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In the shadow of Petco Park, Steve Garvey was greeted as a Padres hero who played alongside baseball legend Tony Gwynn and helped the team to its first World Series appearance. In Los Angeles, voters lit up as they posed for photos with the former all-star Dodgers first baseman who anchored the team’s legendary infield […]

CAIRO – China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Jan 14 called for the establishment of a Palestinian state and a ceasefire in Gaza, where 100 days of the Israel-Hamas war have killed thousands. In a press conference with his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry in Cairo, the top Chinese diplomat said “it is necessary to insist […]

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis said on Sunday war was “a crime against humanity” as he reiterated a call for peace in Ukraine and the Middle East. “Let us not forget this (…) People need peace, the world needs peace,” the pope said after the weekly Angelus prayer. In the prayer, he urged people not […]

“The darkness is so deep that we hardly see which way to turn.” The quote is from a 1962 sermon titled “A Knock at Midnight” by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. King was painfully aware that racial segregation was justified in a dark place inside humans, yet his sermon was not just on racism. […]

Donald Trump begins the last day of campaigning in bitter cold Iowa before Monday’s caucuses, boosted by new polling showing him with a dominant lead among Hawkeye State Republicans, as his closest competitors continue their jockeying for second place. Trump leads the pack with 48% of likely caucus-goers naming him as their top choice, according […]

DAVOS, Switzerland – Ukraine pushed ahead with its peace formula to end nearly two years of war with Russia with a meeting of national security advisers from around the world in Davos on Sunday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who is scheduled to address the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos later in the week, was […]

Jan. 14—Maple Producers of NE Ohio announced plans for two workshops aimed at taking participants from tree to table and beyond. Come to one or both. Workshop One will be “Backyard Maple Syrup Maker — Are you a hobby maple producer?” Maple producers will walk attendees through the basics of making maple syrup from tree […]

By Tim Reid and Nathan Layne DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) – Inside a packed cafe in Iowa’s capital Des Moines, Dave Brommel says he has been thinking about Monday night’s Iowa caucuses ever since Democratic President Joe Biden won the 2020 election. Brommel, a retired U.S. Air Force veteran, blames Biden for the high costs […]

The group were attempting to reach a vessel off the resort town of Wimereux when their small boat got into difficulty around 2am (1am GMT), the maritime prefecture said. “We have four dead migrants and one migrant in a critical condition at the hospital in Boulogne-sur-Mer,” a spokeswoman for the maritime prefecture said. Over 60 […]

The Observers Issued on: 12/01/2024 – 20:04 02:39 Screeshots of videos filmed in New York City by Anna Sacks, better known as ‘the trash walker’ on social media. © TikTok / @thetrashwalker Sunglasses, food, clothing, insulin… Anna Sacks, better known as ‘the trash walker’ on social media, documents her walks in New York City – where […]

JERUSALEM – One hundred days after Hamas gunmen broke out of Gaza to launch the deadliest attack in Israel’s history, tens of thousands of Palestinians have been killed, Gaza lies in ruins and the Middle East is sliding towards a wider, more unpredictable conflict. For both Israelis and Palestinians, the war has been a trauma […]