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By Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, Washington 2 hours ago Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Victor Rocha abruptly reversed his plea in February after initially pleading not guilty to the charges. An ex-career diplomat who once served as US ambassador to Bolivia has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for working as an […]
TheGrio’s “Running Black” election series profiles Black candidates running for office in the 2024 elections. If successful, each candidate profiled could make history in their state. Hear from them in their own words about what’s at stake in their races, for the country, and for Black and brown communities on the political margin. After serving four terms in […]
Few people decide in their mid-fifties that they want to become an accountant. The hundreds of hours of study required would be daunting for anyone, let alone someone whose day job is running a $23bn-revenue global consulting business. Yet last year, Mohamed Kande sat the US CPA exam and passed. That earned him a professional […]
On October 3, 1993, U.S. troops clashed with Somali militants in Mogadishu, resulting in two helicopter crashes that inspired the film Black Hawk Down. National ArchivesU.S. Marines walk through an alley in Somalia’s Bakaara Market in search of munitions as part of Operation Restore Hope. In October 1993, United States forces became embroiled in an […]
By Bishop Bob Jackson For Dailymail.Com 18:43 14 Aug 2023, updated 20:11 14 Aug 2023 Bishop Robert (Bob) L. Jackson is the Senior Pastor of Acts Full Gospel Church of God in Christ in Oakland My 72-year-old wife is talking about getting herself a gun. That’s how . . .
CNN — When Ya Ya, a giant panda from China, landed in the United States in 2003, several hundred spectators at the Memphis International Airport broke into cheers to welcome the fluffy goodwill ambassador from Beijing. The moment encapsulated a high-point in US . . .
(CNN) When Ya Ya, a giant panda from China, landed in the United States in 2003, several hundred spectators at the Memphis International Airport broke into cheers to welcome the fluffy goodwill ambassador from Beijing. The moment encapsulated a high-point in US-China relations, coming two years after China joined the World Trade Organization with American […]
By Suzanne Bearne Business reporter 46 minutes ago Image source, Julian Dodd Image caption, Adrian Ma says that being a B Corp certified business makes it easier to attract good new employees It was during the pandemic that Adrian Ma had an epiphany that persuaded him to make his company more environmentally and socially responsible.
SPRINGFIELD — They brought scaffolds and paint, but the improvements this squad had in mind were new to Springfield’s Winchester Square. As work on a bright and bold mural progressed, people from the neighborhood, now known as Mason Square, stopped by. A child named Marcus was a regular. “We had a little show going on,” […]
Shoichiro Toyoda, the second-generation leader of Japanese auto giant Toyota, who oversaw a major U.S. expansion in the 1980s with manufacturing plants and ambitious goals as Detroit’s carmakers struggled with the punishing realities of global competition, died Feb. 14 at 97. Toyota confirmed the death but did not provide further details.