Monthly Archives: February 2022
Out of their hands
AP - Mikaela Shiffrin describes herself as “super controlling over everything that’s happening in my life,” so the two-time Olympic gold medalist is not...
California firefighter fatally shot while on duty
STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA (AP) - A veteran central California firefighter was fatally shot yesterday when he and others responded to a report of a dumpster...
Former students accuse professor of sexual misconduct
LANSING, MICHIGAN (AP) - Students of a former University of Michigan lecturer recounted stories of alleged sexual assault, psychological torture and university negligence on...
What it should have been
With reference to the report headlined Senior citizen rescued from house blaze published on Page 1 yesterday, the first paragraph should read ‘A 72-year-old...
Sri Lanka food inflation hits record 25pc as shortages bite
COLOMBO (AFP) - Food inflation in crisis-hit Sri Lanka hit a record 25 per cent in January, the statistics office said yesterday, with crop...
Wolfsburg the busiest on last day of transfers in Germany
BERLIN (AP) - Wolfsburg reacted to its dramatic fall in fortune with a flurry of activity as the winter transfer window closed in Germany...
Rihanna is pregnant, debuts bump on stroll with A$AP Rocky
NEW YORK (AP) - Rihanna and A$AP Rocky took an epic stroll over the weekend in snowy New York to reveal she's pregnant with...
Tteokbokki, spicy Korean rice cakes
Holly Ford
THE KOREA HERALD/ANN - Having a dish full of spicy Korean rice cakes, or tteokbokki, recently in a busy Korean street market brought...
The Winter Games, a different kind of Olympics
BEIJING (AP) - The first so-called modern Olympics took place in 1896 in Athens. But the inaugural Winter Olympics were not held until 1924...
Protesters defy junta on coup anniversary
YANGON (AFP) - Anti-coup protesters across Myanmar defied a junta order not to mark the first anniversary of the military’s power-grab with a silent...