(AP) — A sculpture of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and University of Notre Dame President Theodore Hesburgh is planned for a downtown South Bend plaza. The bronze sculpture is being modeled after a photograph of King and Hesburgh joining hands during a 1964 civil rights rally in Chicago.
Er is onduidelijkheid ontstaan over de immigratiestatus van Melania Trump in de jaren negentig. De Sloveense vrouw van presidentskandidaat Donald Trump beweerde altijd dat ze in 1996 in Amerika ging werken, maar eerder deze week gepubliceerde naaktfoto's laten zien dat ze al een jaar eerder modellenwerk deed in New York.
Busy Philipps is all smiles as she strikes while hosting the Baby2Baby Back To School event held at The Gap at The Grove on Wednesday (August 3) in Los Angeles. The 37-year-old Vice Principals actress was accompanied by her daughter Birdie, and co-presidents of Baby2Baby Kelly Sawyer Patricof and Norah Weinstein at the event, where [...]
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Atop the chipped blue metal table sat two 9 mm pistols and small plastic packets of cocaine and marijuana. Two young men slouched in white plastic chairs, while a third held a rifle in a corner 10 meters away.
It was midday this week, not far from a main road in Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro's most developed and supposedly "pacified" slum that straddles a mountain and sits right between the main Barra and Copacabana Olympic zones.
A uniformed police officer stood just 150 meters away... Читать дальше...
Nigeria’s Dream Team VI failed to respond as a wrong anthem was played as they filed out for the preliminary pleasantries against Japan, in their opening Group B fixture of the Olympic Games. The tune played supposedly as Nigeria’s anthem was definitely not that of the most populous black nation, as the players looked with awe, […]
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Lawrence J. Korb, Eric M. Goepel
Security, America
America can’t buy perfect security.
There is little consensus about the details of President Barack Obama’s fiscal year 2017 defense budget request, and there are few challenges of the underlying assumptions upon which the request is built. Congress, pundits and thought leaders argue over the makeup of the request and question whether the U.S. Department of Defense should fund a strategy of posture or presence, capability or capacity... Читать дальше...
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The cast and showrunner of "Black-ish" don't think it matters what race their viewers come from.
A reporter sparked some strong comments from the show's panel at the Television Critics Association press tour in Beverly Hills when he brought up some early controversy over the show's title and asked if they had statistics for how much of their audience is black and white.
"I will be so happy when diversity is not a word," "Black-ish showrunner Kenya Bariss said of the reporter's question. Читать дальше...
Adam Gallagher
Security, Asia
Confronting the Taliban’s main sponsor at last.
As the first president of Afghanistan following the toppling of the Taliban, Hamid Karzai’s legacy will always be decidedly mixed. The famously mercurial Karzai masterfully navigated the traditional tribal politics of Afghanistan, but arguably laid the groundwork for much of the corruption and weak governance that plague the Afghan government today. During his tenure, Karzai often made headlines... Читать дальше...
Asia markets traded higher on Friday in the wake of the BOE's rate cut, with traders looking ahead to July U.S. nonfarm payrolls report.
It's more than baseball for the 12 kids from Benin, West Africa who are in Minnesota this week to participate in a baseball tournament. For them, it's the first chance to see the U.S. and compete with kids their age in the American sport brought to their country by three Robbinsdale residents in 2011.
Steven Kim
Politics, Asia
Conquering the world, one K-pop hit at a time.
In seeking to raise its international profile and influence, Taiwan can take lessons from South Korea’s growing soft power. Its soft power has been expanding through the growing appeal and attraction of its popular culture (a.k.a. Korean Wave or Hallyu) worldwide. As a result, the government has vigorously promoted Korean popular culture, taking advantage of its growing popularity to enhance Korea’s international standing and national image... Читать дальше...
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George Ward
Security, Africa
Making oil the solution only creates more problems.
As political opponents of the Democratic presidential nominee often note, crisis has paralyzed Libya since 2011. To be sure, a power vacuum erupted after dictator Muammar el-Qaddafi’s death, opening the door to a political free-for-all, warring militias, and ISIS. Amidst the ensuing conflict, some hang their hopes on Libya’s greatest natural resource: oil. Ten years ago, over 60 percent of Libya’s GDP came from oil revenues. Читать дальше...
Peter Kirechu
Security, Africa
Despite money and training, Kenya’s security forces are still far from professional.
As Kenya inches dangerously close to shutting down the world’s largest refugee camp in Dabaab, the announced closure masks a calculated, yet disastrous parlay of legitimate domestic terrorism concerns for an expedient, yet flawed, solution that is unlikely to resolve the country’s security challenges. But as insecurity evolves into a bargaining currency for the governing elite... Читать дальше...
RIO DE JANEIRO - Yoshiro Mori, head of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Organizing Committee, on Thursday attended the opening...
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Police Department says a 38-year-old man has been shot to death outside a Brooklyn elementary school.
In Pristina, de hoofdstad van Kosovo, is gisteravond een explosief ontploft. Er vielen geen gewonden. Volgens lokale media vuurden twee motorrijders een granaat af terwijl ze het parlement voorbijreden.
Sima Shine
Security, Middle East
Washington has tools for influencing Tehran’s most anti-Western faction—before the clock runs out.
The anniversary of the nuclear agreement was just another day on the calendar, because no one believed that Iran would violate the agreement even before it had enjoyed the considerable benefits that agreement confers on Iran.
The key question facing Western decisionmakers and the American administration is how to make sure that the years gained by the nuclear agreement... Читать дальше...
Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.
Celine Dion belts out her smash hit song “My Heart Will Go On” during the Greatest Hits live finale on Thursday (August 4) in Montreal, Canada. The 47-year-old singer performed live via satellite from her concert in Canada while the rest of the performances were taped at the studio in Los Angeles. Celine dedicated the [...]
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Three University of Texas professors asked a U.S. judge on Thursday to give them the option of barring students from bringing guns into their classroom after the state gave some students that right under a law that went into effect this week.
The professors said academic freedom could be chilled under the so-called campus carry law backed by the state's Republican political leaders that allows concealed handgun license holders 21 and over to bring handguns into classrooms and other university facilities. Читать дальше...
For anyone who can't wait for the next season of Game of Thrones, a live concert of the show's music in Los Angeles next week might make...
The Seattle Seahawks seemingly lost two different players to Achilles injuries within minutes of each other during practice on Thursday. Fullback/tight end Brandon Cottom and tight end Ronnie Shields each had to be carted off the practice fields during the first half of practice. Cottom (pictured) was the first of the pair to go down…
A 23-year-old Tomah woman as referred to the Monroe County District Attorney after allegedly threatening a police officer July 26.
