Some Russian kids will attend North Korea’s Songdowon International Children’s Camp this summer. The camp features propaganda activities, such as cleaning leaders’ statues and singing Korean songs. Yuri Frolov, a Russian who twice stayed at the camp, told Business Insider about his experiences. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Yuri Frolov, 25, […]
Taylor Swift has visited Ireland and mentioned the country in her lyrics, and also has some genealogical links. The US singer-songwriter (34) will play three dates in Dublin from Friday as she takes her record-breaking Eras Tour to the capital. Swift went on holiday to Co Wicklow in July 2021 with her former partner, British […]
Taylor Swift has visited Ireland and mentioned the country in her lyrics, and also has some genealogical links. The US singer-songwriter, 34, will play three dates in Dublin from Friday as she takes her record-breaking Eras Tour to the Irish capital. Swift went on holiday to Co Wicklow in July 2021 with her former partner, […]
Joe Biden plans to break his vow of silence and publicly address the criminal trials Donald Trump is facing when a verdict is reached, four people familiar with internal deliberations told POLITICO. Biden intends to initially address the verdict in a White House setting — not a campaign one — to show his statement isn’t […]
May 21—Desert Sage Academy Principal Joshua Rhine doled out a few pieces of wisdom Tuesday afternoon. Move your tassel from right to left, he told the students sprawled across the bleachers of the school’s gym. Walk with the appropriate cadence — not too fast or too slow. It’s OK to be nervous. Despite attending some […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A measure of inflation closely tracked by the Federal Reserve remained uncomfortably high in March, likely reinforcing the Fed’s reluctance to cut interest rates anytime soon and underscoring a burden for President Joe Biden’s re-election bid. Friday’s report from the government showed that prices rose 0.3% from February to March, the same […]
Brazil’s far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro stayed for two nights at the Hungarian embassy in Brasilia last month, just days after federal police confiscated his passport and arrested two former aides on suspicion of plotting a coup, Mr Bolsonaro’s lawyer said on Monday. Mr Bolsonaro’s February 12th-14th stay at the Hungarian embassy was first reported […]
Stark County’s population stayed steady last year. The county’s population was 372,716 last year, according to new U.S. Census Bureau estimates. That’s a slight dip from 2022, down by just 69 people. The county’s population has dropped steadily since the pandemic. The decline was the result of deaths outnumbering births in 2023, and migration into […]
Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Illinois were unchanged last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, hovered at 8,123 in the week ending March 9, in line with the week before, the Labor Department said. U.S. unemployment claims dropped to 209,000 […]
The average fuel price in Massachusetts has risen about 8 cents since last month. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, gas prices across the state in the last year have been as low as $3.07 on Jan. 29, and as high as $3.76 on Aug. 7, 2023. A year ago, the average gas price […]
As soon as Bobby Dixon heard about a small plane crashing into the Bayside Waters mobile home park in Clearwater Thursday night, he knew he needed to get there. His wife, Mary Ellen Pender, had gone to the 55+ community that day after golfing with nine other friends. She hadn’t come home, and Dixon knew […]