Jun. 18—JEFFERSON — A local youth employment program was recently highlighted at a national conference in Atlanta, said Ashtabula County Technical and Career Campus Superintendent Scott Wludyga. The program known as “youthOPPORTUNITIES!,” serves more than 700 youth, ages 14 to 24. He describes the program as a vital initiative. It is detailed as the Ashtabula […]
Claim: Video shows Biden wandered off from world leaders at G7 skydiving event. President Joe Biden’s age has long been the subject of conservative attacks, even more so now that at age 81, he’s seeking a second term. According to claims using edited or out-of-context videos, Biden once left in the middle of a news […]
Russia and Ukraine are set to remain locked in battle for the foreseeable future after an international gathering billed as a first step toward peace delivered no eye-catching diplomatic breakthrough that might suggest a coming end to Europe’s biggest conflict since World War Two. The absence of Russia and China from the two-day conference in […]
OBBÜRGEN, Switzerland (AP) — Eighty countries called Sunday for the “territorial integrity” of Ukraine to be the basis for any peace agreement to end Russia’s two-year war, though some key developing nations at a Swiss conference did not join in — and the way forward for diplomacy remains unclear. The joint communique capped a two-day […]
Pastor Richard Pittman Sr. has been elected president of the NAACP area covering Minnesota, South Dakota and North Dakota. Pittman was elected president of the Tri-State Conference that is made up of seven local chapters of the NAACP: the Duluth, Mankato, Minneapolis, Rochester, St. Cloud, St. Paul and Sioux Falls, S.D., chapters. The Tri-State area […]
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Saturday predicted “history being made” at the Swiss-hosted conference which aims to plan the first steps toward peace in Ukraine. Experts and critics say little substance or few big breakthroughs are expected because Russia is not attending. The presidents of Ecuador, Ivory Coast, Kenya and Somalia joined dozens of western […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday predicted “history being made” at the Swiss-hosted conference which aims to plan the first steps toward peace in Ukraine. Experts and critics say little substance or few big breakthroughs are expected because Russia is not attending. The presidents of Ecuador, Ivory Coast, Kenya and Somalia joined dozens of western […]
Jun. 12—SHIPSHEWANA — Shipshewana has been chosen as the site of a regional conference aimed at travel influencers this week. Co-owner of the Midwest Travel Network Co-Owner Lisa Trudell said they hope to prove that the Midwest is not just fly over country. “We have all these travel writers and content creators coming in, taking […]
The Ukraine Recovery Conference being held in Berlin has seen more than 100 agreements signed, German Development Minister Svenja Schulze said on Wednesday, the final day of the two-day conference. The agreements, drawing in business and governments, include loans for small businesses, more city partnerships and training initiatives, Schulze said speaking alongside Ukrainian First Deputy […]
The Ukraine Recovery Conference being held in Berlin has seen more than 100 agreements signed, German Development Minister Svenja Schulze said on Wednesday, the final day of the two-day conference. The agreements, drawing in business and governments, include loans for small businesses, more city partnerships and training initiatives, Schulze said speaking alongside Ukrainian First Deputy […]
At an international reconstruction conference for Ukraine, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for a further strengthening of the country’s air defence against Russian attacks. He called on allies to support a German initiative to bolster Ukraine’s air defences “with everything possible.” “Because the best reconstruction is the one that doesn’t have to happen in […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appealed for short-term help in repairing his country’s electricity network and long-term investment in its energy system as a conference to gather support for Ukraine’s recovery from the destruction wreaked by Russia’s war opened on Tuesday. Starting a week of intense diplomacy that will also see him travel to the Group […]