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Don Lemon to return to CNN, undergo ‘formal training’
By The Associated Press on February 21st, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) – CNN anchor Don Lemon will return to work Wednesday and will receive “formal training” in the aftermath of his on-air comments about Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley, network CEO Chris Licht said in an email to employees Monday night. The memo, as reported by CNN Business, did not specify what the ... Read More »
1 responseIn unlikely wartime role, Zelenskyy inspires Ukraine’s fight
By Lynn Berry, The Associated Press on February 21st, 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) – A year ago, with Russian forces bearing down on Ukraine’s capital, Western leaders feared for the life of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and advised him to flee. The U.S. offered him an escape route. Instead, he filmed a defiant video of himself on a darkened street outside the presidential offices with his four ... Read More »
1 responseMardi Gras brings joy – but also worry over violent crime
By Kevin Mcgill, The Associated Press on February 21st, 2023
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – New Orleans’ annual Carnival season entered its ebullient crescendo Tuesday with thousands of revelers expected to pack the French Quarter and line miles of parade routes in a citywide Mardi Gras celebration underpinned this year by violent crime concerns and political turmoil. Gunfire that broke out during a parade Sunday night ... Read More »
1 responseAbrahamic House in UAE houses a church, synagogue and mosque
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press on February 21st, 2023
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – On the shores of the Persian Gulf, a new complex houses a Catholic church, a Jewish synagogue and an Islamic mosque in the capital of the United Arab Emirates. The Abrahamic Family House offers a concrete, marble and oak manifestation of the UAE’s publicized push toward tolerance after ... Read More »
1 responseDef Jam’s new exec Kardinal Offishall to Canadian celebs: show your support at home
By David Friend, The Canadian Press on February 21st, 2023
TORONTO – Kardinal Offishall has a message for his fellow Canadian celebrities: you’ve got to step it up at home. This is coming from a Toronto hip-hop star who has been a seemingly inescapable presence in the domestic arts and entertainment scene for decades. At the 2021 Juno Awards, he took viewers on a comprehensive ... Read More »
1 response‘Better than Santa’: Snow castle almost ready to host annual Yellowknife festival
By Emily Blake, The Canadian Press on February 21st, 2023
YELLOWKNIFE – A construction crew is hard at work in Yellowknife with power tools, heavy machineryand canoe paddles. But they aren’t using the usual timber, bricks and mortar; their materials are ice and snow. For the past two months, a king and his loyal crew have been building a giant snow castle on the frozen ... Read More »
1 responseUkraine’s unlikely wartime leader Zelenskyy instills hope
By Lynn Berry, The Associated Press on February 21st, 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) – A year ago, with Russian forces bearing down on Ukraine’s capital, Western leaders feared for the life of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and advised him to flee. The U.S. offered him an escape route. Instead, he filmed a defiant video of himself on a darkened street outside the presidential offices with his four ... Read More »
1 responseDon Lemon to return to ‘CNN This Morning’ after training
By The Associated Press on February 21st, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) – Anchor Don Lemon will return to work Wednesday after he receives formal training for his comments about Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley on “CNN This Morning,” network CEO Chris Licht said in an email to employees Monday night. Lemon has not been on the air since Thursday, when during a discussion ... Read More »
1 responseMardi Gras ebullience intersects with crime worry, politics
By Kevin Mcgill, The Associated Press on February 20th, 2023
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – New Orleans’ annual Carnival season entered its ebullient crescendo Tuesday with thousands of revelers expected to pack the French Quarter and line miles of parade routes in a citywide Mardi Gras celebration underpinned this year by violent crime concerns and political turmoil. Gunfire that broke out during a parade Sunday night ... Read More »
1 responseCollection of rare centuries-old jewelry returns to Cambodia
By Sopheng Cheang, The Associated Press on February 20th, 2023
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) – A spectacular collection of centuries-old Cambodian jewelry has been returned to the Southeast Asian country, the latest treasures to be retrieved from the estate of well-known antiquities collector and dealer Douglas Latchford, who was accused of buying and selling looted artifacts. Cambodia’s Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts announced Monday ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Egypt unveils renovated wing of oldest museum, new papyrus
By The Associated Press on February 20th, 2023
CAIRO (AP) – Egypt’s ministry of tourism and antiquities unveiled a renovated wing of its oldest museum Monday, home to a 16-meter (52-foot) -long scroll unearthed last year. The refurbishment marks the first stage of broader renovations for the 120-year-old salmon-colored palatial complex in downtown Cairo, opposite the capital’s famed Tahrir Square. Waziry Papyrus, the ... Read More »
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