Tag: international

By Robert Burns and Matthew Lee Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Colin L. Powell, the trailblazing soldier-diplomat who rose from humble beginnings to become the first...

By Haley Wilson The Birmingham Times With The World Games 2022 (TWG) next year and 3,600 athletes from around the world in Birmingham from July 7...

By Mark Kelly Alabama NewsCenter Mary Kate Bush‘s career is remarkable by any measure. She has worked for three U.S. presidents. She was among the first...

By Mark Kelly Alabama NewsCenter “The young people of today are going to determine what happens with this country and what happens globally,” Mary Kate Bush...

www.jw.org Growing up in the Bronx, New York, Lillian Brooks was surrounded by individuals of different races, so it wasn’t unusual for her to be...

Times staff report During a sold out appearance at the Boutwell Auditorium Saturday night in downtown Birmingham, Civil Rights activist, Angela Davis said she never...

Associated Press GATINEAU, Quebec (AP) - A black woman often described as Canada’s Rosa Parks for her 1946 decision to sit in a whites-only section...

Lunching With El Jefe in Havana Ericka Blount Danois ©2016, The Shadow League Just a few months prior to my first trip to Cuba, my second child,...

By Peter Osri and Juan Zamorano Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — To waving flags and some shouts of "Long may he live!" Fidel Castro's ashes began...

By Frances D'Emilio Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis warned against what he called a “virus of polarization” and hostility in the world targeting...