NEW YORK — Ariana Grande capped off a successful year as a pop star — but a trying one as a maturing young woman — at the 13th annual Billboard Women in Music event, where she was named Woman of the Year. The 25-year-old singer was teary-eyed at times during her acceptance speech as she…
Thousands of war crime-themed cases involving asylum-seekers were referred to the German authorities in recent years, but only a small portion of them was eventually picked up for investigation, a new report has found. From 2014 to early 2019, the German migration and refugee services referred around 5,000 cases of “crimes under international law” to…
With the reviews now in for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, we can reveal whether there are any end- or post-credit scenes in the Sony-Marvel film and, if so, how many. Turn away now if you don’t want to know! Still here? OK then… There isn’t really a mid-credits scene in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, but there is a nice and…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — After 21 years as the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Executive Director, Lacy Lee Baker has announced her resignation, effective August 31. Baker, a 2014 NFCA Hall of Fame inductee, joined the Association in 1994 as its second full-time executive director, two years before a name change from the National Softball…
I’ve spent a large portion of my life as an urban Indigenous person. My father’s side of the family is from Tyendinaga (The Bay of Quinte), a Mohawk community two hours east of Toronto, while my mother’s is of primarily Scottish descent, I think from Kirkcaldy. I grew up in Taymouth N.B., but I’ve also…
Despite tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbors having reached dangerous levels following the deadly blast in Kashmir, a war between India and Pakistan is highly unlikely, former leaders of the two states have stressed. India remains committed to a no-first-use policy, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Sunday, calling his country a “reluctant nuclear weapon state” whose…
It’s possible the upcoming Pokemon Movie, Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution, will be a CGI remake of the original Pokemon film which first released in 1998 in Japan. Eurogamer reports that fan speculation, after the release of the new teaser trailer for the movie, has leaned further into the idea that this new film will indeed…
OKLAHOMA CITY — The U.S. and Japan both secured a medal finish as both teams remain undefeated while advancing in the Championship bracket at the 2015 World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Junior Women’s World Championship (JWWC) in Oklahoma City, Okla. New Zealand and Puerto Rico also advanced in the Championship division while only six teams remain…
Most Canadians consider meat to be part of a healthy diet, but a new study shows millions are eating less or none of it. In the study from Dalhousie University, just under half of respondents said they eat meat daily, and just over half (51.3 per cent) said they’d be willing to reduce their meat…
In the latest annual global human rights report, the US has stopped using the term “occupied” when talking about areas of Palestine controlled by Israel, including the Golan Heights, the West Bank and Gaza. In a report by the State Department intended to detail data regarding human rights around the globe in 2018, the US…