The Paralympics began Tuesday in the same empty National Stadium — during the same pandemic — as the opening and closing ceremonies of the recently completed Tokyo Olympics. Japanese Emperor Naruhito got it all started again, this time under the theme “We Have Wings.” Among the few on hand were… Read More
Kamala Harris’ trip delayed by foreign attack?
In order to check the influence of China, the Biden administration said it is focusing less on the Middle East and more on the Indo-Pacific region. In keeping with the president’s vision, Vice President Kamala Harris is planning meetings in Vietnam this week. However, she delayed Tuesday’s meetings by more… Read More
Remaining Rugby Championship games to be played in Australia
The four-nation Rugby Championship will conclude with eight games being held in the Australian state of Queensland because of various new COVID-19 travel and quarantine restrictions prompted by the spread of the delta variant, tournament organizer SANZAAR said Tuesday. The southern hemisphere rugby governing body and Rugby Australia said that… Read More
Persephone, a robot, leads visitors into Greek cave
Persephone is a tour guide in Greece, but perhaps not the type people are used to. Billed as the world’s first robot tour guide inside a cave, Persephone has been welcoming visitors since mid-July to the Alistrati Cave in northern Greece, 135 kilometers (84 miles) northeast of the city of… Read More
Unprecedented! U.K. Parliament holds Joe Biden in contempt
On Wednesday, the U.K. Parliament met for a normal session for the first time in a year. They recently scrapped the protocol for social distancing and returned to normalcy. However, the content of their meeting was anything but normal. Members of Parliament made an unprecedented move in censuring U.S. President… Read More
Peace Corps plans return to world after hiatus
More than a year after COVID-19 began sweeping the world, abruptly cutting short her Peace Corps stint, Cameron Beach is once again living in rural Malawi — this time on her own dime. The Peace Corps, a U.S. government program marking its 60th anniversary this year, boasted 7,000 volunteers in… Read More
The pope, a soccer fan, gets a new toy: a foosball table
Pope Francis has received dozens of soccer jerseys and game balls during his eight-year pontificate but he got a new football-themed toy on Wednesday: his very own foosball table. Francis played a round on the table that was presented to him at the end of his general audience by representatives… Read More
Ex-Nissan exec Greg Kelly wants boardroom, not criminal, trial
Nearly three years later, former Nissan executive Greg Kelly is still wondering why the questions that led to his arrest and trial in Japan weren’t simply taken up in the automaker’s corporate boardroom. Kelly, an American lawyer who worked for three decades for Nissan Motor Co., is awaiting a verdict… Read More
Tensions grow over aid as more than 2K are counted dead from quake
Tensions have been growing over the slow pace of aid reaching victims of a powerful weekend earthquake that killed more than 2,100 people in Haiti and was trailed by a drenching tropical depression. At the small airport in the southwestern community of Les Cayes, throngs of people gathered outside the… Read More
Sean Hannity drops Afghanistan fiasco bombshell
Fox News star Sean Hannity has earned a reputation as a controversy magnet. And sure enough, he grabbed headlines after his broadcast on Tuesday night. He interviewed former President Donald Trump — the former president’s first interview since the chaotic fall of Afghanistan’s capital on Sunday. One Man Beats Cancer… Read More
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