How to start an agritourism venture Have you ever considered what it takes to start an agritourism business? Field Editor Lacey Vilhauer details the steps and considerations in this week’s agritourism cover story. 04/19/2024 - 2:25 am | View Link
Vikings Urged to Settle on Kirk Cousins-Level Prospect Ahead of Draft The Vikings were urged to trade up to No. 5 in the draft to land J.J. McCarthy, whose NFL comparison of Kirk Cousins isn't quite flattering. 04/19/2024 - 12:18 am | View Link
2024 NFL mock draft: Six quarterbacks selected in first round We're a week away from the NFL draft (April 25-27) kicking off in prime time in the Motor City. This is my penultimate mock draft of the season. My final version will be posted next week. I'm not ... 04/18/2024 - 10:30 pm | View Link
How Shelbyville baseball coach turned a passion for pitching analytics into an MLB job. This Morristown grad achieved his big-league dreams, leaving his job as Shelbyville's coach to become a pitching coach in Miami Marlins organization. 04/16/2024 - 9:41 pm | View Link
Dan Quinn Got a 360-Degree View of Himself, and His Best May Be Yet to Come The Washington Commanders head coach is getting a second chance to prove himself with one of the biggest decisions in his career coming up in the NFL draft. 04/15/2024 - 7:20 am | View Link
Decorated Chinese athlete He Jie had been stripped of his Beijing half-marathon win Friday after an investigation found that the three African runners who competed alongside him had “actively slowed down” to let him cross the finish line first during the race on Sunday, April 14.
He won the 21 km.
ISLAMABAD — An important ally of Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif demanded the government lift a two-month-old ban on the social media platform X, saying on Friday that it violates citizens’ right to speech and expression.
The ban on X has been in place since February, when the party of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan announced a nationwide protest against alleged election rigging ahead of the Feb.
BEIJING — San Francisco is the latest U. S. city preparing to receive a pair of pandas from China, in a continuation of Beijing’s famed “panda diplomacy.”
San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced the panda loan in Beijing on Friday, alongside officials from China Wildlife Conservation Association, or CWCA. It will be San Francisco’s first time hosting the beloved animals long-term—the result of a yearlong advocacy campaign, Breed said.
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San Diego previously announced it was receiving two pandas back in February.
China is home to the only natural habitat for pandas and owns most of the black-and-white bears in the world.
Earlier this month, two Indian writers published an ode to their Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. Written in lyric form and titled “Forever In Our Hearts,” it recounts his achievements while singing his praises in highly effusive language. “With courage and wisdom/you show citizens the way,” it gushes. “Oh Modi, oh Modi/their hopes never sway/A people’s beacon, in whom they see light/Oh Modi, oh Modi, guiding day and night.”
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Such reverence captures the essence of Modi’s popularity.
The U. S. blocked on Thursday a draft resolution that would have allowed the United Nations General Assembly to vote on allowing a Palestinian state to become a full member state of the U. N. The move has triggered backlash from other states and pro-Palestinian groups, as global divisions continue to sharpen over Israel’s war on Gaza.
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Apple Inc. said that it removed Meta Platforms Inc.’s WhatsApp and Threads from its China apps store after an order from the country’s internet regulator, which said the services pose risks to the country’s security.
The order comes on the heels of a cleanup program Chinese regulators initiated in 2023 that was expected to remove many defunct or unregistered apps from domestic iOS and Android stores.