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As President-elect Donald Trump huddles with his transition team to shape his new cabinet, several influential figures who played a key role in his campaign’s outreach to Arab American voters in Michigan are pushing for him to adopt a more favorable stance toward Palestinians in a post-war effort for regional peace. In an interview with […]
Raina Ong Staff Writer,japan-guide.com On March 16, 2024, the new service started along the recently extended Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet train line beyond Kanazawa and into Fukui Prefecture. Before the extension, the Hokuriku Shinkansen went as far as Kanazawa, and the city has enjoyed an increase in tourist numbers since the opening of the bullet train […]
The Lebensborn Naming Ceremony from Master Race by Catrine Clay and Michael Leapman (1995). When I first learned about Hochland Home, the setting for The Sunflower House, it seemed like the stuff of dystopian science fiction. Few people knew about this state-run baby factory, created to perpetuate Hitler’s so-called Master Race. In retrospect, that isn’t […]
Using advanced geophysical imaging techniques, archaeologists found traces of an enormous circular structure, thought to be as old as 4,000 years. This prehistoric monument is believed to be a “henge” – a massive ceremonial enclosure – built from timber and stretching over 300 feet in diameter, encircling the top of the hill. No visible structure […]
Few in the UK are aware of one of the most egregious historical structures built in the name of colonial profit: the Great Hedge of India. Stretching nearly 2,000 miles across the Indian subcontinent, this sprawling barrier was part of Britain’s salt tax enforcement system during the 19th century. The tax itself caused widespread suffering, […]
Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News Vancouverites had a six-decade love affair with the elegant Birks Building, which was across the street from the second Hotel Vancouver. Published Nov 10, 2024 • Last updated 1 hour ago • 4 minute read You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have […]
Irish rebel leader Padraig Pearse was born on November 10, 1879, and executed on May 3, 1916, in the wake of the Easter Rising. The more you study his life and work, the more elusive he becomes. The poet W.B. Yeats, who knew Pearse reasonably well, famously thought him half-mad, a man “flirting with the gallows […]
In November 1941, Dr. James Watts carried out a frontal lobotomy on Rosemary Kennedy’s brain at a facility in upstate New York. A psychiatrist present at the lobotomy asked Rosemary to tell him stories and repeat the months of the year. The doctor kept scraping away brain tissue until Rosemary could no longer talk. Only […]
Springbok captain Eben Etzebeth speaks to media at the team hotel in Edinburgh (Steve Haag Sports/Gallo Images) South Africa’s formidable ‘Bomb Squad’ bench, featuring a 7/1 forwards/backs split, is expected to make a significant impact against Scotland. Eben Etzebeth and coach Mzwandile Stick, though, have also emphasised the importance of the starting XV. Pieter-Steph […]
A 1915 advert for Cascade Whisky from the Rock Island Argus. Nashville From the 1890s through the tumultuous years leading to Prohibition, the city of Nashville was very much like the wild west—a bustling, exciting, changing, and dangerous place. Political debates and rallies were frequently held in the downtown streets with hordes in attendance. Legal […]