies …
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