Yesterday, an enormous information leak that Edward Snowden himself called the “biggest leak in the history of data journalism” went live. The leak, called the “Panama Papers,” reveals a global network of off-shore countries holding the assets of world leaders, businessmen, criminals, and celebrities – and, perhaps unsurprisingly, Putin isn’t pleased about it. (USA Today)
The Brussels Airport reopened yesterday, about two weeks after last month’s devastating terrorist attack. A few passenger flights operated by Brussels Airlines left yesterday, and airport officials are hoping to gradually increase traffic until the airport fully resumes normal operations by the beginning of July. (The Atlantic)
Oscar Isaac, Julliard-trained actor and “best pilot in the Resistance,” will be returning to New York next summer to play the title role in the Theatre for a New Audience’s production of Hamlet. Bwog hasn’t figured out yet how to get tickets this far in advance, but we’re working on it. (Hollywood Reporter)
Meanwhile, in London, Judi Dench just won her eighth Olivier Award. This marks a record in British theater – but the eighty-one-year-old actress (legend) has no plans on slowing her workload. (Reuters)
Finally, the discovery of a thousand-year-old Viking stone in Newfoundland reveals that the Vikings may have reached much further south in North America than previously thought. Step aside, Christopher Columbus – Nordic fighters with cool beards may have been here five hundred years before you. (CQ News)
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