TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will resign over ill health, the country’s national broadcaster said Friday, just four days after breaking the record for the longest consecutive run as leader in Japanese history. Mr Abe, 65, had been prime minister for almost eight years, a major achievement in …
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Victims of the wildfire in California are starting to return home, with a long way to go
Click here if you have trouble viewing the gallery on your mobile device As firefighters make progress on the flames burning wide beaches of Northern California, evacuees are dropping back into their neighborhoods, looking forward to a hopeful – but uncertain – future. Evacuation orders were lifted Thursday for parts …
Read More »Naomi Osaka makes an important statement for black life and about Dual Magazine Covers
Screenshot: Micaiah Carter (Wall Street Journal Magazine, Eli Russell Linnetz (Hege snobety The sports world took a historic and deeply important time-out on Wednesday in support of Black Life and in response to the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wis. Among the number of elite athletes and teams that …
Read More »What did Naya Rivera’s ‘Glee’ co-star Amber Riley perform as a tribute to ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’?
On Thursday, August 27, 2020, Amber Riley (under her stage name, Riley) will perform Jimmy Kimmel Live. She sang in honor of her former Glee co-star, Naya Rivera, who died in July. Here’s a look at her friendship and what Riley dedicated to her late boyfriend. Amber Riley and Naya …
Read More »Halo fitness band and app: Amazon’s entry into the fitness space is ambitious but strange
Amazon has entered the health and fitness world with Halo, a subscription service and accompanying fitness band that unlocks an array of health metrics, including activity, sleep, body fat, and tone of voice analysis, to determine how you sound to others. Amazon’s entry into the fitness space is truly strange …
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