Latvia and Estonia have no legal right to demand compensation for what they describe as “Soviet occupation” and any such claims are just Russophobic propaganda games, a Russian senator has stated. “This is hardly news. They are trying to implore something from us since the collapse of the USSR. But there is no legal grounds…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has released the list of 10 host sites for the fifth annual NAIA Softball National Championship Opening Round, announced Wednesday by the national office. The event will be played May 15 –17 and features 10 four-team, double elimination tournaments throughout the country. The 40 qualifiers and pairings for…
Ontario’s decision to cancel a basic income experiment early is unethical, professors from around the world said in an open letter published Tuesday. “It appears to us that 4,000 vulnerable research subjects will have made decisions to improve their lives … only to have the promise broken,” the letter read. “Not only is the cancellation…
Over a half of all Russians believe that US astronauts have never been on the Moon and that the US authorities and NASA covered up this fact by forging proof of moon landings, a new poll shows. In the recent survey titled “Science and society: authority and trust” experts of the Russian state-run public opinion…
OTTAWA — Federal New Democrats have enlisted two former members of Parliament to run in the upcoming election, and the party says they’re in talks with a few more. An NDP official told HuffPost Canada that while discussions are ongoing, the courted candidates haven’t yet decided whether to join former MPs Andrew Cash and Svend…
BEIJING, China – Beijing Shougang Eagles announced the appointment of Teresa Wilson as head coach for the 2017 season at a press conference held in Beijing on Wednesday. Wilson will lead the team through its inaugural season of National Pro Fastpitch action. Ms. Wilson’s resume as an NCAA Head coach is rich in success. Over a…
Russia’s parliamentary majority party has prepared a bill that, if passed, would list as “undesirable” all foreign and international groups that attempt to influence Russian elections, effectively banning their activities. The bill is written as a set of amendments to the existing Russian “Dima Yakovlev Law” – the 2013 piece of legislation introducing targeted sanctions…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — With more than 135 companies signed up, the NFCA Convention exhibit show has officially sold out at Bally’s Las Vegas. The exhibit show runs on Dec. 7 and 8, opening its doors at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday and 9:00 a.m. on Friday. 2017 NFCA CONVENTION | REGISTER HERE | SPEAKER LINEUP | SCHEDULE | EXHIBITORS Interest in getting their…
TORONTO — The Ontario government passed legislation Thursday to prevent a strike or lockout at a utility that generates roughly half of the province’s power, saying it could not risk letting labour action disrupt the electricity supply. Legislators were called back from the holiday break on Monday in an effort to end the labour dispute…
The Russian lower house speaker has supported the proposal to pass a law that would ban top managers from failed banks to leave Russia for the period when their organizations are being rescued by the government. State Duma chairman Vyacheslav Volodin backed the initiative voiced by the head of Liberal-Democratic Party of Russia, Vladimir Zhirinovsky,…