The Road to the Country: novelist Chigozie Obioma on Nigeria’s brutal civil war, love and redemption
Chigozie Obioma is the Nigerian author of the novels The Fishermen (2015) and
Chigozie Obioma is the Nigerian author of the novels The Fishermen (2015) and
Hello Friends, At least the wind was SW this morning. It was pushing along at 9-14 kts while out at sea the swell was 2.3 metres at 11 seconds from the SSE. Conditions continue to be scrappy and lumpy although set wave faces at Dee Why looked to be around the head high mark. It’s […]
Everybody at Highwood Golf Club was thrilled for Gwen Moon after hearing she’d drained an ace on the fifth hole on the Mountainview Nine. Moon, the club president at this popular hangout in High River, will be saying only good things about her eight-iron, her weapon of choice for this 112-yard memory-maker. Linda Sinclair was […]
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Yeukai Karengezeka–Court Correspondent The bail hearing for two Harare businessmen Mike Chimombe and Moses Mpofu, who are facing charges of defrauding the State of US$7 million continued yesterday with the leading investigating officer from the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) telling the court that the prosecution intends to lead 13 witnesses in the matter. The State […]
The proposal comes as Americans endure another summer of record-breaking temperatures.
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While Biden piously invoked the “rule of law” after the Supreme Court's ruling on presidential immunity, he consistently behaves as if his good intentions entitle him to dictatorial power.
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Radical Hamas protestors are not happy with their comrades in the progressive left movement.
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Only Bluenoses of a certain vintage will remember us singing “Sir Alf” to the tune of Amazing Grace.
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I wonder where that is… (anywhere near Huddersfield, I hope?!)
Michael Tome–Business Reporter THE Government is working on establishing a standalone Zimbabwe Tourism Fund (ZTF) to drive the sector’s growth and the realisation of targets set under Vision 2030. Minister of Tourism and Hospitality Industry Barbara Rwodzi revealed this at the Tourism Amendment Bill consultation workshop held in Harare on Monday. Operators in the tourism […]
So it looks like you really can get into trouble for attempting to overthrow the U.S. government—as long as you’re not the ringleader, apparently. Rudy Giuliani, who on election night 2020 helpfully and/or drunkenly advised the Trump team to “just say we won,” has been disbarred in New York state after a court determined he repeatedly lied about Trump’s election loss.
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Apple has chosen App Store chief and former marketing head Phil Schiller to represent the company on OpenAI’s nonprofit board, according to a report from Bloomberg. Schiller will reportedly get an observer role, meaning he can attend board meetings but can’t vote or act as a director.
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Millions of people have been forced out of Sudan as the brutal civil war continues to spread, including in Sinja Town, south of the capital Khartoum, where UN humanitarians reported on Tuesday that more than 55,000 people have already fled.