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Winter weather brings snow and rain to both coasts

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4 mn readAlmost 100 million people are waking to winter weather alerts and warnings Wednesday morning, as storm systems cause severe conditions, biting cold and travel chaos from coast to coast. The National Weather Service warnings stretch from Colorado to Maine; multiple storms systems have dumped as much as 9 inches of snow in West Virginia and […]

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More cable car controversy surfaces in Nepal’s western mountains

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4 mn readA brewing controversy over private cable car projects in Nepal’s hills has taken a new turn after the country’s planning commission quietly gave “national priority” status to a venture in the Annapurnas, despite pending legal verdicts and environmental concerns. The decision, criticized for lacking a legal basis, comes amid escalating tensions between protesters and the […]

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She wanted to be a mom. So she chose a cancer treatment that gave her a chance

Posted in Culture

3 mn readEven as a child, Maggie Loucks believed being a mom was her destiny. “It was always inherently who I was,” says Loucks, of her tendency to take care of others. “Friends always turned to me and would always joke that I was the mom of the group.” So when Loucks got a breast cancer diagnosis […]

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Janet backs new UCE grading as parents struggle to interpret 2024 results

Posted in Books

2 mn readThe Minister for Education and Sports, Janet Museveni, has urged Ugandans to embrace the newly introduced grading system under the New Lower Secondary Curriculum (NLSC), following the release of the 2024 Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) examination results. On Tuesday, the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) released the results for both the NLSC and the […]

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Crackdown on illegal campaign posters begins

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3 mn readStarting today, failure to remove illegal campaign materials could lead to the disqualification of candidates and party-list groups even if they win in the polls, according to the Commission on Elections (Comelec). Notices will be issued today and candidates have three days to comply and remove illegal election propaganda, Comelec Chairman George Garcia said. “The […]

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‘A very special cuisine’: Nick Kwek’s culinary adventures around Sabah

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5 mn readBBC’s Discovering the World’s Table sees food writer Nick Kwek journey to his ancestral homeland of Sabah in Malaysian Borneo, where he eats pufferfish with the Bajau Laut sea nomads, learns the art of rice wine-making and is given a secret hangover cure. Pristine turquoise waves lap our boat as we depart the harbourfront in […]

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