AUCKLAND, New Zealand — A Maori politician who says a necktie is “ a colonial noose ” showed up in

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PETALING JAYA: Two ehailing riders who formed a “ shield ” between an elderly woman seen crossing a busy road junction have won applause from Malaysians.A 25-second video showing the act has since gone viral on social media. The elderly, with her umbrella doubled up as her walking aid, could be seen trudging across the busy road, with one rider shielding her on the left and the other on the right. The riders only left after the woman had reached the other side of the road safely.A netizen pointe

In 2019, the Centre of Forensic Sciences matched a new DNA profile from the victim to two individuals in Langford's family tree with help from the DNA Doe Project and the FBI, and police subsequently identified Jewell Langford as the victim.... He further stated that he received a phone call from Langford in early June saying she would return to Montreal for his birthday.On June 12, 1975, investigators followed up with Nichols, who said he had not heard from Langford since that phone conversati

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Japanese Princess Mako's commoner boyfriend Kei Komuro leaves his house in Yokohama to meet her parents in Tokyo on Oct.... The princess's university sweetheart came back to Japan last month from the United States, where he has been working at a law firm since graduating from law school.... He is believed to have told the parents of the princess about his life in New York, where the two are planning to settle after their marriage on Oct....

A great shoeshine is only partly about the polish that comes out of the can.... Closed during the coronavirus pandemic, the stand was expected to reopen soon.... It won’t be the same without Tony. Advertisement I first met Tony in 2004 at a country-western bar on South Pickett Street in Alexandria called Nick’s....

TOKYO--Tokyo's Shibuya is famed for its Scramble Crossing, where crowds of people crisscross the intersection in a scene symbolizing urban Japan’s congestion and anonymity.... The other two options are batteries and hydrogen power. And so is it just a publicity stunt, or is Tokyu moving in the right direction?... It encourages male office workers to doff their suits for open-necked short-sleeve shirts to conserve energy by keeping air conditioning to a minimum in hot summer months.In a sense,

Camp David, the rustic presidential retreat in the mountains of Maryland, has been a backdrop for signal moments in U.S. foreign policy, perhaps none more notable than the peace accord President Jimmy Carter brokered between Egypt and Israel in 1978.... Roosevelt asked the National Park Service to identify sites within 100 miles of the White House that he could use for rest.He chose what is now known as Camp David.... He gave it the original name of Shangri-La, from James Hilton's novel “ Lost

Japan is in a state of emergency.... But we do need to eat. Enter the saving grace of these Olympics, the glue holding the whole thing together: Tokyo’s 24-hour convenience stores, or conbini, as they are known in Japan.... 1, 2021, 4: 19 a.m.ET Alexander Zverev and Karen Khachanov are chasing singles gold in men’s tennis....