The spring semester is off to a smooth start thus far after Penn Staters took some time off at home to relax and unwind for the holidays. Most of us likely spent the break back in our childhood bedrooms, perhaps visited by the ghosts of elementary and preschool past. Nostalgia can hit you like a ton of bricks in college. Four years fly by and before you know it, you’re on your own in the real world. With less than 100 days until graduation, why not get back in touch with our inner child and combine our childhood memories with…
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Russia, United States in high-level visits to regionRegion has historic Russia ties but bigger Western tradeUkraine war heightens geopolitical rivalry over AfricaJOHANNESBURG, Jan 26 (Reuters) – South Africa and its neighbours were at the centre of a tussle for influence this week when top Russian and U.S. officials visited, offering a rare moment of leverage for governments on a continent more used to being buffeted by events than wooed.With a war in Europe pitting invading Russian forces against Ukraine’s army supplied with Western arms, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen were both on the hunt…
PRETORIA, Jan 26 (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Thursday lauded South Africa’s “bold” participation in the so-called Just Energy Transition Partnership backed by the United States and other Western nations, but steered clear of mentioning U.S. concerns about Pretoria’s planned military drills with China and Russia.Yellen spoke to reporters alongside South African Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana in Pretoria on the third leg of her nearly two-week tour of Africa, and just days after Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visited South Africa.In prepared remarks, Yellen welcomed Godongwana’s “cooperation and insightful views” in their talks so far, and said…
Participants in the University of Rhode Island’s Engaging Generations Cyber-Seniors program have shown statistically significant improvements in digital competence, technology use, quality of life, and in strengthening social bonds. The program has helped participants feel more connected to their communities, increase contact with family and friends, and generally improve their feelings of well-being and overall health. The findings are the result of surveys taken by participants before and after the program, which aimed to increase digital competency in older adults, especially while the COVID-19 pandemic limited their contact with others. The program provides participants with smart devices like iPads, wireless…
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Do you remember the last bedtime story you read to your child? Did the story’s characters look and sound like members of your family? More than 500,000 immigrants and their children live in King County; finding stories that fit those parameters, especially for children, can be difficult. Book launch event In Somalia, for example, folktales and bedtime stories are traditionally shared through oral storytelling, rather than being written down. That’s part of the reason Somali American families are among the immigrant groups who struggle to access books in their native language, despite Somali being the second most spoken language in…
More cheetahs will soon be making their way to the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh. The South African government signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the translocation of 12 cheetahs on Wednesday, with the big cats slated to arrive by February-March. With this, the total number of cheetahs in India will rise to 20. Eight cheetahs from Namibia were released into the park in September last year as part of an ambitious project to revive India’s extinct population. Discussions with South Africa had been underway for quite some time now, reaching an ‘advanced stage’ in early January. Earlier this…
Anna Salton Eisen grew up with parents who survived the atrocities of the Holocaust but never spoke about it.She was about 7 when she found two small watercolors depicting the brutalities of Nazi Germany and signed “L. Salzman” — a name she didn’t know — and began piecing together the truth. “When I would ask my father about his background or about his family, he would get a look of anguish. And he would say, ‘let’s not talk about it.’” Antisemitism reached an all-time high with more than 2,700 reports of harassment, vandalism and assault across the nation in 2021,…
Indigenous South African cannabis growers have been camping in front of the President’s office in Pretoria since 2018. “We won’t be moved (…) It’s our right to cultivate cannabis, and enjoy our way of life,” said King Khoisan SA, reported The Cannabis Culture.Khoisan, one of the demonstrators, said he is “the king of the Khoisan, South Africa’s first nation that has lived in the country for over 10 000 years and grown cannabis unrestricted.”In 2022, the police attempted to arrest him.Lt. Col. Robert Netshiunda, spokesman of the South African police said that the Khoisan community is breaking the law by cultivating cannabis,…
Travel Diary: An EBONY Editor’s Adventures in West Africa – Ebony EBONY Source link