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Getty Images Galveston, Texas celebrates itself as the birthplace of Juneteenth (Credit: Getty Images) One hundred and sixty years after word reached Galveston, Texas, that enslaved African Americans were now free, the city is honouring Juneteenth year round. On 19 June 1865, a Union general arrived in Galveston, Texas – then a remote barrier island […]
President Trump on Monday appointed Joseph Nocella Jr., a Long Island district judge, to be the interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York. In doing so, Mr. Trump sidestepped the objections of Senator Chuck Schumer, the New York Democrat and minority leader, who had said he would block Mr. Nocella’s nomination along […]
Ottilie Mitchell BBC News, Sydney Richard Arculus The imposition of tariffs on the Heard and McDonald islands were meant to close “ridiculous loopholes”, said the US Commerce Secretary The US Commerce Secretary has defended the country’s decision to impose tariffs on a group of uninhabited islands, which are populated only by penguins and seals. The […]
A daredevil YouTube influencer has been arrested after visiting a remote Indian island, where he tried to make illegal contact with indigenous people, according to global reports. Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov, 24, of Arizona, allegedly traveled to the restricted North Sentinel Island, where he tried to offer a coconut and can of Diet Coke as “offerings […]
CNN  — The Pentagon has sent at least six B-2 bombers – 30% of the US Air Force’s stealth bomber fleet – to the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia, in what analysts have called a message to Iran as tensions once again flare in the Middle East.
The new prime minister of Greenland has pushed back against claims from Donald Trump that the US will take control of the island. Jens-Frederik Nielsen also urged Greenlanders to “calmly show the American president” that the island “is ours” after Mr Trump didn’t rule out using military force to capture the territory. In a Facebook […]
CNN  — Vice President JD Vance on Friday made the highest-profile case to date for American control of Greenland during a controversial visit to the semiautonomous island, which its residents had resisted and its leaders said was unwelcome.
NUUK, Greenland (AP) — Lisa Sólrun Christiansen gets up at 4 a.m. most days and gets to work knitting thick wool sweaters coveted by buyers around the world for their warmth and colorful patterns celebrating Greenland’s traditional Inuit culture. Her morning routine includes a quick check of the news, but these days the ritual shatters […]
After six years renting part of her sister’s house in Elmont, Roseline Louhis said she’s relieved to finally have more space for herself and her 10-year-old daughter, Delilah. Louhis, 41, bought a four-bedroom town house in Bay Shore in December. It was her first home purchase and a major milestone after two years improving her […]
References 1. Divoky, G. J., Douglas, D. C., & Stenhouse, I. J. (2016). Arctic sea ice a major determinant in Mandt’s black guillemot movement and distribution during non-breeding season. Biology Letters, 12(9), 20160275. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2016.0275 2. Divoky, G. J., Lukacs, P. M., & Druckenmiller, M. L. (2015). Effects of recent decreases in arctic sea ice on an […]