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From screens to streets: How Gen Z is disrupting the status quo and redefining activism
Womans is shouting through a megaphone during protests
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2024-04-26, Dawn
Soft. Entitled. Snowflakes. Lazy. These are some of the characterisations about Gen Z (those born between 1997 and 2012) pushed in the media by older generations who have...
Stripping Trump of any Secret Service Protection
Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally at the Delaware County Fairgrounds, Saturday, April 23, 2022, in Delaware, Ohio, to endorse Republican candidates ahead of the Ohio primary on May 3.
AP / Joe Maiorana
2024-04-25, Armstrong Economics
COMMENT: I have been a Democrat all my life, and I am 72. I suppose I was a Democrat because my father was. Like you, after watching what they have been doing to Trump...
Not Enough War on the Ground, the US Is Taking It To Space
Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition in Washington
AP / Susan Walsh
2024-04-13, Scheerpost
By Stavroula Pabst / Responsible StatecraftElon Musk’s space company SpaceX recently secured a classified contract to build an extensive network of “spy satellites” for...
Olympic torch begins its voyage to France2024-04-27
Raw Story: The Olympic flame on Saturday began its journey to France on board the Belem leaving the Greek port of Piraeus after spending the night at the French embassy in Athens. "The feelings are so exceptional. It's such an emotion for me", Tony Estanguet, Paris...
Paris 2024 Olympic flame begins journey to France2024-04-27
Xinhua: ATHENS, April 27 (Xinhua) -- The Olympic flame for Paris 2024 began its journey from Greece's Piraeus port to France on Saturday on board the French ship Belem. The three-masted ship set sail from Greece's largest port 90 days before the opening ceremony of...
Greece hands Olympic flame to 2024 Paris Games hosts2024-04-27
Atchison Globe: Greece on Friday handed over the Olympic flame of the 2024 Games to Paris organisers in a ceremony at the Athens marble stadium where the competition was revived nearly 130 years ago. ......
Here are Friday's high school sports results for the Green Bay area2024-04-27
Green Bay Press Gazette: CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES BASEBALL Notre Dame 7, Escanaba, Mich. 0 GREENBAY - Donatello Badalamenti pitched six innings, allowed two hits and struck out five for the Tritons in the nonconference win. Zach LeMieux pitched the final inning. He allowed one hit and...
Here are Friday's high school sports results for the Appleton area2024-04-27
Post Crescent: CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES BASEBALL Neenah 12, Kimberly 11 NEENAH - The Rockets topped the Papermakers when Andrew Carlson walked with the bases loaded for the walk-off victory. Trevor Stichman was 3-for-3 for Neenah. Carlson had two hits and walked twice. Mack...
Mourning the betrayal of Independence – Sierra Leone’s Cry for Unity, Freedom, and Justice2024-04-27
Sierra Leone Telegraph: AlphaAmadu Jalloh – The Fox: Sierra LeoneTelegraph: 27 April 2024: As Sierra Leoneans, today we commemorate another Independence Day, but one question looms heavy: why should we celebrate a nationhood that has failed to deliver on its promises? For far...
Paris organizers take delivery of Olympic flame at Greek venue of first modern Games2024-04-27
NBC News: The Paris Oympics flame was formally handed to French organizers on Friday in the all-marble stadium where the first modern Games were held in Athens in 1896. ......
Paris 2024 Olympics flame sets sail for France in final relay leg2024-04-27
Straits Times: ATHENS - The Paris 2024...
What is the value of Olympic victory?2024-04-27
Ekathimerini: Relay runners are now carrying the Olympic Torch to Paris. With the 2024 Olympics fast approaching, debate is again heating up about how much countries spend on national Olympic teams. My own country – Australia – has spent a mind-boggling 800 million euros on...
The Olympic Flame Sets Sail for Marseille2024-04-27
Greek City Times: The sailing ship Belem set sail to carry the Olympic Flame to the port of Marseille with an escort of 1000 ships. In the meantime, the trireme of the Navy, "Olympias," together with 25...
Tatiana Blatnik: With her former mother-in-law Anna Maria in Kallimarmaro after the divorce with Nikolaos.2024-04-27
Greek City Times: They pair attended the Olympic Flame delivery ceremony in Kallimarmaro. Blatnik...
Estanguet emotional as Olympic torch sets sail for France2024-04-27
Yahoo Daily News: The Olympic flame set sail on Saturday on its voyage to France on board the Belem, the TorchRelay reaching its climax at the revolutionary ParisGames opening ceremony along the river Seine on July 26. "The feelings are so exceptional. It's such an...
Today in History: Ferdinand Magellan killed in the Philippines2024-04-27
Chicago Tribune: Today is Saturday, April 27, the 118th day of 2024. There are 248 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 27, 1521, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was killed by natives in the Philippines. On this date: In 1810, Ludwig van...
Greece’s Petrounias Wins Gold At European Championship2024-04-27
Greek Reporter: Eleutherios Petrounias won gold at the European Championships in Rimini and is not looking for his 2024 Olympics participation in Paris. Credit: Ministerio do Esporte, Flickr, CC BY 2.0 Eleftherios Petrounias, the celebrated Greek gymnastics athlete once again...