‘It ain’t feasible’: Ethiopia rules out EAC bid, roots for continental free trade

NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 22 — Ethiopia has ruled out joining the East African Community (EAC) in the near future, saying its immediate focus is on implementing the long-delayed African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement. According to The Reporter …

Mizzou's tiger mascot may trace roots to Civil War militia

The university's president in the 1910s set out on a quest to find out where the "Tigers" name came from. But, he ran into hurdles. COLUMBIA, Mo. — The University of Missouri has one of the most recognizable mascots in the SEC: the Tigers. …

Fentanyl: A Regional Threat with Roots in China

A burgeoning crisis of fentanyl and other synthetic drugs, propelled by a transnational criminal network, is redefining the regional landscape. With chemical precursors flowing from China and alliances forged with Mexican cartels, this illicit trade is not …

For Chargers’ Jim Harbaugh, an emotional return to his coaching roots

SAN DIEGO — Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh’s homecoming was a very big deal. “Incredible,” Harbaugh said upon his return Tuesday to the University of San Diego, where he began his head coaching career in 2004. “The little hairs on my arms were standing up, …

Cowboy boots, fair roots beckon people to Nemaha Co. Fair

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - People in Nemaha County are invited to put on their cowboy boots and get in touch with their fair roots. It’s the them for the Nemaha County Fair this week. 4-H ambassadors Cora Thompson, Samantha Schultejans and Kyra Niehues visited …

Matthew Syed’s commentary on the roots of jihad is breathtakingly unserious

“Politics in the Middle East is literally a life and death struggle”, not, foreign policy scholar Robert D. Kaplan observed, “the Kantian paradise of perpetual peace that has existed in Europe for more than three-quarters of a century until the Ukraine War …

Texas Tenors have Iowa roots

I went to the Pearson Lakes Art Center last Wednesday evening expecting to see and hear a country music show starring the Texas Tenors. Boy was I surprised and thoroughly delighted by the end of the evening!

How To Revive Your ‘Recession Blonde’ Roots, According To Beyoncé’s Colorist

More than any other celebrity, Beyoncé has been endorsing the “recession blonde” hair trend all summer. “Recession blonde hair is a hair color trend where people embrace a more natural, lived-in blonde by blending brighter blonde highlights with darker, …

From local roots to global solutions

Participants visit the Shaanxi History Museum in Xi'an. [Photo provided to China Daily] For 30-year-old Estevan Nicholas Marin Quintero from Colombia, his first visit to China was nothing short of "incredible". "I've been deeply …

Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.:Far and Away