Tag: Hometown

20 JUN

‘I want to liberate my city’: Syrian fighters return to their hometown of Raqqa to oust ISIS

© AFP DELIL SOULEIMAN Khalil al-Hussein fled the Islamic State group’s Syrian stronghold Raqa 18 months ago, but now he is back and fighting to help oust the jihadists from his hometown. The 25-year-old is one of several members of a Kurdish-Arab alliance fighting IS who are originally from the northern city. The US-backed Syrian […]

01 MAY

3 Chinese warships make ‘goodwill’ port call in Duterte’s hometown of Davao (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Published time: 1 May, 2017 04:49 Three Chinese warships have docked in Davao City, starting a three-day “goodwill visit” to President Rodrigo Duterte’s hometown, where it will stage “confidence-building” activities between the Chinese and Philippines navies. China’s destroyer Chang Chun, the frigate Jin Zhou and replenishment ship Chao Hu will stay docked at the Sasa […]

30 APR

Ray Bradbury’s hometown is crowdfunding a statue in his honor

In 1920, Fahrenheit 451 author Ray Bradbury was born in the the Chicago suburb of Waukegan, Illinois. While he spent his early years there, he and his family eventually moved to California, where he spent the rest of his life. Now, his hometown is looking to honor the author with a statue, and has launched […]

20 MAR

Olympic sports roundup: Alex Harvey, hometown hero

It was a jam-packed weekend of high-performance sport around the world, including Alex Harvey hitting the podium twice at the cross-country skiing World Cup finals in Quebec City. Here’s a look at what you may have missed.​​​ Harvey delights Canadian crowd The cross-country skiing star from Saint Ferreol-les-Neiges, Que., didn’t disappoint on the Plains of […]

13 MAR

Brad Gushue wins 1st Brier in front of hometown crowd

Brad Gushue of Newfoundland and Labrador defeated Canada’s Kevin Koe 7-6 on Sunday night to win the Tim Hortons Brier for the first time. After a back-and-forth affair, Gushue had hammer in the 10th end and used it to his advantage. He hit a draw for the single point to send the raucous capacity crowd at Mile One Centre into a tizzy. Gushue […]

02 MAR

Rolls-Royce Donates a Unique Electric Car to Its Hometown Children’s Hospital

– Rolls-Royce has made a generous donation to Saint Richard’s Hospital in its hometown of Chichester, England, and it’s not a big check. Instead, the company has created a car called the Rolls-Royce SRH specifically for the pediatric surgery unit so that patients can drive themselves to the operating room for surgery. As you’d expect, it’s […]

26 JAN

‘The Bachelor’ 2017: Nick’s Hometown Trip To Wisconsin Was A Last-Minute Change

Episode Four of The Bachelor 2017 broke a typical pattern for the long-running reality dating show. The Bachelor often features group trips to exotic locales, usually first to a location within the United States and then one or two international destinations. Past seasons of the show have featured trips to Las Vegas (Season 20), Santa […]