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Mexican president celebrates Fátima Bosch’s Miss Universe 2025 win
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum celebrated Friday the victory of Fátima Bosch Fernández of Mexico as Miss Universe 2025, applauding her as an example for women. Bosch’s win the previous night in Thailand was a vindication after the 25-year-old was scolded by the Thai national director earlier in the competition. Bosch walked ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nobel laureate Han Kang’s first nonfiction book in English to be released next spring
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Nobel laureate Han Kang’s first book of nonfiction to come out in English will be released next spring. The Korean author’s “Light and Thread” is scheduled to be published March 24 by Penguin Random House imprints in the U.S., the United Kingdom and other English-speaking regions. Published in Korean this year ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!2 robbers overpower a guard and steal dozens of ancient gold coins from a Swiss museum
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
GENEVA (AP) — Swiss authorities were searching Friday for two robbers who overpowered a security guard at an ancient Rome-themed museum in Lausanne, smashed a display case and made off with dozens of gold coins that had been displayed inside. City police said the suspects had purchased tickets and waited until other visitors had left ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Eurovision plans changes to voting, security after allegations of Israeli government ‘interference’
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
GENEVA (AP) — Organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest announced plans to change the voting system of the popular musical extravaganza to ensure fairness, a move that follows allegations of “interference” by Israel’s government. The European Broadcasting Union, a Geneva-based union of public broadcasters that runs the event, said Friday that the changes were “designed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mexico’s bullied pageant contestant gets payback by capturing Miss Universe crown
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
BANGKOK (AP) — Fátima Bosch Fernández of Mexico was crowned Miss Universe 2025 on Friday, a dramatic victory for a 25-year-old at the center of the turbulent 74th staging of the popular beauty pageant in Bangkok who stood up to public bullying from one of the hosts. The first runner-up was 29-year old Praveenar Singh ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Paul McCartney to play Hamilton tonight as arena reopens
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
HAMILTON — Paul McCartney is due to take the stage in Hamilton tonight, wrapping the three Canadian dates on his lengthy Got Back tour. The 83-year-old former Beatle is the reopening act at the newly renovated TD Coliseum, formerly known as FirstOntario Centre. The last time McCartney played the Hamilton venue was in 2016. McCartney’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Miss Mexico is crowned Miss Universe at a pageant where she stood up to a host’s bullying
By Canadian Press on November 20th, 2025
BANGKOK (AP) — Fátima Bosch Fernández of Mexico was crowned Miss Universe 2025 on Friday, a dramatic victory for a 25-year-old at the center of the turbulent 74th staging of the popular beauty pageant in Bangkok who stood up to public bullying from one of the hosts. The first runner-up was 29-year old Praveenar Singh ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Photos show the Miss Universe pageant in Nonthaburi, Thailand
By Canadian Press on November 20th, 2025
NONTHABURI, Thailand (AP) — Photo highlights of the Miss Universe competition taking place in Nonthaburi, Thailand. ___ This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors. Sakchai Lalit, The Associated Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Rental Family’ spotlights real-life Japanese businesses that offer fill-in relatives, friends
By Canadian Press on November 20th, 2025
TOKYO (AP) — Ryuichi Ichinokawa’s life could be right out of the movie “Rental Family” as the founder nearly two decades ago of the Heart Project business in Japan, which he bills as a surrogate attendance service complete with furnishing of extras and family members. He has hired dozens of people to act like reporters ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!$54.7M sale of Frida Kahlo self-portrait breaks auction record for female artists
By Canadian Press on November 20th, 2025
A 1940 self-portrait by famed Mexican artist Frida Kahlo sold Thursday for $54.7 million at a New York art auction and became the top sale price for a work by any female artist. The painting of Kahlo asleep in a bed — titled “El sueño (La cama)” or in English, “The Dream (The Bed)” — ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!$54.7M sale of Frida Kahlo self-portrait shatters auction record for female artists
By Canadian Press on November 20th, 2025
A 1940 self-portrait by famed Mexican artist Frida Kahlo sold Thursday for $54.7 million at a New York art auction and became the top sale price for a work by any female artist. The painting of Kahlo asleep in a bed — titled “El sueño (La cama)” or in English, “The Dream (The Bed)” — ... Read More »
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