The proposal was discussed in two separate meetings at the forum, which took place from May 20 to 23, 2026. Farouk first met with Alexey Gribanov, president of Demetra Holding, one of Russia’s largest grain trading and logistics companies and a major player in Russian wheat exports to Egypt, then held a separate session with…
Chuck Norris, the American martial artist and Hollywood tough guy most famous for his role in the television series “Walker, Texas Ranger,” has died, his family said Friday. He was 86 years old. Norris died Thursday morning, the family said on Instagram, after media reported that he had been hospitalized for an undisclosed condition while…
Anchorage, Alaska — Hundreds of barking dogs will take over downtown Anchorage on Saturday to mark the ceremonial start of the world’s most famous sled dog race. This event, intended for fans hoping to see and cheer on their favorite artists, takes place one day before the start of the competition. Here’s what to know…
At every negotiating table and in every diplomatic statement is a stark truth shared by nations on the front lines of the climate crisis: without funding, there is no path to security, justice or survival. Many urgent actions are required to ensure a habitable planet and protect millions of lives. But all of them –…
This article was originally published in UCSB’s The Current. Thousands of songs representing some of the rarest and most uniquely American music born of the Jazz Age and the Great Depression would likely have been lost to landfills and faded from memory. Fans and historians have credited obsessive record collectors for preserving much of that…
Nine days after rejecting a takeover offer from David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance, Warner Bros. Discovery announced it will accept offers to sell itself even as it moves toward a split into two separate companies. The media giant said Tuesday that it was expanding its strategic review of the company after receiving “unsolicited interest from multiple…
Enjoy 50,000 old and rare American songs thanks to a new project The project, which will include about 50,000 songs from private record collections, is a collaboration between UC Santa Barbara and the Dust-to-Digital Foundation. Thousands of rare American songs spanning jazz, blues and gospel (some more than a century old) are now available for…
Long before cloud servers and computers, medieval Catholic monks preserved the intellectual heritage of the ancient world by writing Greek and Latin manuscripts. Centuries later, the Vatican Library and other Catholic institutions in Rome are turning to new technologies, including digitization, robotics and artificial intelligence (AI), to ensure heritage endures. The Vatican Apostolic Library, formally…
CARSON, California — The LA Galaxy didn’t just need three points. They needed an answer. They did it, but only after overcoming the exact type of game that defined this stretch of their season. Earlier in the day, the club unveiled a statue honoring club legend Cobi Jones in Dignity Health Sports Park’s Legends Plaza,…
The change will take effect on November 3, 2025. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Starting Nov. 3, 2025, the way people behind bars in Tennessee receive their mail will change. The Tennessee Department of Corrections will transition physical mail to digitized and scanned personal mail for inmates at all TDOC facilities. Buel and Teresa Moore of Lenoir…
