Two men bought tickets to enter Vienna’s Museum of Applied Arts (MAK) before smashing a display case, grabbing a 200-carat platinum and diamond necklace and walking away, police said on Friday.
BBC News – World Police are hunting two suspects they believe bought a ticket for the exhibition to get at the jewellery.
BBC News – World Police are hunting two suspects they believe bought a ticket for the exhibition to get at the jewellery.
NYTimes – US Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike regained consciousness after a botched execution and remains hospitalized in critical condition, her lawyers said. A Nashville judge ordered state officials to preserve evidence from the failed execution. Pike, 50, is reportedly angry, confused, unable to move either arm and unable to eat because she cannot swallow; she also has pneumonia.
Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai have been awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in chemistry for their discoveries about how chemical reactions can produce an overwhelming excess of one mirror-image form of a molecule. Their work on asymmetric organic synthesis has aided understanding of how medicines work and helped pharmaceutical development.
BBC News – World France has suspended police use of stun grenades at student-led demonstrations after a 15-year-old boy had his hand blown off during a clash with riot police. The interior minister announced the suspension on Wednesday as allegations of police brutality mounted and tens of thousands protested across the country. Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu was expected to address the nation later that evening.
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