Axel Witsel announces retirement from football at 29 and reveals retirement plans
Axel Witsel is retiring from football at the age of 29. Now he wants to go out with a bang, and that means a trip to the International Horse Show in Vienna next year….
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LA turns into spy state, but community can change that
News.com.au A neighbourhood group in Los Angeles has installed automatic license plate readers at more than a dozen intersections to catch criminals. In Melrose, last summer surveillance drones were spotted flying near the city’s…
U.S. to not go to Beijing for Olympics
At a meeting Monday morning, U.S. ambassadors to China and China-Taiwan jointly decided not to travel to Beijing for the Olympics. (See associated stories here, here and here.) The New York Times says that…
Historical photographer scooped national award
Image copyright SNS Image caption Lutha Blackhall won the 21st annual contest A historical photographer from Derbyshire has won the 2021 winners of the The National University of Ireland’s Historic Photography Awards. Lutha Blackhall,…
The U.S. EPA is threatening fines for pork farmers who don’t vaccinate their pigs against deadly PEDv virus
The deadline for farmers to start vaccinating their animals against the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus, or PEDv, is Jan. 15. According to the CDC, up to a half million pigs have died from the…
Turning the sidewalk into a floating hotel is a radical idea
What is an aerial walk? The idea of walking from one place to another is something we all do during trips to the dentist or the grocery store. But instead of treading up and…
The big life story of former Malaysian prime
Former Malaysian prime minister Datuk Seri Mahathir Mohamad was sworn in as the country’s 10th prime minister on Wednesday at a ceremony in Putrajaya in the state of Pahang. Here are the important biographical…
Dozens of states reach exemption status
Image copyright AFP Image caption The public health secretary announced Wednesday that Biron was issued a “final quit notice”. US Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar has issued a final quit notice to…
U.N. moves to halt trading with Syrian companies after human rights violations found on Trefis ship
On Friday, the United Nations Security Council voted unanimously on a resolution imposing travel restrictions on 14 companies that its members believe have contributed to the promotion of human rights and respect for international…
U.S. nationals kidnapped by armed men in Haiti planned rescue mission before abduction
Two American missionaries are set to be released from Haiti after being abducted by armed men and held for over two weeks. The missionaries — Wixacken Boatner of Atlanta and Kevin Salter of Pensacola,…