Two former Devon police officers are taking on a 1,000 mile kayaking challenge, canoeing up to 18 hours a day and camping wild, hoping to avoid bears and mosquitoes on the way.Ex Devon and Cornwall Police assistant chief constable Jim Nye, 57, from Exeter and Ian Tyers, 61, from Rockbeare, were selected as one of 30 teams in this year’s 1,609km Yukon challenge that started on Friday.They are kayaking from northern Canada to inside the Arctic Circle in Alaska to raise money for Devon’s FORCE cancer charity.Nye said: “We have to take everything we need to survive in the wilderness…

Juba, South Sudan – As South Sudan marks 15 years of independence on July 9, hopes that accompanied the birth of the world’s youngest country in 2011 have given way to a fragile reality.After decades of struggle for self-determination and a long civil war with Sudan, the country descended into…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Political watchers expected this fall’s Maine Senate contest to emerge as the main event in the midterms as Democrats try to unseat five-term Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine).Again.It is said that as Maine goes, so goes the nation. And this year, Maine could…

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Halfway through the year in which artificial intelligence is changing everything, evidence is mounting that consumers’ financial stress is about as bad as it was during the devastating 2008-2009 Great Recession. Shoppers are now savvier than ever about the price and value of nearly everything. In fact, so many forces…

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