It’s time the world recognized sub-Saharan Africa’s newest economic and military imperialist: Communist party-ruled China. China’s immense economy needs natural resources and markets to continue generating wealth. Sub-Saharan Africa offers both — rich mineral deposits in particular — so China is there, with money and weapons. Since China’s major mineral and oil companies are state-owned […]
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Tsukasa Horie
PORTLAND — Tsukasa Horie, M.D., passed away Sunday, April 15, with his family at his side. He was born in Niihama, Ehime-ken, Japan, in 1926, son of Isamu and Mineko Horie. After an early education in Niihama, Saijo and Matsuyama, he entered Tokyo Medical and Dental University, graduating with a medical degree in 1956. He was […]
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World's last male northern white rhino, Sudan, dies
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The death of the world’s last male northern white rhino, Sudan, doesn’t end efforts to save a subspecies of one of the world’s most recognizable animals. The focus now turns to his stored semen and that of four other dead rhinos, as well as the perfection of in vitro fertilization techniques […]
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Evelyn Bishop Sinclair
AUBURN — Evelyn Bishop Sinclair, 94, passed away suddenly in her home on March 7. Evelyn was born on Oct. 8, 1923, in Hillsborough, N.B., the daughter of Martha Caldwell Bishop and Aubrey Sterling Bishop. Evelyn spent her childhood in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, where her father served as a Baptist minister. After graduating from […]
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Jean P. Crowley
LEWISTON — Jean P. Crowley, 68, a resident of Turner, passed away from natural causes following several years of illness, Friday, Feb. 16, at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. She was born April 17, 1949, in Rumford, the daughter of Thomas Bartholomew and Glenys “Rae” (Lane) Bartholomew. Jean was a 1968 graduate of Gould Academy. […]
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Donald Trump denies he used vulgarity to describe African countries
WASHINGTON (AP) — In bluntly vulgar language, President Donald Trump questioned Thursday why the U.S. would accept more immigrants from Haiti and “shithole countries” in Africa rather than places like Norway, as he rejected a bipartisan immigration deal, according to people briefed on the extraordinary Oval Office conversation. Trump on Friday denied using that language. […]
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June Patricia Spear
AUBURN — June Patricia Spear, 81, of West Auburn, died Monday, Nov. 6, at the Hospice House in Auburn following a brief illness. June was born in Lewiston on Dec. 1, 1935, the first child of the late Frederick and Ingrid Spear. June was a lifelong learner and teacher, earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English, […]
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Niger and the West African war on terror
In his October 23 Pentagon press conference describing the U.S. military presence in Niger, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford demonstrated it is possible to address serious national security issues and finesse the current spate of domestic political hysterics. “This area (in west Africa) is inherently dangerous,” General Dunford said. “We’re […]
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Speaker: U.S. working to help Somalia, Kenya overcome challenges
LEWISTON — Kenya and Somalia may share a border, but the two East African countries have few similarities. That’s part of the challenges facing the United States in that region of the world, said Ian M. Catlett, an attorney-adviser with the U.S. Department of State. The Lewiston native was the first speaker of the 2017-18 season […]
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Black History lesson: Africans were free, then enslaved
LEWISTON — When national diversity speaker Dr. Eddie Moore Jr. spoke to Lewiston High School students Wednesday about prejudice, he paused to give a history lesson. When talking about the Civil War and United States history, he encouraged his audience not to call blacks “slaves.” “They didn’t bring slaves to America,” he said. “They brought […]