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LOS ANGELES (AP) — After being fired and then rehired from "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3" in less than a year over controversial old tweets, writer-director James Gunn says that he's a better person than he was a year ago.

RORY McILROY got married to Erica Stoll in April 2017, with a star studded guest list attending the ceremony at Ashford Castle But his American spouse may have had divided loyalties as McIlroy helped guide Europe to Ryder Cup victory in 2018. Now however, she will be able to get right behind her man as […]

An example of anti-Japanese sentiment.

Recently, Donald Trump virtually gutted the Department of Homeland Security with the forced resignation of DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielson and key deputies because they were ‘too soft’ on immigration. He then made a bad situation far worse by the de facto appointment of xenophobic Stephen Miller to take over immigration policy. 

Anti-immigrant sentiment has been at the forefront of Trump’s politics since he announced his run for president. Читать дальше...

Fascism is usually thought of as a quintessentially and almost exclusively European phenomenon, that began with Mussolini, culminated with Hitler, and was eradicated in World War II. The U.S., in particular, is thought to have been largely immune to it, given the absence of mass movements similar to Nazism or Italian Fascism. But a different narrative exists, or at least did in the 1930s, before it was buried under an avalanche of patriotic American propaganda and liberal historiography. According to this alternative understanding... Читать дальше...

The Academy of Sciences and Arts in Pristina.

On the eve of the twentieth anniversary of the end of Kosovo war, the country is facing a dramatic large-scale brain drain. Every day, young professionals wait in long lines in front of EU embassies to apply for visas to legally leave Kosovo in the search for job opportunities and more promising futures. While it may be argued that massive brain drain is a problem that some European and Western Balkans states are facing, Kosovo’s migration is becoming increasingly acute... Читать дальше...

Thomas Harriot was the English contemporary and peer of Galileo Galilei and Johannes Kepler, although he’s unknown to most people. That’s because his busy and dramatic life meant that he never got around to publishing his mathematical and scientific work, which is a pity for history: his manuscripts show that he was one of the most brilliant forerunners of modern science and mathematics. In this UN International Year of Indigenous Languages, however, it is especially significant that he was also a pioneering linguist and ethnographer. Читать дальше...

St. Andrew's Church in Sri Lanka, one of hte targets of the Easter bombings.

A still from the trailer for Netflix's Our Planet. 

As I was watching Netflix’s wonderful eight-part Our Planet series narrated by Sir David Attenborough, I often thought of Anton Chekhov. Like the series, he often displayed a deep love of nature in his hundreds of stories and plays. A doctor by training, he died 115 years ago, at a mere 44 years of age.

Our Planet documents the danger humanity poses to our oceans, sea creatures, and rivers. In Our Planet’s  Episode 6, “The... Читать дальше...

It was Saturday morning, September 14, 1901, and President William McKinley was dead, eight days after being shot by a crazed assassin. Americans were aghast—this was the third murder of a president in thirty-six years. Everything had been going so well. The economy had rebounded from the 1893 Panic, our industry was the most productive in the world, technological innovation had made life easier, and America had just won a war, gaining a new global empire with unlimited commercial possibilities. Читать дальше...

What’s worse: a wall of antiaircraft artillery fire and surface-to-air missiles, a relentless amount of enemy MiG planes on your tail, or the reality that the war being waged is unwinnable? How about a target that just can’t be taken down for the duration of an entire long conflict? Many young US airmen during the Vietnam War dealt with these harsh conditions for seven years as they carried out efforts to destroy the heavily defended and strategically important bridge called the Thanh Hoa, or “dragon’s jaw” in Vietnamese. Читать дальше...

President Donald Trump’s Peace Plan aimed at solving the conflict between the Palestinian Arabs and Israel appears to be doomed to failure, based on historical precedents. 

National Defense University (NDU) Faculty walk out of Roosevelt Hall for the Graduation ceremony at

A portion of the Democrats running for president. 

Age is rarely an issue in presidential elections. Most candidates are neither too young nor too old. The average age of the last ten presidents upon taking office was 57.   The 2020 election, however, bristles with age issues: Five candidates will be in their 70s on Election Day, four will be in their 40s and three will be in their 30s.   Donald Trump, at 70, was the oldest candidate to ever win the presidency. If re-elected, he’d leave office at 78... Читать дальше...

As evidence of Hitler’s intentions crystalized in the 1930’s, many politicians who recognized the danger continued to vote against vital defense expenditures. George Orwell, reflecting on that and other cases of “ignoring facts which are obvious and unalterable,” concluded: “To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.”

Arkansas wrapped up second round action in a T4. One round of stroke play remains.

The Pelican move to rebuild their leadership.
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After nine rounds of competition, the Taieri Lakes team has missed qualifying for the playoffs of the metropolitan men’s Senior A pennant series. The Taieri team is languishing at the bottom of the scoreboard with one win and three points, six points behind St Clair, with one round to play. St Clair opened the gap […]

Police recently relaxed timing restrictions to meet demand for water

Resident billionaire arrested in Caribbean cannabis find Manx Radio St Kitts seize 1 million-worth of 'hemp' on private jet.

A philanthropist surprised Morehouse College graduates at commencement by announcing he would pay off their student loans. But one person—even a very generous one—can only do so much.

Robert Smith, a billionaire philanthropist, surprised Morehouse College graduates at commencement on Sunday morning by announcing he would pay off their student loans.

Robert Smith, a billionaire philanthropist, surprised Morehouse College graduates at commencement on Sunday morning by announcing he would pay off their student loans.

The thirty-six governors in Nigeria have opposed new financial regulations seeking to put an end to their control of local government finances.