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Aug. 10—Members of the Northern Colorado Martial Arts Academy and Team USA recently returned from the Pencak Silat World Championships in Malaysia. Jackson Taggart, who trains at the facility in Ault, placed sixth in the world. He advanced to the quarterfinals and competed against other athletes from 22 countries. Though he did not medal in his weight class, Taggart was invited to train with ...
LOS ANGELES — Authorities investigating the crash in the Windsor Hills neighborhood that left five people dead are trying to sort out the actions and mindset of the nurse who prosecutors say plowed her Mercedes into the intersection. Investigators are still trying to get a full account of what brought Nicole Lorraine Linton, 37, to the corner of Slauson and La Brea avenues last Thursday ...
Brussels — EU member states are no longer allowed to import coal from Russia after the transitional period for the bloc's embargo ended at midnight (2200 GMT) on Wednesday.The embargo was part of the fifth sanctions package agreed by the EU in April and will be in full force from Thursday onwards.EU countries had agreed on a transitional period of 120 days to give the industry time to adapt to ...
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo — America’s top diplomat on Wednesday was hoping to showcase the potential for democracy and climate action here in one of Africa’s largest countries. But backsliding reality got in the way. Within hours of U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken’s arrival in the Democratic Republic of Congo — as he repeatedly urged free, fair and “on time” presidential ...
Aug. 10—Three Israeli defense and aerospace companies feature in the "Defense News" Top 100 for 2022. In fact all three — Elbit Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq: ESLT; TASE:ESLT), Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), and Rafael — are listed in the top 50. The three companies have combined revenue of $11.7 billion. The top Israeli company in the list is Elbit Systems, ranked 31, down one place from last ...
Aug. 10—Alvin Lawrence Alce was surrounded by family, from his wife and grown children to his 10-month-old grandson, when an Army general pinned to his shirt a Purple Heart medal this week. The Vietnam War veteran had earned the honor more than a half century ago in Vietnam. Alce, born and raised in Key West, was wounded at the Battle at Hamburger Hill. That's a 3,000-foot mountain given the ...
Aug. 10—SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN) — About 25,000 people gathered at the Marina Bay floating platform to mark Singapore's 57th birthday on Tuesday (Aug 9), in a show that recognised the hardships inflicted by the Covid-19 pandemic and celebrated a return to relative normalcy. A human sea of red and white sat elbow to elbow, joining in the Kallang Wave and soaking in the rat-a-tat of ...
Aug. 10—SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN) — More than 300,000 travellers crossed the land border at Woodlands and Tuas checkpoints daily from last Friday (Aug 5) to Sunday, the highest recorded weekend travel volume since the land border reopened on April 1. Over the weekend, long queues formed on both sides of the Singapore and Malaysia border, with some travellers standing in line for more ...
Aug. 10—SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN) — The Float @ Marina Bay was filled to capacity on Tuesday (Aug 9) with spectators eager to catch this year's National Day Parade (NDP). This year's parade — themed Stronger Together, Majulah — celebrates Singapore's 57th birthday and is the first since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic to take place in front of a crowd not limited by public health ...
Aug. 10—SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN) — An audience member who had tears streaming down his face while singing the National Anthem at the close of the National Day Parade (NDP) has become an Internet sensation. Mr Azuan Tan, 41, whose reaction was caught on camera and broadcast live, told The Straits Times that he was overcome by his emotions, evoked by this year's NDP, themed Stronger ...