BANGKOK (AP) — Supporters of Myanmar’s imprisoned ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi carried out peaceful flower-themed protests marking her 79th birthday on Wednesday, some taking to the streets in defiance of the military government’s repression. Suu Kyi, a Nobel peace prize winner who led a decades-long struggle against military rule, was detained on Feb. […]
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Wednesday was the last night residents could give their input on what they would like to see changed to make 79th Street safer to walk and bike around. Crosswalks, raised intersections, back-end parking and narrowing the street. That’s just a few recommendations people in Overland Park want to see made to […]
A group of survivors of Nazi death camps marked the 79th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp during the Second World War in a modest ceremony on Saturday in southern Poland. About 20 survivors from various camps set up by Nazi Germany around Europe laid wreaths and flowers and lit candles at the […]