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Month: December 2020

Ashraf Ghani Fast Facts

Here’s a look at the life of Ashraf Ghani, president of Afghanistan. Personal Birth date: 1949 Birth place: Logar Province, Afghanistan Birth name: Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai Father: Shah Pesand Mother: Kawkaba Lodin Marriage: Rula (Saade) Ghani Children: Tarek; Mariam Education: American University in Beirut, Lebanon, 1973; Columbia University, masters and Ph.D, anthropology Religion: Muslim Other

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Xi Jinping Fast Facts

Here’s a look at the life of Xi Jinping, president of the People’s Republic of China. Personal Birth date: June 15, 1953 Birth place: Fuping County, Shaanxi Province, China (some sources say Beijing) Birth name: Xi Jinping Father: Xi Zhongxun, revolutionary and vice premier Mother: Qi Xin Marriages: Peng Liyuan (1987-present); Ke Lingling (divorced) Children:

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Bretz family’s Christmas quilts are colorful stories stitched together with memories, love

Click here for updates on this story     PARK HILLS , Missouri (Daily Journal ) — Many families have a variety of Christmas traditions: baking and decorating cookies, making ornaments, watching Hallmark holiday movies, driving to see holiday lights, writing letters to Santa, singing carols, reading the Christmas story in the Bible and more. Tamara Bretz

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SEC sues Ripple and two executives for selling XRP crypto: A $1.3 billion illegal security offering

The US Securities and Exchange Commission filed a lawsuit against cryptocurrency platform Ripple, its CEO, and its chairman, for illegally selling unregistered securities worth $1.3 billion, the agency said Tuesday. The SEC said Ripple illegally marketed XRP, the world’s third-largest cryptocurrency, to retail customers. According to the complaint, Ripple’s chairman, co-founder and former CEO Christian

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