Before I forget…
King Charles will return to public duties for the first time since he was diagnosed with cancer. He is making progress following treatment and recuperation, Buckingham Palace said.
Portugal was responsible for crimes committed during transatlantic slavery and the colonial era, its president said, suggesting there was a need for reparations. This comes after Haiti demanded reparations from France and support grows among African and Caribbean nations for a tribunal on slavery atrocities.
The UK’s plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda is official. That nation’s president said it would take as many migrants as Britain sends and urged “shouting” critics to let the plan proceed.
Wall Street banks and brokerages often publish notes by equity analysts about publicly traded companies. Why are they staying away from the Trump Media & Technology Group?
Don’t look now*: Venice’s new tourist fee was meant to keep the storied city’s most picturesque districts from being overrun, but some locals say they don’t like it. (My cousin paid the fee, then some seagulls stole his pistachio cannoli. He didn’t have to pay extra for that privilege.)
If you read only one snooker story in your life, make it this one about the fabled Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, which an Iranian player said “smells really bad.”
* Julie Christie, are you reading this?
