Delivering a baby was already risky, but an unprecedented surge in gang violence has forced clinics and hospitals to closeThe worst fears of midwives at Heartline Haiti were realised last week. As they prepared the maternity clinic for patients that evening, armed men laid siege to their neighbourhood in eastern Port-au-Prince, spraying bullets at police and rival gangs, setting cars on fire and ransacking houses.“All of our staff were huddled in an interior hallway hearing the noises outside...
I’m truly bothered that tens of millions of Americans consider Joe Biden to be a “nice person” in contrast to Donald Trump, who is supposedly a loudmouth bully and the reincarnation of Adolf Hitler.Since I’m annoyed by Trump’s speaking style and name-calling, I am hardly a Trump zealot. But I doubt that Trump sounds more vituperative, dishonest, or malicious than Biden. Whether it’s a matter of hurling obscenities, accusing the opposition of being terrorists and wanting to put black people “back...
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A massive cliff and a fearless friend helped the photographer capture an unforgettable image“Eskil is a tough guy,” Atle Rønningen says of the friend he was hiking Pulpit Rock with. “It’s a massive cliff over 600 metres high, in Preikestolen, Norway. It’s so popular and busy in the summer months, so we went in the spring as soon as the snow had gone. It was still icy in some places, and the weather changed abruptly all day,” he says.It was fortunate Eskil had no fear of heights, Rønningen adds,...
When a watch bags itself a nickname the reason is usually because it's immediately struck a chord with the watch fraternity. Be it Pepsi, Dark Lord, or Tuna, Rolex, TAG Heuer and Seiko respectively know this only too well. And the Montblanc Iced Sea, or Iced Tea as the cool kids call it, is the latest watch to hit the nickname jackpot. “The Montblanc Iced Sea collection is a success because its history and the characteristics of the watch make it unique,” says Laurent Lecamp, Montblanc’s global...
By Sym Posey | The Birmingham Times Basketball and bobsledding may not appear to have much in common, but they do in Alabama—for Bessemer’s Jace Johnson. Johnson made a smooth-as-ice transition from the hardwood floor to the frozen track, landing a spot on the U.S. World Cup Bobsled Team. Shifting from basketball to bobsledding was […]
The following contains spoilers for Episode 5 of Chucky Season 3. Devon Sawa realizes how special his gig on Chucky has been. Just one day before the premiere of Season 3, Part 2 — the episode where Sawa (you were warned!) gets killed off the series for the fourth time — the actor tells TVLine that […]
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