Author: Darrell Bryan

SAINT PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota Wild President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Bill Guerin today announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has recalled defenseman Daemon Hunt from the Iowa Wild of the American Hockey League (AHL). Hunt, 21 (5/15/02), has recorded seven penalty minutes (PIM) and four shots in four games with Iowa this season. The 5-foot-11, 199-pound native of Brandon, Manitoba, tallied 11 points (2-9=11), 14 PIM, 64 shots and a plus-2 rating in 59 games with Iowa last season and ranked tied for first among AHL rookie defensemen with two game-winning goals. Hunt also notched one assist while playing…

Stop by this event and visit trick-or-treat stations, dance to spooky tunes, and play Halloween-themed games. This is an outdoor event and will take place rain or shine. Adults are free with a food donation to benefit The Open Door This outdoor spectacle includes larger-than-life puppetry, stilting, dance, fire, song, and live music. BareBones Productions is a Minneapolis-based nonprofit that puts on several performances, parades, and installations including their Halloween show which is a cult favorite. Head to this event for a Hogwarts-inspired evening with a costume contest and limited edition brews. Four new beers inspired by the dragons of…

Taipei, Sept. 17 (CNA) A delegation comprising local government officials and travel agents under the guidance of the Tourism Administration left Taiwan Sunday to promote the country’s gourmet food in Canada and the United States, the first such campaign since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out nearly four years ago. The delegation will hold three business-to-business promotion events — on Sept. 19 in Vancouver, Sept. 21 in Los Angeles and Sept. 25 in New York — according to a statement issued by the administration on Sunday. In addition, “culinary classes” will be offered during the campaign events, where Taiwanese chefs will…

Europeans are bracing themselves for the next 13 months of American Sturm und Drang in a fierce presidential election battle. 2024 will bring a level of unpredictability that reverberates not only in the United States but also around the world. A rerun of the Biden-Trump race seems likely but not a certainty at this point. US President Joe Biden’s victory in 2020 gave Europeans a respite from Trumpian chaos, but Germany and the EU will face a markedly different transatlantic relationship no matter who occupies the White House in the future. Policymakers in Berlin and other European capitals were relieved…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia has long turned to Iranian-made drones to attack Ukraine. Now Ukrainian forces will be using bullets seized from Iran against Russia troops. A U.S. Navy ship seized the 1.1 million rounds off of a vessel that was being used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to arm Houthi rebels in Yemen’s civil war in violation of a U.N. Security Council resolution. Those 7.62 mm rounds have now been transferred to Ukraine, U.S. Central Command said Wednesday. The much-needed ammunition has been sent at a time when continued U.S. financial support for Kyiv’s fight to defend itself remains in question.…

Head to any of the biggest and busiest airports throughout the United States these days and it will seem like a distant memory (or perhaps a bad dream) that not more than a few years ago, the pandemic had turned many of these bustling hubs into ghost towns. As travel returns with a vengeance, U.S. airports are once again buzzing with passengers. Consequently, airports are racing to keep up with ambitious renovation and expansion projects, a parade of new clubs and lounges for premium travelers looking to escape the masses, and a whole slew of new restaurants and services to better accommodate the flying…

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Columbia men’s basketball is currently on a 12-day foreign tour through Switzerland and Italy. The Lions will spend three nights in Switzerland and seven nights in Italy before returning to the United States on Tuesday, Aug. 22. Fans can stay tuned to this page along with the Columbia men’s basketball Twitter and Instagram pages for daily updates and content throughout the team’s tour. To view the trip’s full itinerary, click here. Day 3 – Swiss Cheese Factory Tour & Exhibition Game 1 The Lions traveled about 25 miles Monday morning to Gruyères for a tour of La Maison du Gruyère, a Swiss Cheese Factory. The…

Galati, Romania – The United States joined Romanian, Ukrainian, Moldovan, and European Union officials to support the export of Ukrainian grain. This will address global food insecurity caused by Russia’s decision to withdraw from the Black Sea Grain Initiative (BSGI). Russia’s unilateral withdrawal from the BSGI and attacks on ports and grain silos in Ukraine have disrupted grain markets and denied food to people around the world – including those in the Global South and some of the most food insecure countries.  The BSGI exported more than 32 million tons of grain since starting last August, and food prices have risen…

Today, the United States is imposing sanctions on four prominent members of Russia’s financial elite who have served on the supervisory board of the Alfa Group Consortium, one of the largest financial and investment conglomerates in Russia. We are also imposing sanctions on the Russian Association of Employers the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP), a Russian business organization involved in the technology sector of the Russian Federation economy. The organization has promoted import substitution and convened meetings to promote responses to sanctions. The United States will continue to take all appropriate action to hold accountable those who enable…

The partnership between the United States and Tonga is broad and deep, based on shared values and close cooperation on matters ranging from combating the climate crisis to improving maritime security and fostering cooperation and development in the region. The Kingdom of Tonga was a protected state of the United Kingdom until 1970. It is the South Pacific’s last Polynesian kingdom, a constitutional hereditary monarchy. The United States commended Tonga for its move toward fuller democracy through the 2010 election of its first popular majority parliament and subsequent elections in 2014, 2017, and 2021, which international observers deemed free and…