PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — The last surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge regime that ruled Cambodia in the 1970s, when their reign of terror was responsible for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million people, were convicted Friday by an international tribunal of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan…
Russians have greatly changed their opinion of US President Donald Trump over the past year, with nearly a half of them now thinking negatively of him, Russian sociologists have found. According to the latest research conducted by the Public Opinion Foundation (FOM), 46 percent of Russian citizens have expressed a negative opinion of the US…
Baton Rouge, La. — Scrap Yard Dawgs claimed their first Cowles Cup in franchise history with a 5-2 win over the USSSA Pride in the winner-take-all contest of the final series in the 2017 NPF Championship held at Tiger Park on the LSU campus. Rookie Kasey Cooper charged the offense with three RBI, the…
A Russian man, who assaulted a police officer, using his allegedly urine-stained pants as a weapon, has been handed a one-year suspended sentence and three years of probation. Early on August 1, a rowdy intoxicated man was delivered to a police station in the village of Zyrianka in Tomsk Region in Russia’s Siberia. The guy…
The US Navy bragged that its destroyer came to “challenge” Moscow in the Sea of Japan, but the ship didn’t even come near Russia’s territorial waters and was tracked all the way, the Defense Ministry said. The US Pacific Fleet destroyer, ‘USS McCampbell’, entered the Sea of Japan on Wednesday. In a typical rah-rah fashion,…
OKLAHOMA CITY – USA Softball, the National Governing Body of Softball in the United States, is proud to announce the selection of Michelle Moultrie (Jacksonville, Fla.) as the 2017 USA Softball Female Athlete of the Year. Moultrie, who has been a member of the Women’s National Team (WNT) since 2011, was a staple of the…
Limiting ads for Viagra and other approved erectile dysfunction pills is wrong, a medic has said. Those behind the idea, including Russian Lib Dem leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky, should just read drug instructions more carefully. Solving problems through bans is itself an “idiocy,” Dr. Vladislav Zhemchugov told Life.ru. The medic suggested that Zhirinovsky might have urged…
Stalking is a violent crime that is not often the subject of public conversation, despite being frequently sensationalized in popular culture. This was put on display most recently by Netflix’s new hit series, “You.” The show, based on a novel written by Caroline Kepnes, is about a bookstore manager who becomes obsessed with an aspiring…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Makenna Aycock of Texas Wesleyan has been named the NAIA National Softball Pitcher of the Week and teammate Bailey Terry has been named the NAIA National Softball Player of the Week, the national office announced Tuesday. Aycock and Terry were selected based on their performances from April 2 – 8, and were chosen out of a pool…
This article was co-written by David Mendes. David is the national program coordinator for the Canadian Association of People who Use Drugs (CAPUD). He is an artist and activist who created and directed the shadow unit in “Illicit,” the successful theatre production. He lives in Vancouver’s Downtown East side. As 2018 comes to an end…
