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13/03/2023

Actor James Martin was serenaded by the audience at the Academy Awards on his 31st birthday as the film he starred in picked up an Oscar.

Northern Ireland film An Irish Goodbye won best live action short film at Sunday night's ceremony.

Martin, who has Down's syndrome, said he planned to bring the award home to his drama group in Belfast

13/03/2023

The Nobel Prize-winning Japanese author Kenzaburo Oe has died at the age of 88.

Strongly influenced by French and American literature, he was known for his powerful accounts of the atomic bombing of Japan and coping with his son, who has learning difficulties.

He won the Nobel Literature Prize in 1994, with judges praising his "darkly poetic" novels for their "disconcerting picture of the human predicament"

10/03/2023

The high seas were granted protected status
A historic pledge to safeguard the world’s oceans has been agreed by UN member states after a whopping two decades of talks.

10/03/2023

Deborah Meaden is an entrepreneur who rose to fame as the first female investor on Dragons’ Den. She was born in Somerset, raised by a single mother, and left school at 16 to start launching businesses, ranging from amusement arcades to holiday parks to textile mills. She lives in an ancient Somerset farmhouse with Paul, her partner of 40 years, and has five horses

09/03/2023

Tsai plans to meet U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in the United States, according to sources, and McCarthy confirmed to U.S. media this week he would meet her this year.

China, which views Taiwan as its own territory, said on Wednesday it was "seriously concerned" by Tsai's "transit" plans and had asked Washington for clarification.

09/03/2023

Orban said in a speech last month, defending the legislation: "Gender propaganda is not just ... rainbow chatter, but the greatest threat stalking our children. We want our children to be left alone .... This kind of thing has no place in Hungary, and especially not in our schools."

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