Thursday - November 21, 2024
Politics: President Jimmy Carter Newsletter for Sunday July 28, 2024 ( 2 items )  

Butler's Gold wheat variety celebrates Oklahoma Olympian
STILLWATER, Oklahoma, July 26 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: In 2020, as Oklahoma State University wheat geneticist Brett Carver prepared to release the OSU Wheat Improvement Team's latest variety, he had a creative idea for its official name. It was the first summer of the pandemic, and the Olympic games in Tokyo had been postponed. When an article in The Oklahoman about James Butler, a former OSU track and field star and 1980 Olympic hopeful, caught Carver's eye, he   more

Carter Center Issues Final Report on 2023 Elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
ATLANTA, Georgia, July 26 (TNSres) -- The Carter Center issued the following news release on July 25, 2024: The Carter Center today released the final report from its international election observation mission to the December 2023 general elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. While there were improvements from the previous electoral cycle -- including an improved approach by the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI), the mission's overall conclusion is that the process   more