By Jon Gambrell The Associated Press MARIB, Yemen — Along a narrow road in Yemen choked by natural gas tankers and heavily armed soldiers lies an ancient temple neglected and threatened in a nation now at war. The Awwam Temple links a region now on the front lines of the […]
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By Kim Tong-Hyung The Associated Press SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — South Korean President Moon Jae-in plans to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s sister and other senior North Korean officials who are coming to the South on Friday for the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. Moon’s spokesman Kim Eui-kyeom […]
By Samuel McNeil The Associated Press DHOFAR DESERT, Oman — Dressed in stark white spacesuits against the backdrop of a desolate, auburn terrain of stony plains and sand dunes, two scientists test a geo-radar by dragging the flat box across the rocky sand. Communication from mission command in the Alps […]
By Kareem Copeland The Associated Press In Jim Crow America, it’s no wonder that Jack Johnson was the most despised African-American of his generation. The first black boxing heavyweight champion of the world, Johnson humiliated white fighters and flaunted his affection for white women, even fleeing the country after an […]
The Associated Press JOHANNESBURG — Ahead of Valentine’s Day, the Nelson Mandela Foundation has unveiled an orange and vermilion rose named after the anti-apartheid leader who became South Africa’s first black president. The foundation, which promotes Mandela’s legacy, showed off the rose at its headquarters on Thursday. The Mandela rose […]
The Associated Press BOSTON — The highest court in Massachusetts is turning to the public to solve a judicial mystery. For years, a portrait of a former justice has hung outside the chambers of the chief justice of the state Supreme Judicial Court, which traces its roots to 1692. The […]
By Melissa D’Arabian The Associated Press Is there anything dreamier than the tender crumb of a light-as-air angel food cake? I’ve loved angel food cake ever since I first tasted it as a child. It reminded me of cotton candy. No wonder: angel food cake is essentially a fluffy blend […]
By Marcia Dunn The Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The world’s first space sports car is cruising toward the asteroid belt, well beyond Mars. SpaceX chief Elon Musk confirmed the new, more distant route for his rocketing Tesla Roadster. The red electric convertible was the unorthodox cargo aboard his […]
Press Release The Ontario Dental Association has launched an awareness campaign to help Ontarians understand the dangerous funding gap in public dental care. Dentists across the province currently treat about 200,000 kids under the “Healthy Smiles Ontario” program but more needs to be done to ensure all 500,000 eligible children […]
Staff Borderland Pride’s second social mixer for the area’s LGBTQ2 and Ally community has been set for Thursday, Feb. 15 from 7-10 p.m. at Barajas in International Falls. The first Pride social mixer was held Oct. 26 at From the Grind Up in Fort Frances. Despite the major snowstorm that […]
Duane Hicks The “Forget Me Not” charitable dinner for the local Alzheimer Society on Saturday evening at La Place Rendez-Vous here was a success, bringing in $5,000 to help continue free programs and services for district residents. This tops last year’s total of $4,250. “We are here to help,” Rossana […]
Submitted byMira Donaldson The responsibility to protect (R2P) is a complex concept. Protecting a population from atrocity crimes–defined as crimes against humanity, war crimes, genocide, and ethnic cleansing–is no easy task, and the results are multi-faceted. One must consider the implications to politics, economics, human rights, and overall well-being. Defining […]
