In the lead-up to the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, two former gymnasts and survivors of sexual abuse are opening up about their experiences and calling out the institutions they say were complicit in the scandal that has rocked Team USA in recent years. Sarah Klein and Amanda Smith are among the hundreds of known victims of Dr. Larry Nassar, who are still on the road to recovery. Nassar, the disgraced former USA Gymnastics doctor, is a convicted sex offender serving several sentences amounting to life in prison without parole for the sexual assault of young women and minors, including molesting…
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Amid a global pandemic and worldwide fuel glut, the United States used its unique advantage in natural gas to retain its position as the world’s leading producer of petroleum in 2020, with forecasted growth in exports of liquefied natural gas expected to continue as American companies search for new international gas trading partners. U.S. petroleum and natural gas production reached 66.9 quadrillion British thermal units, or “quads,” in 2020, compared with 45.5 quads from Russia and Saudi Arabia’s 26.5 quads, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said in a July 19 report. The U.S. has been the world’s leading producer of…
CANBERRA, Australia — New cybersecurity laws could result in critical data being sent overseas, the head of a major Australian data firm warns. The Security of Critical Infrastructure Bill, currently before the Australian parliament, would give cybersecurity agencies power to step into corporate information technology systems when there’s a major cyberattack that threatens to bring down vital infrastructure. But the laws won’t apply to Australian data stored overseas. “This has the potential to create a dangerous gap in which we lose control of our data,” the chief executive of Macquarie Telecom Group David Tudehope said. He said that the bill actually…
DARWIN, Australia — As Australia ends its longest war in Afghanistan, the army’s attention has turned to home amid growing instability in the Indo-Pacific. The re-focus comes with an increasingly assertive China advancing unlawful territorial claims, economic coercion, and foreign interference. The nation’s top soldier, Lieutenant General Rick Burr, says future army operations will target regional insecurity and humanitarian disaster relief. “There’s a lot of change going on,” the Chief of Army said during a tour of Australia’s northern military units last week. “We’re now very focused on our own region and the threats and changes in our environment.” Warrant Officer…
NAIROBI, Kenya — Milka Yuda Hadida, 32, adjusts cartons on her bicycle loaded with sanitary pads before starting her daily journeys to distribute them to poor girls in the expansive, marginalized Tana River County in Kenya’s south. Many teenage schoolgirls miss classes or drop out of school due to a lack of access to sanitary pads. Since 2016, Hadida has been providing a solution, often cycling for more than 5 kilometers (3.1 miles) daily to distribute pads. Her campaign has won her global recognition: the Red Cross’s Florence Nightingale Medal meant to appreciate outstanding nurses or nursing aides. “I had never been to the…
In the world of classical music, Bach, Beethoven and Brahms, among others, have long been recognized as the “crème de la crème” — brilliant, prolific composers considered icons within a canon dominated by white men. Now, after decades languishing in relative obscurity, four African American classical composers are gaining the respect they deserve — and that was formerly denied because of pervasive racist and sexist ideologies. William Grant Still, Jr. (1895–1978), George Theophilus Walker (1922–2018), Florence Beatrice (Smith) Price (1887–1953) and emerging artist Jessie Montgomery (born 1981), each had compositions performed by the New Orchestra of Washington (D.C.) during a…
Men who feel their marriage is unsuccessful have a higher risk of stroke and premature death — no less than well-known risk factors such as smoking and lack of physical activity. That is the finding of a statistical analysis of extensive health data from a 32-year study of the health and behavior of 10,000 male Israeli state employees. At the beginning of the study, most of the participants were in their 40s. Since then, 64 percent died from a range of illnesses. Early in the 32-yearlong study, participants were asked to rank their level of marriage satisfaction on a scale…
An outback bush guide has become an online hit by sharing images of the spectacular scenery and amazing wildlife in his beloved Western Australia. Malcolm Roberts, known on Instagram as Aussie Bush Guide, is born and bred in Perth, in the Australian state of Western Australia. “I have traveled to all Australian states and many countries overseas, but my passion is Western Australia,” Roberts said. Malcolm Roberts, a tour guide and wildlife photographer from Western Australia. (@aussiebushguide/Zenger)Roberts said he “fell in love with photography” during overseas travels when he was in his early twenties. On returning to Perth, he studied…
CLEVELAND — The moderate and progressive wings of the Democratic Party may have put aside their differences last year to get President Joseph R. Biden Jr. elected and keep Donald J. Trump a one-term president, but that’s already a distant memory here in Ohio. As nationwide primaries for next year’s midterms approach, the two wings are once again battling it out — this time for the Aug. 3 primary election for the state’s 11th congressional district, a safe Democrat seat held by Rep. Marcia L. Fudge from 2008 until she vacated it to become Biden’s Housing and Urban Development Secretary. While…
Israel is sending its largest Olympic delegation of 89 athletes to the Tokyo Olympics set for July 23 to August 8. It’s also sending 32 athletes to Tokyo for the Paralympics from August 24 to September 5. Do any of these contestants have a good chance of bringing home a medal? Israel has won nine medals in 16 Summer Olympic Games: five bronze and one silver in judo, a bronze in canoeing, and a bronze and a gold in sailing. In contrast, Israel’s Paralympic athletes have earned 123 gold, 123 silver and 129 bronze medals since 1964. However, the competition has…