Spain King Felipe VI renounces inheritance from father
Madrid: Spain’s King Felipe VI has renounced any personal inheritance he could receive from his father, the country’s former monarch Juan Carlos I, as well as any assets, investments or financial arrangements that may not be legal or conform to acceptable standards of propriety, the Royal Palace announced. The Royal Palace said that the 52-year-old Felipe was also cancelling the 82-year-old Juan Carlos’s annual stipend, which in 2018 amounted to 194,232 euros. IANS
Three 16th century paintings stolen from Oxford University
London: Three high-value 16th century paintings have been stolen from a gallery within the Oxford University’s Christ Church College. The police that the burglars broke into the Christ Church Picture Gallery on Saturday night and took Italian Baroque painter Salvator Rosa’s “A Rocky Coast, With Soldiers Studying A Plan”, from the late 1640s; Flemish Baroque artist Anthony Van Dyck’s “A Soldier On Horseback”, circa 1616; and Italian painter Annibale Carracci’s “A Boy Drinking”, circa 1580, reports the Metro newspaper. IANS
Iran arrests five over prank eggplant-rain video
Tehran: Iranian police have arrested five persons over a prank video that shows eggplants falling from the sky in front of a Tehran landmark, state news agency IRNA said Monday. “A video showing eggplants raining down in the capital was published yesterday on social media, and the police immediately identified and arrested those behind it,” IRNA quoted a police official. AFP
HK online store sends soap, snacks to detained protesters
Hong Kong: A “yellow economy” of businesses has sprung up in Hong Kong to support anti-government protesters, but online store Jimmy Jungle is zeroing in on young demonstrators stuck in detention. Michael, 27, set up the business along with three friends, to ease pressure on detainees’ relatives and friends in finding them items of daily use, such as toiletries, packaged to comply with curbs set by authorities worried about security. Reuters
