For Americans over 60, the U.S. ranks in the top 10, but for those under 30, it drops to 62nd place.
Three survivors of a secret army group that tricked Nazi Germany into making catastrophic mistakes through a series of audacious battlefield stunts will finally be honored at a ceremony in D.C. on Thursday.Bernie Bluestein, 100, John Christman, 99, and Seymour Nussenbaum, 100, were members of a tactical deception unit called the Ghost Army, whose exploits were so secret that they were forbidden to mention them for more than 50 years.Of the 1,100 artists, designers and technicians who sometimes...
The choir celebrated on stage of the magnificent RDs Concert Hall singing a triumphant rendition of ‘The Undertones’ standard, Teenage Kicks. The choir, under the direction of Emma-Jayne Kelly and accompanied by Trevor Burnside won the two- part Youth choir, were placed second in The Alice Yoakley Cup and won the overall Folen’s Publisher Award Cup and £3000 for the "School Choir of the Year 2024". Miss Kelly described the whole experience as “a fantastic day for Derry as Thornhill College also...
It is now a huge 9ft long and is often frequented by ducks, Residents on Trinity Close in Stratford-upon-Avon have grown to love it
Did you know that the oldest magnolia in Bucharest is over a century old? It has 100 years old and is located in the yard of a kindergarten in District 2 of the Romania capital city. In Bucharest, this season, over 1,000 blooming magnolias can be admired. “There is a legend that magnolia was planted […]
The Waikīkī Aquarium opened its doors on March 19, 1904. Known at that time as the Honolulu Aquarium, it is the second oldest aquarium in the United States.
The doctor told him to "buy a funeral plot" because he would need it soon. But everything changed after he went to the shelter and adopted Peety.
Fifa and the presumptive hosts face significant challenges over human rights, worker protections and the scale of constructionSaudi Arabia will host the 2034 World Cup. We know this, despite the fact that Fifa’s bidding process does not finish until the end of 2024. But with 10 years until the tournament there is still much we don’t know. Some of these issues are important, such as the time of year in which the games will be played, but others are more significant still. With the power of the...
The doctor told him to "buy a funeral plot" because he would need it soon. But everything changed after he went to the shelter and adopted Peety.
MONROVIA – Nearly one million Liberians live in extreme poverty and 2.5 million live in absolute poverty, says the World Bank in its latest poverty assessment report on Liberia. By Gerald C. Koinyeneh – [email protected] “The report finds that nearly 6 out of every 10 Liberians live in poverty based on the national poverty line. And []
A Rotherham-based dog shelter has shared a video montage of "just a few" of the dogs they have saved this year. Helping Yorkshire Poundies has rehomed hundreds of dogs who were "on death row", with 211 adoptees listed on their website. This video, which was shared on Facebook by the shelter, shows many happy faces of pups who have found their forever home. Subscribe to The Star's free newsletter for breaking news updates They told followers: "Thank you for all your ongoing support in every way -...
Battered by injuries and burnt out by the demands of her sport, Deanna Stellato-Dudek retired in 2001 – before many of today’s elite figure skaters were even born. But this week, Stellato-Dudek achieved the unthinkable. With her partner Maxime Deschamps, the 40-year-old former retiree defeated athletes less than half her age and became the oldest woman to win a World Figure Skating Championship. Even more remarkable, she did it in the pairs event – a notoriously dangerous discipline in which the...