COLUMN: Historic staple foods varied across world
Hunter/gatherers discovered different staples depending on where they were, columnist explainsHumans migrated from Africa to Eurasia some 50,000 years ago. In their new territories, hunter/gatherers discovered new foods, particularly ‘staples.’ These are foods that yield the most energy for the least effort. Meanwhile, in Africa, hunter/gatherers began to rely on sorghum and various types of millet as staple foods. A semi-solid staple food, polenta, was based on maize in Southern Europe. In East and Central Africa, a similar staple (called sadza or ugali) was originally sorghum or millet based, but it is made of maize today.
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June 02, 2024 17:08 UTC
Battle of the under-achievers in New York
If Saturday's warm-up match at the same venue, the inaugural game at the temporary 34,000-seater stadium, is anything to go by, batting could be tough. Some deliveries in the warm-up game between India and Bangladesh stayed low, others bounced or seamed. Only one half-century was scored and nine of the 16 bowlers used were able to get away with conceding fewer than eight runs an over. It was all, you might say, so 2014.
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June 02, 2024 16:51 UTC
South Africa elections results: What happens next?
The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) will announce the official results on Monday night at 6pm local time (16:00GMT). South Africa’s lowest voter turnoutAhead of the May 29 elections, a record 27.7 million South Africans registered to vote. Following the IEC’s announcement of results, certain procedural steps must be followed for South Africa to form a government. They include:Allocation of seats: Seats in the 400-member National Assembly are proportionately allocated based on the election results. During the first sitting, or soon after, the National Assembly elects the president of South Africa, who is then responsible for appointing the cabinet and forming the government.
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June 02, 2024 12:33 UTC
North Korea says it will stop sending trash balloons as South Korea vows strong retaliation
Observers say South Korea will likely restart front-line loudspeaker broadcasts into North Korea that include criticism of its abysmal human rights situation, world news and K-pop songs. Kim, the North Korean official, said North Korea flew 3,500 balloons carrying 15 tons of wastepaper. In 2020, North Korea exploded an empty, South Korean-built liaison office in the North in anger over the South Korean balloon activities. They say North Korea is also expected to further ramp up tensions ahead of the U.S. presidential election in November. Since 2022, North Korea has sharply increased the pace of weapons tests to build a bigger nuclear arsenal.
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June 02, 2024 10:40 UTC
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June 02, 2024 09:36 UTC
North Korea says it will stop sending 'trash balloons' into South
North Korea said Sunday it would stop sending trash-filled balloons across the border into the South, saying the "disgusting" missives had been an effective countermeasure against propaganda sent by anti-regime activists. South Korean military officers on a Seoul street check unidentified objects believed to be North Korean trash from balloons between the night of June 1 and 2, 2024. Earlier this week, Pyongyang described its "sincere gifts" as a retaliation for the propaganda-laden balloons sent into North Korea. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the balloons had been landing in northern provinces, including the capital Seoul and the adjacent area of Gyeonggi, which are collectively home to nearly half of South Korea's population. Kim Jong Un's sister Kim Yo Jong -- one of Pyongyang's key spokespeople -- mocked South Korea for complaining about the balloons this week, saying North Koreans were simply exercising their freedom of expression.
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June 02, 2024 09:02 UTC
North Korea sends 700 more trash balloons into South Korea
Soldiers inspect debris from a balloon sent by North Korea that landed in Incheon, South Korea. She compared North Korea’s actions to South Korea’s years-long practice of sending balloons with anti-North Korea leaflets the other way. North Korea is almost completely closed off from the rest of the world, with tight control over what information gets in or out. Earlier this year a South Korean research group released rare footage that it claimed showed North Korean teenagers sentenced to hard labor for watching and distributing K-dramas. But the situation in North Korea deteriorated in the following years and diplomatic talks fell apart – prompting strict rules to snap back into place.
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June 02, 2024 05:47 UTC
North Korea sends 600 more trash balloons into South Korea
Soldiers inspect debris from a balloon sent by North Korea that landed in Incheon, South Korea on June 2, 2024. She compared North Korea’s actions to South Korea’s years-long practice of sending balloons with anti-North Korea leaflets the other way. North Korea is almost completely closed off from the rest of the world, with tight control over what information gets in or out. Earlier this year a South Korean research group released rare footage that it claimed showed North Korean teenagers sentenced to hard labor for watching and distributing K-dramas. But the situation in North Korea deteriorated in the following years and diplomatic talks fell apart – prompting strict rules to snap back into place.
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June 02, 2024 05:37 UTC
Morocco: king appoints new chiefs in key energy, logistics institutions – The North Africa Post
King Mohammed VI appointed new chiefs in several key energy and logistics institutions. These include the Moroccan agency for sustainable energy MASEN, the electricity and water agency ONEE, Airports authority ONDA, ports agency ANP, and the highways company ADM, a statement by the palace spokesman said following a ministerial council held Saturday in Casablanca under the Chairmanship of the King. Key to Morocco’s energy transition efforts MASEN has long been without a Director General since its former head Mustapha Bakoury was removed. The airports authority, which braces for a series of upgrades in different airports, will be chaired by Adil El Fakir, former head of Morocco’s tourism promotion office ONMT. The highway agency ADM will be led by Mohammed Cherkaoui Eddeqaqi, while the national electricity and water agency (ONEE) will have Tarik Hammane as new director general.
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June 02, 2024 05:12 UTC
Morocco to set up two defense industrial zones – The North Africa Post
Morocco adopted a draft decree to create two defense industrial zones that will be home to military plants focusing on defense equipment, weapons, and munitions. Many companies submitted investment proposals in the defense industry field which requires specific technical, economic, legal, and technological criteria, according to the statement. In 2020, Morocco’s House of Representatives passed a law seeking to attract foreign investment, promote innovation and expand the country’s defense industrial base. Morocco has one of the largest armies in Africa and one of the largest defense budgets on the continent. It has included a defense industry dimension in its recent military cooperation deals with Brazil and the US to mention but a few.
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June 02, 2024 04:56 UTC
Cromwell, CT (1989-2018)
He was born in Hartford Hospital on May 16, 1989 to Karen (Aitken) Spotts and Allan D. Spotts. Tim was a 2007 graduate of Cromwell High School. Along with his wife and parents, Tim is survived by his maternal grandmother Eileen Aitken of Newington, CT, his Aunt and Godmother, Joanie Aitken, of Raleigh, NC, Godfather Mark Russak of Berlin, CT, parents-in-law Norman and Brenda Rossignol of Portland CT, sister and brother-in-law Robyn Rossignol and Ryan Ducki of Middletown, CT. Tim also leaves his best friend since the age of 4 months, Aaron Saunders of Middletown. Funeral services will be held on Friday, May 25 at 6:00 pm at the Cromwell Funeral Home, 506 Main Street, Cromwell. In lieu of flowers, donations in Tim’s memory may be made to Tim Spotts Memorial Fund c/o Cara Ehlers @ Liberty Bank, 72 Berlin Road, Cromwell, CT 06416.
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June 02, 2024 04:54 UTC
North Korea launches new wave of ‘trash balloons’ towards South Korea
North Korea says balloons are a response to leaflets launched across border by activists in South Korea. South Korea’s Ministry of National Defense did not immediately comment on the number of balloons or how many landed in South Korea. In 2020, North Korea blew up an empty South Korean-built liaison office on its territory after a furious response to South Korean civilian leafleting campaigns. In 2014, North Korea fired at propaganda balloons flying towards its territory and South Korea returned fire, though there were no casualties. In 2022, North Korea even suggested that balloons flown from South Korea had caused a COVID-19 outbreak in the isolated nation, a highly questionable claim that appeared to be an attempt to blame the South for worsening inter-Korean relations.
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June 02, 2024 04:29 UTC
South Africa’s ANC loses 30-year parliamentary majority after election
Opposition parties have hailed the result as a momentous breakthrough for a country struggling with deep poverty and inequality, but the ANC remained the biggest party by some way. “The way to rescue South Africa is to break the ANC’s majority and we have done that,” said main opposition leader John Steenhuisen. The final results are still to be formally declared by the independent Electoral Commission that ran the election, but the ANC cannot pass 50 percent. But he will be weakened and could face calls to quit both from opposition parties and critics in the deeply divided ANC. On Friday, however, a top ANC official backed him to stay on as party leader, and analysts say he has no obvious successor.
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June 02, 2024 02:45 UTC
North Korea sends balloons with trash into South, again
SEOUL: North Korea again sent trash-carrying balloons into the South on Saturday, the South Korean military said, a day after Seoul warned of countermeasures against such activity. Earlier this week, North Korea sent around 260 balloons carrying bags of trash, including waste batteries, cigarette butts and what appeared to be manure, according to the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff. North Korea is “once again floating balloons carrying waste toward the South”, the JCS said in a text message to reporters. North Korea has long been infuriated by the balloons sent by South Korean activists, which carry anti-Pyongyang leaflets. South Korean defence minister Shin Won-sik on Saturday said North Korea sending balloons with waste was “unimaginably petty and low-grade behaviour”.
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June 02, 2024 01:57 UTC
South Africa election: Mandela’s ANC loses 30-year parliamentary majority
South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) party is projected to lose its parliamentary majority after 30 years with more than 99 percent of votes counted on Saturday in the historic election. ANC received about 40 percent vote in Wednesday’s election, leaving them short of the majority it had held since the famed all-race vote of 1994 that ended apartheid and brought it to power under Nelson Mandela. The ANC will be forced to form a coalition to govern South Africa. The final results are still to be formally declared by the independent Electoral Commission that ran the election, but the ANC cannot pass 50 per cent according to projections. The ANC swept to power in 1994 on a pledge to “build a better life for all,” winning almost 63% of the vote in the country’s first democratic election.
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June 02, 2024 00:39 UTC