The resignation of long-time Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev on Tuesday was abrupt and unexpected for some. However, analysts say he’s been preparing for this for years and have weighed in on the consequences for the region. Nazarbayev, 78, has resigned after three decades in power. Before announcing it officially, he called Russian president Vladimir Putin,…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The National Fastpitch Coaches Association is hosting its annual Coaches Clinic on Jan. 6-7, 2017 at the Horseshoe Southern Indiana in Elizabeth, Ind., located 15 minutes from downtown Louisville. Schedule | Brochure Following a highly successful inaugural event in 2016, the two-day clinic, sponsored by Strike Tec Systems, MPC Promotions and Republic…
The average kitchen tosses out hundreds of dollars worth of edible food every year and more than half the food produced in Canada is wasted, says a study researchers are calling the first of its kind. “It’s a lot of food,” said Lori Nikkel of Second Harvest, the Toronto-based group working to reduce food waste…
THQ Nordic has bought yet another studio, this time it’s Kingdom Come: Deliverance’s Warhorse Studios. Announced by THQ Nordic and THQ Nordic AB subsidiary Koch Media, THQ Nordic has acquired the Prague-based Warhorse Studios on the one-year anniversary of Kingdom Come: Deliverance’s release. Along with the acquisition, it was revealed that Kingdom Come: Deliverance sold…
The deputy head of the lower house committee for family affairs has promised to amend existing legislation targeting sex crime with a separate bill. Gender equality at work would be enforced and sexual harassment punished. MP Oksana Pushkina (United Russia) told the RBC news site that in her view sexual harassment was very widespread in…
NEW ORLEANS — NFCA First Vice President and Hall of Fame Committee Chair Lisa Navas announced the 2017 NFCA Hall of Fame induction class at the conclusion of this year’s Hall of Fame Banquet on Dec. 9 during the NFCA National Convention at the New Orleans Marriott. The quartet of inductees includes Ashland University head…
Sebastian Stan will be replacing Chris Evans in an upcoming Netflix film called The Devil All The Time. As reported by Deadline, Sebastian Stan, who has played Bucky Barnes/The Winter Soldier since Captain America: The First Avenger, will be replacing Captain America himself, Chris Evans, in The Devil All The Time due to Evans having…
John McAfee has been ordered to pay $25 million for the wrongful death of his former neighbour Gregory Faull in Belize, however – much like several other lawsuits against him in the past 11 years – he is refusing to pay. He was accused by Faull’s estate of paying a man $5,000 to torture and…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Michigan senior Sierra Romero has been named the inaugural Schutt Sports/NFCA Division I National Player of the Year, announced the Association on Thursday afternoon. A four-time NFCA All-American, including three first-team nods, Romero is the first player in NCAA softball history to enter the 300-300-300 club with 302 runs, 305 RBI and…
The Kurdish-led and US-back Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said that they crushed the last remaining pocket of jihadist resistance in Syria. Damascus earlier dismissed the celebratory news as a “bluff.” Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) suffered “total elimination” and “a 100 percent territorial defeat,” SDF spokesperson Mustafa Bali announced on Saturday. The news came after…