A Coastal South Carolina University student, Zachary Redick, is in the news after he was awarded a $25,000 scholarship from the restaurant where he works—this after he had to quit school to care for his mother who was battling cancer. Redick started working at a Chick-fil-A on James Island in Charleston, South Carolina, when he was…
Chick-fil-A Employee Quit School to Care for Mom With Cancer–So Chain Gifts Him $25,000 Scholarship
Couple Married For 70 Years Reveal the Secret Behind Their Harmonious Relationship
A nonagenarian couple who have been married for 70 years have shared what kept their relationship harmonious: the husband does what he’s told. Syd and Enid Reid, both 92, played a lot of sports together in their younger days and later took up Scottish country dancing, and line dancing. They met during a church service at…
Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind’: A Sobering, Uplifting Film
TV-PG | 1h 53min | Biography, Drama, History | 1 March 2019 (USA) Life as a farmer can be unpredictable and sometimes fraught with catastrophe, especially in third-world countries. There, if a particular crop season fails due to drought or other adverse conditions, the farmers can’t simply go and buy rations using their savings. Instead,…
Google Found Guilty of Misleading Australian Customers on Data Collection
April 16, 2021
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The Australian Federal Court has found Google guilty of misleading customers about personal location data collection on android mobile devices in a world-first enforcement action by the country’s consumer watchdog. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has been pursuing legal action against Google’s “misleading conduct” since Oct. 2019. “This is an important victory for consumers,…
Queensland Takes First Step in Creating Australia-Japan Hydrogen Supply Chain
The Queensland government has taken a step closer to establishing a hydrogen export hub in the state’s north with the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the Port of Townsville and Origin Australia. The deal, signed on April 14, promises the development of a hydrogen liquefaction facility and the expansion of the port to…
Wife of ‘China’s Conscience’ Gao Zhisheng Worries He Has Been Murdered
April 16, 2021
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The wife of Gao Zhisheng—known as “China’s conscience”—worries that the Chinese Communist Party has murdered the human rights lawyer. On April 14, she demanded Beijing answer two requests and said she would take further action if they did not acknowledge her right to information on her husband who is in state custody. “If Gao Zhisheng…
Greek, Turkish FMs Meet to Mend Ties, Trade Barbs Instead
ANKARA, Turkey—A meeting aimed to improve fraught ties between NATO allies Greece and Turkey quickly descended into a tense exchange of accusations between the two countries’ foreign ministers on April 15. Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias traveled to Ankara to discuss ties with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu, following a slight easing of tensions. Appearing…
Iran, World Powers Resume Nuclear Talks Amid Strains Over Enrichment, Natanz Attack
VIENNA—Iran and global powers resumed talks on April 15 to rescue the 2015 nuclear deal in an effort potentially complicated by Tehran’s decision to ramp up uranium enrichment and what it called Israeli sabotage at a nuclear site. Casting a shadow over the Vienna talks, Tehran on April 13 announced its decision to enrich uranium…
World at Risk of Greater Polarisation: Australian Prime Minister
April 16, 2021
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The world is at greater risk of polarisation, and like-minded, democratic nations needed to work together to carry the “aspirations of the future” Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said. In a recorded speech to the Raisina Dialogue in India, the prime minister said Australia was “not blind” to the realities of the state of…
Conservatives Decry Efforts to Expand Supreme Court
Efforts by House Democrats to expand the number of seats on the Supreme Court have been met by intense opposition by conservatives and moderates. House Democrats on Thursday ramped up their lobbying efforts to “pack the court” following their unsuccessful attempts last year to stop then-Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination from going through by introducing a…
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