Norway's King Harald V died on Friday at age 89, the palace in Oslo announced. He reigned for 35 years and was Europe's oldest reigning monarch. His son, Crown Prince Haakon, succeeds him. The succession has drawn attention to Haakon's wife, Crown Princess Mette-Marit, who corresponded with late US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein between 2011 and 2014, long after his conviction.
BBC News – World BBC News – World Norway's King Harald V died on Friday at age 89, the palace in Oslo announced. He reigned for 35 years and was Europe's oldest reigning monarch. His son, Crown Prince Haakon, succeeds him. The succession has drawn attention to Haakon's wife, Crown Princess Mette-Marit, who corresponded with late US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein between 2011 and 2014, long after his conviction.
NPR – World A glacial collapse triggered catastrophic floods along the Nepal-Tibet border, leaving the death toll nearing 400 and about 1,400 people missing, according to the latest reports. The US Geological Survey said the disaster was caused by a glacial collapse that unleashed a vast flow of icy debris. Earlier reports cited lower confirmed deaths and varying numbers of missing people, including hundreds of tourists and locals.
NYTimes – US Jurors began deliberations in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, a former labor and delivery nurse accused of killing her three children in January 2023. Clancy has pleaded not guilty to three counts of first-degree murder. Her defense argues postpartum psychosis made her not criminally responsible, while prosecutors accused her of "extreme atrocity and cruelty."
NYTimes – US President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the federal government to rename Lake Ontario as "Lake America." The move comes amid an escalating U.S.-Canada trade dispute and follows the collapse of trade talks between the two countries last week. Trump also repeated his criticism that Canada "treats us very badly."
Sky News – World UEFA says it is preparing a criminal complaint in Swiss courts against FIFA president Gianni Infantino over alleged criminal mismanagement tied to his failed plan to sell future World Cup profits to private investors. The complaint concerns the scrapped FIFA Forward Enterprise plan, and UEFA has applied for the release of related documents.
The Kennedy Center's board of trustees voted earlier this month to add inscriptions recognizing President Trump to the building's facade, and a judge is now considering the push. NPR's Steve Inskeep discussed the board's campaign with Washington Post culture critic Philip Kennicott.
Sky News – UK Sally-Anne Bowen, 65, a former chemistry teacher at Christ's College in Finchley, north London, has been convicted at Harrow Crown Court of seven counts of indecent assault against two teenage pupils at the all-boys school in the late 1980s.
The latest GTA game is scheduled to drop on Nov. 19, more than 13 years after the last installment was released.
BBC News – World Peter Cullen, the Montreal-born actor who voiced Optimus Prime in Transformers and Eeyore in Disney’s Winnie the Pooh franchise, has died aged 85. His agent and family confirmed the death, which occurred on Wednesday. Cullen also voiced KARR in Knight Rider and the monster in Predator, and began his career on Canadian TV and radio.
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BBC News – Science & Environment A glacial collapse triggered catastrophic floods along the Nepal-Tibet border, leaving the death toll nearing 400 and about 1,400 people missing, according to the latest reports. The US Geological Survey said the disaster was caused by a glacial collapse that unleashed a vast flow of icy debris. Earlier reports cited lower confirmed deaths and varying numbers of missing people, including hundreds of tourists and locals.
