Shen Yun Performing Arts graced the stage in Prague, Czech Republic, putting on four performances from March 1 to 4. Audience members said they admired the artistry it presents. Ladislav Kremlík, a former ballet dancer, was incredibly impressed with what he saw on stage. “I admire the dancers, first of all. The synchronicity, it’s amazing. […]
A gunman opened fire at a university in Prague on Dec. 21, killing at least 14 people and wounding dozens more. The suspect is believed to have taken his own life. Hamas launched another round of long-range rockets against Tel Aviv, and Israel’s Iron Dome intercepted most of them. Israel said they’ve killed 8,000 terrorists […]
After being ordered to pay $150 million in his defamation lawsuit, former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani declared bankruptcy on Dec. 21. A suspect opened fire in Prague, Czech Republic on Dec. 21, killing 15 people and wounding as many as 30. Czech police say the person who opened fire is also dead. They said officers […]
PRAGUE—A 24-year-old Czech student shot dead his father then killed 14 people and wounded 25 others at his Prague university on Thursday before possibly killing himself, police said. The gunman is also suspected in the killings of another man and his two-month-old daughter who were found last week shot dead in woods in a village […]
After the Colorado Supreme Court ruled to remove former President Donald Trump from the state’s primary ballot on Dec. 19, other states are considering similar options. California Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis has called on the secretary of state to explore every possible legal avenue to block President Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot. A […]
PRAGUE—Police in the Czech Republic’s capital have arrested a student over the machete killing of a teacher at a Prague vocational school, officials said Thursday. The suspect, a student from the school, was detained after a search that involved hundreds of officers, police said. They did not reveal the suspect’s age or provide details about […]
PRAGUE—Taiwanese government ministers were visiting the Czech capital on Monday accompanied by dozens of business and research representatives to boost trade and investment, a move that has angered China. Minister of National Development Kung Ming-hsin is leading a delegation of 66 officials representing business and research groups and organizations, including biotechnology, green energy, information technology, […]
PRAGUE—The Czech Republic has ordered Russia to sharply reduce the number of its diplomats at the Russian embassy in Prague to match the number of Czech staff in Moscow, Foreign Minister Jakub Kulhanek said on Thursday. Russia will have until the end of May to comply with the request, he told reporters. By Jan Lopatka
Arizona reported nearly 300 coronavirus deaths, a pandemic high, and nearly 10,000 new infections on Thursday. Health officials have urged Gov. Doug Ducey to install new measures as cases skyrocket. Arizona has the highest coronavirus diagnosis rate in the country, with one out of every 119 people testing positive in the past week. Ducey has […]
PRAGUE—Gene Deitch, an American Oscar-winning illustrator, animator, film director, and producer has died. He was 95. His Czech publisher, Petr Himmel, told The Associated Press Deitch died unexpectedly during the night from Thursday to Friday in his apartment in Prague’s Little Quarter neighborhood. No further details were given. Deitch’s movie “Munro” won the Academy Award […]
A new exhibition in Prague reveals the spy technology used by the communists—and their opposition—in former Czechoslovakia. It comes ahead of the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, when anti-communist protests toppled the regime. The exhibition includes microphones hidden in watches, tiny micro cameras, and tape recorders hidden in suitcases. “Because we are in the […]
PRAGUE—Czechs marked the 50th anniversary of student Jan Palach setting himself on fire in central Prague, on Jan. 16. The self-immolation was a desperate act aimed at lifting the apathy hanging over the country in the wake of the Soviet invasion that crushed the Prague Spring of 1968. Having seen a period of reforms to […]
PRAGUE—A fourth person has died from injuries sustained in a fire on Saturday at a hotel in central Prague, a hospital spokesman said. The fire broke out on Saturday evening at the Eurostars David Hotel, situated on a narrow street a block away from the Vltava River. Two people died on Saturday and were identified […]
A quarter century-old project to repopulate the vast steppes of Mongolia with wild horses was kept alive as four animals made the long trip back to their ancestral home from Prague Zoo. Driven to extinction in their homeland in the 1960s, the Przewalski’s horses only survived in captivity before efforts began to re-introduce them to […]
