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Madagascar receives skull of beheaded king returned by France
Madagascar held a ceremony Tuesday marking the return of three skulls kept by France for 128 years, including one believed to be that of a Malagasy king decapitated by French troops in the 19th century.
France handed over the skulls in Paris on August 27 in the first such restitution since it passed a law in 2023 facilitating the return of human remains taken during its colonial conquests.
The skulls are believed to belong to King Toera, leader of the Sakalava people, who was beheaded by French troops in 1897, and two of his warriors.
They arrived in Madagascar late Monday and were received at the airport by members of the Sakalava group dressed in traditional robes.
Held in three boxes draped with the flag of the Indian Ocean nation, the skulls were driven through the capital Antananarivo to the city’s mausoleum Tuesday, where they were received by President Andry Rajoelina and a gathering of government and Sakalava dignitaries.
They will continue their journey by road to the west coast area of Belo Tsiribihina, about 320 kilometres (200 miles) from the capital, where they are expected to be buried later this week.
The skulls were taken to France as trophies and kept in Paris’s national history museum alongside hundreds of other remains from Madagascar, which declared independence in 1960 after more than 60 years of French colonial rule.
French Culture Minister Rachida Dati said at the Paris event that a joint scientific committee confirmed they were from the Sakalava people but said it could only “presume” that one belonged to King Toera.
France has in recent years sent back various artefacts taken during its imperial conquests, but each time required special legislation until parliament adopted the law simplifying the repatriation of human remains.
Thumbnail image by Reuters — File image of a skull of Namibian genocide victim
Disney will pay $10 million to settle allegations by the Federal Trade Commission that the entertainment company facilitated the “unlawful collection” of children’s personal data.
In a complaint filed on Tuesday, the FTC said that Disney Worldwide Services and Disney Entertainment Operations — two entities that offer technical support and media content — violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule, known as COPPA, by failing to properly label some videos uploaded to YouTube as “made for kids.” The mislabeling also exposed children to “age-inappropriate YouTube features,” the FTC said in a statement.
“Our order penalizes Disney’s abuse of parents’ trust, and, through a mandated video-review program, makes room for the future of protecting kids online — age assurance technology,” FTC Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson said in a statement.
Signed into law in 1998, COPPA requires commercial website operators to disclose to parents of children under 13 that they are collecting personal data and obtain the parents’ prior consent.
The videos in question included content from Disney movies including “Coco,” “Frozen” and “Toy Story” and as well as music from “The Incredibles.”
A spokesperson for Disney told CBS News that the settlement does not involved Disney-owned and operated digital platforms and that it is limited to some of the content on the company’s YouTube platform.
“Disney has a long tradition of embracing the highest standards of compliance with children’s privacy laws, and we remain committed to investing in the tools needed to continue being a leader in this space,” the spokesperson said in a statement.
YouTube requires videos to be labeled as “made for kids” if children are the video’s primary audience or if the content reflects “an intent to target children,” according to the Alphabet-owned platform. YouTube also says on its website that failure to properly label videos could lead to “legal consequences under COPPA and other laws.”
YouTube began requiring video uploaders to add the “made for kids” label after it reached a similar settlement in 2019 with the FTC over COPPA violations.
Disney’s agreement with the FTC also calls for the company to create a program to review whether videos posted to YouTube should be designated as made for children the agency said.
The Runarounds cast recently broke silence on the Outerbanks connection which has been highlighted by their fans.
While Prime Video’s The Runarounds is linked to Outer Banks — and even shares a few familiar faces, the TV universes are not quite “connected” enough to make a crossover happen.
In an new chat with Us Weekly, The Runarounds cast opened up about reuniting with Outer Banks stars on screen following their season 3 cameo.
These included William Lipton, Axel Ellis, Jeremy Yun, Zendé Murdock and Jesse Golliher.
“I think [our band] were just established enough to get a wedding anniversary gig on Outer Banks,” Ellis explained of the scene that laid the groundwork for their own series.
“They were still a high school band kind of learning the ropes. They probably messed up a thing or two with that.”
Murdock, meanwhile, made it clear that the moment was not meant to send fans into theory-building mode.
“That was more for us in real life to go off the creation,” he noted.
In conclusion, he stated, “That doesn’t have much to do with the universe.”
A royal expert has revealed why Prince William and Kate Middleton are getting ready to move to Forest Lodge, an old Georgian house in Windsor Great Park.
According to royal expert Ingrid Seward, the Prince and Princess of Wales likes to live in a simple way without having staff live with them.
Kensington Palace has confirmed that the Waleses will pay for the move and the repairs themselves, so no money from taxpayers will be used.
Speaking with Hello! Magazine, the expert revealed that William grew up seeing lots of staff at the Queen’s homes and didn’t want that for his family.
“William and Kate have never wanted live-in staff; I think that’s the modern way,” Seward shared with the publication.
She added, “Since William was a little boy, he’s seen all the staff at the late Queen’s homes, and he never wanted that. It’s not something Kate grew up with either.”
“They had a housekeeper and a nanny at Kensington Palace, but at Windsor, they have all these little cottages around the big house, which is nicer for the staff, too.”
This comes after an insider told The Sun that Kate and William keep their home life very normal and relaxed.
“The kids run around the office, and he does not want it to be stuffy. If we have important meetings or are going to Buckingham Palace, then, of course, we [dress up].”
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