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Vietnam Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong, the country's most powerful leader, dies at age 80
The Canadian Press via Yahoo Canada News· 4 days agoHANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Nguyen Phu Trong, general secretary of Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party and...
Navy exonerates 256 Black sailors unjustly punished in 1944 after a deadly California port explosion
Winnipeg Sun· 7 days agoThe U.S. Navy has exonerated 256 Black sailors who were found to be unjustly punished in 1944...
Historic utility AND high fashion. 80-year-old LL Bean staple finds a new audience as a trendy bag
The Canadian Press via Yahoo Finance Canada· 6 days agoL.L. Bean's regular bags top...There’s a trend toward the utilitarian, the simple things and more...
Second World War veteran finally gets medals 80 years later
Stroud News and Journal· 4 days agoGeorge Lewis, who is now 98 and lives with his daughter Liz in Watchet, Somerset, served with the Royal Tank Regiment from 1944 to 1947 ...
A Texas school built to segregate Hispanic students is now recognized as a National Park
Fort Worth Star-Telegram via Yahoo Canada News· 2 days agoThis school in Marfa, Texas was built on the basis of de facto segregation for Hispanic students but...
Kamala Harris is the ‘perfect’ candidate to beat Trump, presidential historian says
Fortune via Yahoo Finance Canada· 12 hours ago“It makes you feel superficial, but it...Perry thinks Harris should be very attuned to her affect, ...
German-Polish history textbook finally approved in Poland – DW – 07/18/2024
Deutsche Welle· 6 days agoThe jointly written history textbook "Europe – Our History" is a flagship project of German-Polish...
US Navy exonerates 258 Black sailors unjustly punished after 1944 explosion
Reuters via Yahoo Canada News· 6 days agoOn the night of July 17, 1944, an explosion with nearly the force of an atomic bomb ripped through the Port Chicago Naval Magazine north of San Francisco, destroying two ships ...
Directors with the Most Weirdly Diverse Filmographies
Den of Geek· 6 days agoIt’s a wildly diverse filmography that seems to swing crazily from pure nihilism to family-friendly...
J.D. Vance, Breaking the Beard Barrier
New York Times· 6 days agoVance took to the stage of the Republican convention Wednesday night to officially accept the vice-presidential nomination, he did so in a dark blue suit...