Kilwa’s ghosts: Reclaiming the Swahili coast’s lost glory

In 1331, the Moroccan explorer Ibn Battuta sailed into Kilwa, an opulent city that defied imagination. “The city is amongst the most beautiful of cities and most elegantly built,” he wrote, marvelling at palaces of coral stone, streets perfumed with cloves …

LOST AND FOUNDRY

By DAVE MOORE I picked up a brick from the edge of the demolition, carried it home and set it on my porch, one small piece of that hated Smith Foundry. Forty years of smelling its burnt iron reek, closing windows in summer, eyes smarting, hearing my …

Woman lost 2st while going through menopause by making a key shift in her diet

During menopause, women's bodies undergo several changes due to fluctuating hormones such as oestrogen, insulin, and cortisol. This could contribute to weight gain, which one 54-year-old explained significantly impacted her. Petra Genco shared the …

House GOP Reps Mock Dems for Being Totally Lost and Adrift

House Reps. Sheri Biggs (R-SC), Pat Harrigan (R-NC), and August Pfluger (R-TX) discussed numerous issues on the Republican Study Committee podcast, “Right to the Point,” where President Trump’s first 100 days were discussed, but also the Democratic Party’s …

Lost and found history receives glittering homecoming at Osaka Expo

Osaka – In 2015, an unusual discovery was made in Malta’s capital city, Valletta: forgotten samurai armor from Japan. This find kicked off a period of painstaking restoration resulting in the armor’s shiny debut at the Expo 2025 in Osaka. “We were …

Remembering 'Black Sunday', 4 lives lost in Lake Superior storm

Three brothers and a Coast Guardsman trying to save them were washed off the pier during a powerful storm. DULUTH, Minn. — The gales of November get a lot of attention, but April also makes for an active Lake Superior, and one April storm more than 50 …

Tunapuna constituents: Crime and need for change why Esmond Forde lost

Tunapuna con­stituents said high crime and a de­sire for change in rep­re­sen­ta­tion led to for­mer MP Es­mond Forde’s elec­tion de­feat. Forde had served as MP for ten years and be­fore that he had been coun­cil­lor for Au­zonville-Tu­na­puna for five …

Northland Coasties remember shipmate lost in 1967 storm

Smuts and Kaber lost for Badgers

Kaber, who also played two seasons for the Badgers, received a division 1 offer and will move to St George’s Park as his new home ground. Thomas Kaber in a match against the Mpumalanga Rhinos in 2023. Photo: Supplied/SWD Cricket CRICKET NEWS - Two of …

Alexander: For want of a center, Lakers’ series with Timberwolves was lost

LOS ANGELES — I guess Anthony Davis had it right after all. It was Davis, during his waning days as a Laker and in his frustration over being a power forward asked to play center, who more than once pleaded for Rob Pelinka to make a trade for a big man to …