Monday, November 15, 2021 Mako Komuro and her husband, Kei Komuro, travelled to New York yesterday to start a new life together outside of the Japanese Royal Family. Their relationship had been heavily criticized by members of the public in Japan due to its unconventional nature and breaking social norms for the nation. The couple…
Bolivia’s Evo Morales wins referendum on a new leftist constitution
Monday, January 26, 2009 File:Schafik handal con fidel.jpg The Bolivian President, Evo Morales, 49, has claimed victory after voters ratified a new leftist constitution, granting more power to the country’s indigenous majority. “The indigenous farmers, the most marginalized sector throughout the history of the republic, are now recognized as people with the same rights as…
Acne Skin Care Treatment Product
Here’s An Opinion On: Natural Vitamin C Powder Acne Skin Care Treatment Product by Ricky Lee Although many people believed that acne is caused because a person s skin is too oily, those with dry skin are just as susceptible to the condition as well. Today more than 20% of all adults are affected by…
Bank of America leads Consumer Financial Protection Bureau complaints about mortgages
Thursday, October 3, 2013 A review this week by Wikinews of US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) complaints about mortgages in the United States shows Bank of America leads all lending institutions in complaints. Since mortgages complaints were recorded in December 2011, 77,622 total have been added to CFPB’s database. 29.2% of these complaints involved…
One year on: Egyptians mark anniversary of protests that toppled Mubarak
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 Across Egypt hundreds of thousands have taken to the streets for the day, marking exactly one year since the outbreak of protests leading to 83-year-old longstanding ruler Hosni Mubarak’s downfall. The country’s decades-long emergency rule was partially lifted this week; meanwhile, a possible economic meltdown looms and a newly-elected parliament held…
The History Of Good Luck Charms
Here’s An Opinion On: Knitting Yarn Price Submitted by: Jason Littleton Good luck charms are really affluent in history. Wherever part of the world we go, we can really encounter an object that is greatly revered by the people because of the magic it brings. No one knows for sure if it s true but…
Too Grimm? Mother Goose cartoonist sued by Colombian coffee growers
Sunday, January 11, 2009 While it was just a joke, the Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia doesn’t find a recent “Mother Goose and Grimm” comic terribly funny. In what the coffee growers association calls “an attack on national dignity and the reputation of Colombian coffee,” the characters in a comic strip by Pulitzer Prize-winning…
Why Wear Weight Vests?
Here’s An Opinion On: Weight Loss Surgery Revision California Cost By Linda Hibbard Weighted vests are worn by men and women for many different reasons. How do firefighters build their bodies to have such strong physiques? It’s from carrying around all of that extra gear. This type of strength, muscle and bone density-building principle is…
US novelist Tom Clancy dies at age 66
Wednesday, October 2, 2013 The bestselling US novelist Tom Clancy died yesterday in a hospital in Baltimore, according to his publisher. The sixty-six year old is best known for a series of novels themed around espionage, military affairs and geopolitical intrigue, many of which have been adapted into movies and video games. The Hunt for…
Firefighters rescue nearly a dozen animals in Buffalo, New York house fire
Friday, June 22, 2007 Buffalo, New York —A three alarm fire at a house owned by John and Evelyn Bencinich, two of the initiators of a lawsuit filed against the Elmwood Village Hotel proposal in Buffalo, required firefighters to rescue eight cats and two dogs in Buffalo, New York today. At about 8:30 (eastern time)…