France’s Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire has put renewed pressure on Berlin to drop its restrictions on arms exports to Saudi Arabia, imposed last year in the wake of the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. “It is useless to produce weapons through improved cooperation between France and Germany if we are unable to export them,”…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Highlighted by a two-home run, seven-RBI performance, Mountain Range (Colo.) High School senior Riley Craig is the MaxPreps/NFCA National High School Player of the Week for contests played August 31 through September 6. Behind the monstrous performance, Craig hit .824 (14-17) with three doubles, a triple, three home runs, 14 RBI, 11…
Fortnite made a whopping $2.4 billion in revenue last year and now holds the record for the most annual revenue of any video game in history, according to SuperData’s Year in Review – and that’s not including figures from Android or its PvE mode, Save the World. SuperData also reports that 34% of all US…
Israeli police have reportedly stormed the Temple Mount compound in Jerusalem after a firebomb attack at the holy site on Tuesday. There were no immediate reports of casualties. Muslim protesters have turned the site into an impromptu mosque and have had multiple clashes with police who have attempted to close the site in the intervening…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Following a record setting season and the university’s first national championship, the University of North Georgia was unanimously voted the No. 1 team in the 2016 NFCA Division II Preseason Coaches Poll. The Nighthawks (54-8) received all 16 first-place votes and 400 points after winning five straight elimination games to claim the…
MONTREAL — Vanessa Baratta is cut up about purchasing organic produce. “Price factors into it now that I’m a homeowner. Beforehand I didn’t really care,” said the 29-year-old urban planner, reaching hesitantly for a package of pesticide-free mixed greens. “I used to go with mostly organic, but it’s much more expensive.” Baratta tries to eat…
The topic of dark matter and dark energy has been unraveling for years, as 95% of the universe is made up of the unknown, invisible material that astrophysicists are not able to fully understand. In a new study from astrophysicist, Jamie Farnes, from Oxford’s e-Research Centre at the University of Oxford and published in Astronomy and…
Announcing that a Pakistani warplane downed Wednesday had targeted military sites, India’s air force, navy and army declared they’re on high alert and are poised to defeat further threats. India’s military gave their take on the downing of the Pakistani warplane in its airspace on Thursday. Major General Surinder Singh Mahal said the jet dropped…
OKLAHOMA CITY – The Amateur Softball Association (ASA) of America/USA Softball is excited to welcome participants of the 63rd Annual All-Indian Fastpitch Tournament to the ASA Hall of Fame Stadium at OGE Energy Field this weekend. This prestigious event is one of the oldest fastpitch tournaments held in the United States. Games tonight at the ASA Hall…
Sioux Lookout, Ont. — I fiddle with my search radius. Fifty kilometres? That’s not too far. One hundred kilometres? That’s only an hour’s drive. One-hundred sixty kilometres? That might get me far enough to reach the neighbouring town, or maybe even the city. The screen refreshes, and three swipes later I am again staring at…