US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer has announced March 1 is the “hard deadline” for reaching a deal on trade with China, warning that new tariffs will be imposed otherwise. “As far as I am concerned it is a hard deadline. When I talk to the president of the United States he is not talking about…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Samantha Reilly of Georgian Court slugged seven home runs and Dixie State’s Cambrie Hazel was unhittable, which earned them Louisville/Slugger NFCA Division II National Player and Pitcher of the week recognition. The duo earned the honor for their outstanding play for the week of April 2-8. Reilly, a Toms River, N.J. native,…
A geologist has been handed a one-year suspended sentence for stealing a piece of the Chelyabinsk meteor, which became a YouTube sensation in 2013, from a museum he worked with. A huge a meteor crashed with a loud bang near the city of Chelyabinsk in Russia’s Urals five years ago. The spectacular bright-shining superbolide made…
TROUT BROOK, N.B. — Kevin Vickers, who became Canada’s ambassador to Ireland after being hailed as a hero for helping to end the 2014 attack on Parliament Hill, is considering a move into politics. The former sergeant-at-arms of the House of Commons said Monday he’s considering a run for the Liberal leadership in his native…
Baton Rouge, La. – Veteran star Kelly Kretschman of the USSSA Pride took home her third consecutive Player of the Year honor to top the major awards handed out by National Pro Fastpitch, Wednesday night at the Crowne Plaza. Kretschman, whose Player of the Year award was presented by Park Planet, also won the…
Most Russians are asking Father Frost for good health for all and for peace on Earth, with money only ranking third on their New Year wish lists, a fresh survey has revealed. Take part in RT’s poll and share your wishes for 2019. 37 percent of the respondents want themselves, their relatives and all people…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The NFCA is rolling out its 2018 camp schedule and there are some new opportunities available this summer. Joining mainstays- Northeast Academic, Pennsbury Classic and Ohio Stingrays EXCEL- the NFCA is excited to announce two new EXCEL camps in St. Louis and Atlanta. NFCA Camps The NFCA EXCEL camps offer an intense…
Christine Cohen’s inbox was flooded after she said on live TV she was applying for a highly sought-after cannabis retail licence in Ontario’s lottery. She says 14 men asked if she wanted to get married and another offered her a cool $1 million for the licence, should she win. The business owner, who runs two…
Major American energy companies, Exxon Mobil and Chevron, are seeking to sell their stakes in Azerbaijan’s largest oilfield once meant to help Europe be less dependent on Russian gas and oil supplies, according to Reuters. The US companies, who were at the onset of singing the so-called “contract of the century” with the former Soviet…
SAINT-ALEXIS, Quebec ― Dairy farmer Pascal Thuot’s cows wander freely in a huge indoor pen. Gone are the days of restraints and enclosures at his farm in Quebec’s Lanaudière region. Milking is done automatically, without human intervention. When cows need to empty their udders, they form a line in front of one of the farmer’s…