• Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Myanmar | United Nations Secretary-General

    United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced on 05 April 2024 the appointment of Julie Bishop of Australia as his Special Envoy on Myanmar.

  • No-shows a problem for General Conference

    Church officials are still scrambling to get delegates from Africa and other non-U.S. parts of The United Methodist Church to the legislative assembly that begins April 23 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

  • India's general elections commence

    The general elections in India commenced on Friday morning amidst stringent security measures, with 102 constituencies going to polls across 21 states and union territories. These elections are the largest democratic exercise in the world, with 969 million eligible voters. Opinion polls indicate that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led by Narendra Modi is likely […]

  • Athearn HO General Electric P40DC

    The HO scale General Electric (GE) P40DC diesel locomotive has returned to the Athearn product lineup. The Genesis-series model features a newly tooled body with cab-mounted strobe lights, a red emergency light, and other prototype-specific details. The prototype General Electric built the P40DC in March and April 1993, with 46 engines constructed during the brief []Read More

  • Two file for county commissioner seat

    Both democrats are seeking to fill the seat left by outgoing Republican Kevin Pine

  • Chainlink announces general availability for its CCIP

    Chainlink Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) is now in general availability (GA). Developer can leverage CCIP permissionlessly for cross-chain token transfers and to send messages to smart contracts. Chainlink, the decentralised computing platform for Web3, has announced that its Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) has officially launched for general availability. The Chainlink team said in a blog […]

  • General election: When is the next one and who decides?

    A UK general election has to be held by 28 January 2025, but could take place earlier.

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    TRADOC leader promoted to brigadier general

    JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — Col. Jennifer Walkawicz, former garrison commander of 733rd Mission Support Group at Joint Base Langley-Eustis and current deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7 (Operations Plans, and Training), U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, was promoted to the rank of brigadier general during a ceremony in front of family, friends, and colleagues April 12.

  • County commissioners thank Senator Broxson

    On Monday, the Santa Rosa Board of County Commissioners read a proclamation thanking Senator Doug Broxson for all he’s done for the county over his time in the legislature. Broxson, who is term-limited, has served in the Florida Senate since 2016, representing Santa Rosa, Okaloosa and Escambia counties. He also previously served four years in the Florida […]

  • Ex-surgeon general: Feels like '20 again

    Ex-surgeon general: Feels like '20 again (Third column, 6th story, link) Related stories:As bird flu spreads in cows, fractured response has echoes of early covid

  • Armenia to open Consulate General in Tabriz, Iran

    Armenia will open a Consulate General in Tabriz, Iran. The decision was approved by teh Government today. According to the government, in 2022 the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia and the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran reached an agreement to increase the trade turnover between the two countries to one and …

  • Dothan commissioner responds to petition calling for his removal

    DOTHAN, Ala. (WDHN) — A petition is now circulating in the Circle City calling for the immediate resignation of Commissioner Kevin Dorsey. The petition was started by the same Dothan resident who started the petition to reinstate City Manager Kevin Cowper. The petition claims Dorsey has tax liens, alleging two of them were in 2017, []