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The Illinois State University campus and Bloomington-Normal community came together May 1 to celebrate the opening of the new shared home of WGLT and The Vidette.

WGLT staff provided tours of the new building at 500 W. Locust St. in Normal, including inside the five new studios. Executive Director R.C. McBride and ISU President Aondover Tarhule gave remarks before a ribbon-cutting with the McLean County Chamber of Commerce.

The move caps a multiyear fundraising campaign to build new studios paired with generous support from ISU to update The Vidette building. The deeper partnership between WGLT and The Vidette is already paying dividends, including the launch this spring of the Democracy’s Future podcast tied to the election.

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An International Scientific and Practical Conference has been
held in Baku. Co-organized by the Ministry of Health, the National
Center of Ophthalmology and Azerbaijan Society of Ophthalmologists
of Azerbaijan, the event was timed to the 101st anniversary of the
birth of Academician Zarifa Aliyeva, Azernews
reports.

The conference themed “Modern Aspects of Ophthalmology”
discussed topics such as innovations in the field of
ophthalmology.

At the conference, scientists and ophthalmologists of the
National Ophthalmology Center and the republic gave their
reports.

It was noted that well-known Azerbaijani
ophthalmologist-scientist, Academician Zarifa Aliyeva has
exceptional…

Baku Contemporary Music Society and the Baku Museum Center have
hosted another concert as part of the project “Musical Evenings at
the Museum”.

The concert was dedicated to the work of composer Ismail
Hajibayov (1949-2006), Azernews reports.

The moderator, musicologist Shafagat Mammadova spoke about the
life and work of Ismail Hajibayov, and the guests were presented
with chamber works by the composer.

Cadenza Contemporary Orchestra delighted the audience with their
performances. The orchestra was conducted by Honored Artist Ayyub
Guliyev.

The soloists included People’s Artist Ulviya Hajibayova (piano),
Honored Artists Farida Mammadova (soprano), Khurshid…

Viral photos of a man on a train are being shared with the suggestion they show the former director of Russia’s Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, who was widely reported to have died last year. 

The photos show the profile of a man looking out of the window on a train. They have been shared on Facebook with captions including: “HE HAS RISEN Yvgeny Prigozhin spotted on a train peeps” and “Prigozhin on the train?.Mastermind of Wagner Group is not dead? [sic]”.

The photos from the train appear to have first been shared by an X account with the handle @runews on 13 March, months after the date he is believed to have died. The post has more than 3,700 shares and the caption: “What?”

While it is possible that this is an old photo of Mr Prigozhin that has…

Photos claiming to show Pakistan’s former Prime Minister, Imran Khan, casting a vote from jail in the country’s recent general election have been circulating online. But the photos actually date from 2018. 

Imran Khan was elected as Prime Minister in 2018 but was removed from office following a vote of no confidence in April 2022. He was sentenced to three years in prison in August 2023 on charges of corruption and was disqualified from politics for five years. He has since been handed further jail time. 

Several posts share a collage of two images showing Mr Khan appearing to post a vote through a ballot box. One post says: “Imran Khan has cast his vote from Adiala Jail”, a prison near Islamabad where he has reportedly been held since September 2023. 

These…