A little over 18 months have passed since Karne Hesketh’s last-gasp try gave Japan a shock victory over South Africa at the last World Cup and sealed the country’s place in rugby history. As Japan prepares to become the first Asian country to host the tournament, in 2019, the Brave Blossoms’ heroics on England’s south …
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Manchester United beats Ajax in Europa League final, qualifies for Champions League
STOCKHOLM (AP) —Pogba pointed to the sky as he was mobbed by teammates after his 18th-minute opening goal. The game was played two days after 22 people were killed in a bomb attack at a concert in Manchester, and 12 days after the death of Pogba’s father, Fassou Antoine.Mkhitaryan scored the second goal in the …
Caitlyn Jenner: Robert Kardashian Believed O.J. Simpson Guilty of Murder
Caitlyn Jenner ‘s forthcoming memoir, The Secrets of My Life, is billed as a book in which she ” reflects on her past as she looks to her future .” While she touches on a number of topics, such as her Olympic triumph and three failed marriages, the revelation that Robert Kardashian allegedly told her …
Shelbourne’s Derek Prendergast admits Belfield drubbing gave team the reality check they needed
DEREK PRENDERGAST admits that Shelbourne’s college experience taught them a few key lessons.Owen Heary’s side made their way to the UCD campus for their third game of the season and they were on the end of a 4-0 drubbing.Prendergast feels that it was exactly the wake-up call his team needed because, since that defeat, they …
US Vice President Pence arrives at military base next to DMZ border with North Korea
Japan PM strongly urges N. Korea to refrain from further provocative actions U.S. Vice President Mike Pence arrived by helicopter on Monday at a U.S. military base in South Korea next to the highly fortified DMZ border with North Korea, a day after the North launched a missile that blew up almost immediately. The failed …
Guest View: UWF social work striving to build community capacity
Collaboration, caring and service to the community have inspired the University of West Florida Social Work Department’s involvement in the grant-funded Gulf Region Health Outreach Project. The project resulted from the Deepwater Horizon medical benefits class action settlement against BP Oil, after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010.UWF earned the distinct honor of being …
A Self-Driving Bus That Can Speak Sign Language
It’s been 15 years since a degenerative eye disease forced Erich Manser to stop driving. Today, he commutes to his job as an accessibility consultant via commuter trains and city buses, but he has trouble locating empty seats sometimes and must ask strangers for guidance.A step toward solving Manser’s predicament could arrive as soon as …
The party city grows up: how Berlin’s clubbers built their own urban village
For the first decade of the 21st century, the industrial wasteland between Berlin’s Ostbahnhof station and the river Spree was earmarked for a huge urban regeneration project – one that would show that the German capital could keep up with London and New York. Where flowing water had once marked the divide between communist and …
Abe, Trump agree to keep calling for self-restraint by N. Korea
TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and US President Donald Trump agreed in telephone talks on Monday morning to keep urging North Korea, which continues to pursue nuclear weapon and ballistic missile development, to exercise self-restraint. “I had an in-depth exchange of views with President Trump about the situation in North Korea,” Abe told …
Watch Lenny Kravitz’s Fervent Prince Tribute Performance at Rock Hall
Lenny Kravitz performed “When Doves Cry” and “The Cross” at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction ceremony on Friday in honor of Prince, who died last year at the age of 57. Kravitz was assisted by Hezekiah Walker and the Love Fellowship Choir, who imbued the songs with uncontainable fervor. Kravitz opened with …