At Hanamaki Higashi High School in Japan’s snowy northern mountains, reminders of distinguished alumni are everywhere. Banners herald Los Angeles Dodgers megastar Shohei Ohtani and Toronto Blue Jays’ pitcher Yusei Kikuchi, their faces greeting every visitor. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/jTXsEiQ
For married Taiwanese men Alan Hung and Danny Huang, the process of having a biological child together was never easy. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/JLBZUVW
The Washington Post on Saturday released an in-depth profile of Louisiana State University women’s basketball head coach Kim Mulkey, which paints the coach as a leader with single-minded determination whose behavior often leaves the basketball community, and her own players, divided. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/rO0NIQp
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge is one of several British landmarks that have installed solar panels, gratifying climate campaigners and ruffling feathers among some traditionalists. from World News https://ift.tt/lxg24Xo
Ukrainian forces would have to cede further territory to Russia if US military aid does not arrive soon, President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned, in his latest appeal to Congress to pass a multibillion-dollar package. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/NeLPd8b
Radio Free Asia, which ran a small operation in Hong Kong, said its staff was at risk because of the law’s sweeping definition of “external interference.” from World News https://ift.tt/9xdRLoM
Israel and Hamas appear no closer to negotiating a stop in fighting, with significant gaps remaining between them. from World News https://ift.tt/5DTVdf6
It’s one of the most iconic, and hotly-debated, props in cinematic history: The floating wood panel that spared Kate Winslet’s “Titanic” character Rose DeWitt Bukater from icy North Atlantic waters after the titular ocean liner’s sinking — but not Leonardo DiCaprio’s Jack Dawson. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/kxvENbM
Amit Soussana has become the first Israeli woman to speak publicly about enduring what she says was a sexual assault and other forms of violence during her 55 days in captivity. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/VxcnzFt
Researchers examined fossils of the predatory worm and found a new species that persisted for 25 million years after it was believed to have become extinct. from World News https://ift.tt/HBXfYi5