Canada is excited about the nation’s newly appointed defense minister, Harjit Sajjan, called “the breakout celebrity of Prime Minister Trudeau’s new cabinet.” The former Vancouver gang unit officer said that he took a different route from many of the Indo-Canadian youths who became gang members while he transferred schools and later joined the police force. He […]
Canada’s New Minister of Defense
Leading Thalidomide Opponent Dies, Aged 101
Frances Oldham Kelsey, a Canadian-born doctor and F.D.A. officer, argued tirelessly to keep the harmful drug out of the U.S. ONTARIO, Canada – Frances Oldham Kelsey, the doctor and pharmacologist who refused to allow thalidomide into America, died on Friday. Kelsey died at her daughter’s home in London, Ontario, where she had been inducted into […]
Former President George W. Bush shows up for jury duty
US citizen and former president George W. Bush was among a group of potential jurors in a Dallas courthouse Wednesday. “President Bush received his jury summons and reported for service this morning at the George Allen Courts Building in Dallas,” Bush spokesman Freddy Ford told CNN in a statement. “He sat through the jury selection […]
Leonard Nimoy, known as Mr. Spock to all, dies at 83
Leonard Nimoy, known as Mr. Spock to all who are fans of the original Star Trek series, passed away Friday morning at his home in Bel Air, Los Angeles. He was 83. Last year the actor announced that he was suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease as a result of years of smoking — a habit […]
Wixarika Holy Week – Photojournal by David Cordova
For centuries the Wixarika people have occupied the lands of Western Mexico. This indigenous group, directly related to the Yuto-Azteca tribes, has lived an independent life away from the big empires of Mesoamerica, encouraging the development of a solid and unique identity in the region. At the time of the conquests, the Wixarika people found refuge in the […]
Charles Manson and Star: the wedding of the year did not take place
The wedding that was to join one of the most famous American serial killers, Charles Manson, now 80 years old, and 27-years-old Afton Elaine Burton (renamed “Star” by Manson) finally will not take place. Indeed, after filing a marriage license application last November, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation spokeswoman Terry Thornton confirmed this week that […]
The Odingas and Kenya mourn their son
Kenya woke up to the death of the son of the former prime minister on Sunday, January 11. The son of the former premier had spent the previous night out with friends. He arrived home at 2 a.m. and a few hours later was pronounced dead. Fidel Odinga, who was the eldest son to Rt. Hon Raila […]