Japan’s Nikkei 225 and Topix indices have both tumbled by roughly 5 percent to a 20-month low after US markets suffered their worst Christmas Eve crash on record. On the heels of the US markets crash, Nikkei 225, which has been slowly sliding downward over the past weeks, dropped sharply to 19,144 on open Tuesday,
OKLAHOMA CITY — USA Softball, the National Governing Body of Softball in the United States, announced the remaining finalists for the 2018 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year. The USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award, which is considered the most prestigious honor in Division I women’s collegiate softball, recognizes the outstanding athletic
TORONTO — Ontario’s school boards will need a lot more money than what’s being offered by the provincial government if students with autism are going to reach their potential, an official said Wednesday. “I can guarantee you, there will be a need,” for more funding, Cathy Abraham, president of the Ontario Public School Boards’ Association,
TORONTO — Fifteen overdose-prevention sites across Ontario have been approved for operation under a new model, the provincial government announced Friday in a decision critics called a disaster because six previously licenced sites weren’t given the green light. The government said at least three existing sites that weren’t approved would start winding down while three
Russia’s sovereign wealth fund and its partners are planning to increase investments in Serbia, with $500 million likely to be added in the next two years. Current Russian investments in the country total $4 billion. That’s according to the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Kirill Dmitriev, who arrived in Serbia on Thursday
CHICAGO – Keynote speaker Holly Rowe knocked it out of the ballpark with her opening address to over 1,600 registered attendees at the 2018 NFCA National Convention held at the Sheraton Grand Chicago on Wednesday evening. Nobody moved a muscle during Rowe’s emotional and passionate speech which touched on being genuine, having a purpose, her
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — A man who survived New Zealand’s mosque attacks told a crowd of about 20,000 people on Friday that he forgives the terrorist who killed his wife and 49 others. Farid Ahmed was speaking at a national remembrance service held in Christchurch to commemorate those who died in the attacks two weeks
“The oil market looks to be broadly balanced in 2019, an improvement on 2018 which turned out oversupplied,” Morgan Stanley analysts Martijn Rats and Amy Sergeant wrote in a note. “This supports a partial oil price recovery.” The investment bank says that the plunge in oil prices has “overshot,” with the selloff having been magnified
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Randolph-Macon College’s Candace Whittemore and Kaitlyn Hasty of Christopher Newport University claimed Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division III National Pitcher and Player of the Week honors on Wednesday. Senior right-hander Whittemore dominated her two starts, going 2-0 with five hits and no runs allowed, while walking one and fanning 14 over 10 innings of
The World Economic Forum (WEF) 2019 kicked off in Davos, Switzerland on Tuesday welcoming participants from 50 countries. The official Russian residence, Russia House, will also host business events till January 25. This year’s forum is dubbed “Globalization 4.0: Shaping a New Architecture in the Age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.” Russia House, which is