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On July 20, American actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner, known for portraying Theo Huxtable in The Cosby Show, drowned while on a family holiday in Cocles, Limón, Costa Rica. His death was verified by the nation's Judicial Investigation Department (OIJ). He was 54 years old. According to the OIJ, Warner was pulled out by the current while swimming at Playa Grande. Although he was retrieved from the water by bystanders and treated by the Costa Rica Red Cross, he was pronounced dead at the scene. As of July 21, People magazine reported that Warner's re

On Monday, pop music singer Katy Perry safely returned to Earth, landing in Chihuahuan Desert, located on the border of United States and Mexico, after a sub-orbital spaceflight as part of Jeff Bezos's space tourism program. It was the first all-female space flight since 1963. Perry's fellow spacegoers included NASA scientist Aisha Bowe, activist Amanda Nguyen, film producer Kerianne Flynn, journalist and aviator Lauren Sánchez, and Gayle King of CBS. According to Blue Origin, they were the first all-female space crew in over six decades, with

On Sunday, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) hosted the 78th British Academy Film Awards ceremony in London, England's Royal Festival Hall. The film Conclave was the most nominated film with twelve nominations and received four awards including the Award for Outstanding British Film. The film The Brutalist also won four awards, with director Brady Corbet winning the Award for Best Direction while Adrien Brody won the Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. The film also won the awards for best original score and best cin

On Saturday, a pair of ruby slippers worn by American actress Judy Garland while portraying Dorothy in the 1939 American musical fantasy film The Wizard of Oz were sold at Heritage Auctions in the US for US$28 million to an anonymous buyer. The Hollywood Reporter speculated that the origins and history of the shoes contributed to its high selling price. The final selling price for the item exceeded estimations by US$25 million. With a buyer's premium appended, the buyer will actually pay a total of US$32.5 million, setting an all-time record f

Early Sunday morning, a shooting in Akron, Ohio, left one person dead and twenty four others wounded. Bullet casings and two guns were found at the scene, police said. The police received many emergency phone calls about the shooting, which happened during a birthday party shortly after midnight. Over two hundred people were thought to have been at the street party, say police. Some people mistook the gunshots for fireworks. A doorbell camera from a neighboring house caught part of the incident on film. The person found dead was a 27 year o

On May 17, Russian Wikinews attended one of the latest cultural events in Crimea. The Museum of Simferopol History, located on Alexander Pushkin Street in the center of the Crimean capital, has opened a new exhibition, unique of its kind. The exhibition of CDs of ethnic music of the peoples of the world called ; includes about one hundred factory-made exhibits from the personal collection of Simferopol philophonist — collector of musical recordings — and traveler Viktor Pinchuk. Most publications are difficult to buy in the Russian Federation

Armed gunmen killed more than 133 people and injured more than 145, including children, at a music concert at Crocus City Hall, Krasnogorsk, near Moscow, Russia on Friday evening. Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISIS-K or IS-KP) released a statement claiming its members were responsible for "killing and wounding hundreds and causing great destruction to the place" on their Telegram channel. Some of the attackers threw explosives, which caused a large fire in the complex. The fire grew out of control, trapping people inside and ultimately lead

On January 22, Russian Wikinews attended a talk by Russian travel writer Viktor Pinchuk in Verkhorechye village, located 18 kilometers from Bakhchysarai, Crimea on his 2008 expedition to the Near East, where the main purpose was to visit Afghanistan. The event was organized with the assistance of the Crimean branch of the Russian Geographical Society. The traveler spoke about his adventures, showed photographs (including those present at the exhibition “Afghanistan, 2008”), short videos and CDs containing cultural music from Asian countries (w

On Thursday, a Manhattan, New York City grand jury indicted former US President Donald Trump on over 30 criminal counts, the first time in United States history a president has been charged with a crime. Sources told CNN the charges concern hush money payments his campaign made to two pornographic actresses during the 2016 United States presidential election. Trump's arraignment was scheduled for Tuesday. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office announced Thursday it had contacted Trump's legal team, including Joe Tacopina, "to coordi

The Executive Office of the President of the United States said Monday the nation's Syria mission will persist despite strikes on US bases. United States National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said: "We're not going to be deterred [...] by these attacks from these militant groups." On March 23, a drone attacked a Coalition base close to Al-Hasakah; the US alleged the vehicle was Iranian-made, killed a US contractor, and wounded five US soldiers and another contractor. The US announced it had launched air strikes on Syrian groups a

On Sunday, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) conferred its 2023 Film Awards at a ceremony in London, England's Royal Festival Hall. The German anti-war film All Quiet on the Western Front won seven of the fourteen awards it was nominated for, including Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Direction and Best Film. The Banshees of Inisherin won Outstanding British Film and Best Original Screenplay. The film adaptation of The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse bagged the Best British Short Animation award. The Academy handed

US actress and model Raquel Welch died yesterday in Los Angeles, California, Stephen LaManna, her manager, announced. She was 82 years old and had suffered a brief illness. Welch was one of the most successful actresses of her time, with 30 film and 50 television roles throughout her career. Jo-Raquel Tejada was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1940. She was raised in California, sweeping teen beauty pageants, then working as a local weather forecaster. Divorced with two children, she lived in Texas, modelling for Neiman Marcus and working as