Dreams often fade with age, but Elena Erkhova, better known as Baba Lena, refused to let hers disappear. At 83, the Siberian grandmother left behind the familiarity of her home in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, and embarked on the adventure she had imagined for decades. Living on a modest pension, she funded her travels by selling flowers,…

A landowner in Shelby County, Alabama, has won a temporary court order stopping utility crews from clearing land on his 416-acre retirement property. The order has paused construction work on part of a major regional power project. Circuit Judge Jonathan A. Spann issued a preliminary injunction blocking Alabama Power from entering Fenn Church’s property. The…

The verdict was given on September 1 In a respite for three Indian applicants whose tourist visa to Canada was rejected by an immigration officer, the Federal Court of Canada overturned the refusal, and sent the applications back for reconsideration by a different officer.In the judgement given on Sept 1, the court said that the…

Taliban frees American academic Dennis Coyle after more than a year in detention (Picture credit: AP) Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities on Tuesday released American academic Dennis Coyle, who had been held for more than a year, in a move welcomed by Washington but accompanied by renewed US demands for the return of other Americans still believed…