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WEBObituaries for Aug. 28. Aug 29, 2024 Updated Aug 29, 2024. PARKER. Mr. William “Bill” Robert Parker, age 77, of Hillsboro, passed from this life on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024, at Alive Hospice in Murfreesboro. Bill was born on June 6,1947 in Manchester, to his late parents Bryan Lee Parker and Ollie May Parker.
Sinner, Alcaraz survive US Open wobbles as Osaka weeps on return
WEBAug 27, 2024 — Paisley Dyer, a 7th grade student at WMS, hits the target from 45 feet. Paisley's dad, Coach Chad Dyer says that archery will be one of many activities offered during Westwood Middle School's Journeys after school program.
Israeli hostage out of Gaza as truce talks held in Qatar
WEBAug 27, 2024 — The Israeli military said a hostage was rescued Tuesday from a Gaza tunnel, more than 10 months after the Israeli Bedouin man was seized during the Hamas attack that triggered a devastating war. Talks aiming to secure a Gaza truce and hostage release deal meanwhile continued in Qatar, a US official said. Neither Israel nor Hamas have confirmed ...
Spain hosts meeting on Israel-Palestinian two-state solution
WEBSep 13, 2024 — Sanchez has been one of the staunchest critics in Europe of Israel's Gaza offensive since the start of the conflict. Under his watch, Spain on May 28 along with Ireland and Norway formally recognised a Palestinian state comprising the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. Earlier this month he announced that the first "bilateral summit between Spain ...
Biden, Starmer to discuss long-range arms for Ukraine
WEBSep 12, 2024 — Stefan Rousseau. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and President Joe Biden will discuss Friday whether to let Kyiv use long-range missiles against Russia, in what is likely their last meeting before an election that could upend US policy on Ukraine. Kyiv is pushing Washington and London to lift a restriction on firing arms made by those ...
Over 100,000 protest in France against new prime minister
WEBSep 7, 2024 — Sebastien Salom-Gomis. More than 100,000 left-wing demonstrators rallied across France on Saturday to protest against the nomination of the centre-right Michel Barnier as prime minister and denounce President Emmanuel Macron's "power grab". The interior ministry said 110,000 people took to the streets nationwide, including 26,000 in …
The Millennial Timeshare Boom: Timeshares are Back but Better
WEBSep 10, 2024 — According to the latest published numbers — a 2022 report by the American Resort Development Association (ARDA), millennials now account for half of all timeshare owners. In fact the average age of a timeshare owner is now 39 years old. In the past decade, the timeshare industry has been quietly transforming from something your grandparents ...
21 boys confirmed dead in Kenya school inferno
WEBSep 7, 2024 — A total of 21 boys were confirmed dead on Saturday after a blaze tore through a school dormitory in central Kenya, a tragedy that has raised questions about safety standards at educational establishments nationwide. And after night fell, another fire broke out at a girls' school also in the centre of the country, with conflicting reports about ...
Macho MAGA? Trump locks in America's hyper-masculine vote
WEBSep 3, 2024 — Donald Trump is going all out for the macho vote in November's election -- and it's working. The real estate tycoon and former president has long crafted an often cartoonish, hyper-masculine image -- most controversially including bragging about sexual assault. Originally published on doc.afp.com, part of the BLOX Digital Content Exchange.
Oscar hopefuls to bookend US French film festival
WEBSep 12, 2024 — Geoff Robins. The American French Film Festival, an annual Los Angeles jamboree of cinema from France, will bookend its run with two possible Oscar nominees, organizers announced Thursday. The festival will open on October 29 with the buzzy "Emilia Perez," a genre-defying musical about love and redemption by …