Quick Glance: Royal Scandal: Translation Mishap Reveals Name
- Dutch translation of Omid Scobie's book Endgame reveals a name associated with a long-standing race controversy not found in the original text.
- The error is depicted as highly embarrassing, prompting the swift removal of the book from shelves.
- The publisher's managing director acknowledged the mistake and assured that it is being rectified, but the cause remains unclear.
- Speculation arises that the name in the Dutch version may have been part of a draft or a previous edit that was mistakenly not updated in the Dutch version.
Quick Glance: Parliament researcher denies China spy allegations
- One of the researchers was arrested in March along with another man under the Official Secrets Act.
- China has refuted the allegations of spying. The spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mao Ning, described it as "malicious slander".
- A spokesperson for No 10 said that during the meeting, the researcher expressed "significant concerns about Chinese interference in the parliamentary democracy of the United Kingdom".
- The arrest of the researcher has triggered a debate among conservative MPs about whether the United Kingdom should adopt a stricter stance towards China.
Quick Glance: Coronation of King Charles III: Testing an Ancient Tradition in a Multicultural and Secular Society
- The religious ceremony will take place on Saturday at Westminster Abbey.
- A London employee prepares a window display featuring a painting of King Charles III on Thursday, May 4, 2023.
- On Saturday, May 6, Charles III will be crowned at Westminster Abbey - the church where all British sovereigns have been crowned since William the Conqueror on Christmas Day 1066.
- The origins of the coronation liturgy, which aims to legitimize both the person and the function of the sovereign, can be traced back almost a millennium to King Edgar's ceremony in 973.
Quick Glance: Man Arrested for Throwing Shotgun Cartridges at Buckingham Palace
- A man was arrested for throwing items believed to be shotgun cartridges into the palace grounds, according to the Metropolitan Police.
- After the arrest of a man on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon, a controlled explosion was carried out outside Buckingham Palace, the force added.
- Specialists were called in and a controlled explosion was conducted as a precaution following an assessment.
Quick Glance: Comparing the Coronations of Queen Elizabeth II and King Charles III
- King Charles III will be crowned at Westminster Abbey, 70 years after the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.
- Queen Elizabeth II was crowned 16 months after her father's death.
- In 1953, stands with extra seating were erected to accommodate the large number of guests.
- Coronation Chicken was created in 1953.
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Quick Glance: Sanctions imposed by the West: Russian goods are becoming scarce
- Many small and medium-sized businesses in Russia are facing extinction.
- Small and medium-sized businesses were already in disarray before the outbreak, but there is now a genuine recession.
- Procurement expenses have soared by 20 to 80 percent as a result of sanctions and product shortages.
- The Russian Central Bank's key interest rate increased to 20% in March.
Quick Glance: Britain is hanging by a thread. We'll unravel if Boris Johnson is removed.
- Hunt will not run for president: it turns out he was serious when he declared this comeback was not about him.
- Once again, an unelected Conservative prime minister is set to succeed another unelected Conservative prime minister in a process befitting of a shambles.
- With his viral tirade against "talentless people putting their tick in the right box" for selfish reasons, Tory backbencher Charles Walker nailed the nail on the head.
- But now they're getting the pencil back, probably influenced (according to one theory) by a poll of Conservative Party members who gave us Johnson and Truss previously.
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