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Tributes pour in for Hong Kong actor Kenneth Tsang Kong, who has died aged 87
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Veteran Hong Kong actor Kenneth Tsang Kong was found dead on April 27, 2022, in a Tsim Sha Tsui hotel-quarantine room after returning from Singapore. He was staying in the room on his own. The 87-year-old actor had appeared in more than 220 films after obtaining a degree in architecture at the University of California, Berkeley,…
World’s oldest woman dies in Japan aged 119
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube A Japanese woman recognised as the world’s oldest person, Kane Tanaka, has died aged 119, just months short of her 120th birthday. Tanaka died on April 19, 2022, at a hospital in Fukuoka, her hometown in southern Japan where she spent all of her life. The Guinness Book of Records recognised her as the oldest person…
EU Parliament President David Sassoli dies aged 65
The president of the European Parliament, David Sassoli, has died at the age of 65. Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz paid tribute, describing him as a dedicated parliamentary president, shrewd politician and good friend. Al Jazeera’s Step Vaessen looks back at his career. – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/ – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera/ – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #EU #Europe
Meeting the Duchess of Cambridge, a 'real princess', aged five – BBC News
Kate and William’s first official visit after getting engaged, in February 2011, involved a trip to Trearddur Bay Lifeboat station. There, the royal couple met Daffyd, a lifeboat crew member, and his daughter Katie, aged five, who was selected to give the couple a photo of the boat. Katie told the BBC, ahead of the Duchess of Cambridge’s 40th birthday celebrations that she still feels…
Hollywood trailblazer Sidney Poitier dies aged 94 – BBC News
Sidney Poitier, the first black man to win a best actor Oscar, has died at the age of 94. His appearance in The Defiant Ones in 1958 earned him his first Oscar nomination – in itself an historic achievement for a black man in a lead category at the time. He went on to win the Academy Award for best actor for Lilies of the…