News At A Glance #16

By ASH Smyth
July 2022

—    The Nelson Evening Mail, 21 March 1907

The national pastime in the Land of The Point was a game called ‘triangle toss’.

Devotion to Santa Rosalia is widespread among the large and mainly Hindu Tamil community in Palermo.

Bum Bum island lies just off NE Malaysia.

Paperfish are not silverfish. They’re slightly different.

A vasectomy is a medical procedure.

Ivory Coast officials have demanded the immediate release of 49 soldiers arrested in Mali.

Turkmens use four times more water than citizens of the United States.

There’s a course for everything.

Sananda Maitreya started his career with the stage name Terence Trent D’Arby.

22 Harry Potter actors have died.

The Dutch traded New York for Suriname.

6% of respondents to an Ipsos Mori poll said that they knew a great deal about Stewart Lewis – a fictional Conservative leadership candidate, invented by the polling company.

The sound of children screaming has been removed.