1. The country’s official name was changed in 1989 from Burma to Myanmar. Traditionally Myanma was the literary and Bamar the colloquial name. 2. The national sport of Myanmar is chinlone, a sort of six-a-side football in which the object is to keep a woven rattan ball in the air. […]
Daily Archives: January 4, 2018
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Nisar Ahmed, who is the son of a rickshaw puller and currently lives in a 10 by 10 feet shack, has been picked to train at Usain Bolt’s club – Racers Track Club in Kingston, Jamaica – after showing talent as an up-and-coming young athlete. The 16-year-old will be whisked […]
The governors of Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia declared states of emergency, warning residents to expect icy roads and freezing temperatures. In the northeast, work crews loaded trucks with road salt in advance of the storm. The New York City Department of Education said it would close public schools […]
WICHITA, Kan. — Attorneys for three men accused of plotting to bomb a mosque and apartment complex housing Somali refugees urged a federal judge on Wednesday to include prospective jurors from rural western Kansas because they are more likely to have voted for President Donald Trump. But the government countered […]
Federal Communications Chairman Ajit Pai has canceled plans to speak at the CES tech trade show in Las Vegas next week. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai will not speak this year at CES. Alex Wong / Getty Images Pai was scheduled to sit down Tuesday with the head of […]