Moscow has taken a page out of Washington’s playbook and tricked the United States and Britain by renaming the streets in front of their embassies in the Russian capital. The streets are now officially named after two separatist regions in…
Srinagar (Reuters) – A flash flood triggered by heavy rains killed 13 people and left at least 30 missing near the Himalayan Hindu cave shrine of Amarnath in Indian Kashmir, an official said here on Friday. Tens of thousands of…
Sri Lanka was plunged into a deep crisis today (July 9) triggered by the collapse of its economy. It was a day of chaos as President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled his official residence in the country’s capital Colombo, hours before hundreds…
After five years on the run, a 63-year-old Thai YouTuber was arrested on Thursday for the attempted murder of a truck driver in 2017. Jantaphan “Taek” Worracate was arrested at his home in Nonthaburi province in central Thailand on charges…
Former Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney said in an interview Friday that during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol, a “friend” in the White House said then-Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows showed incompetence and…
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie are changing the venue of their planned wedding, an ally of the prime minister said on Friday, denying allegations that he is staying on in his caretaker role as a…
NUSADUWA, Indonesia (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said on Saturday he discussed Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and expressed concern about Beijing’s alliance with Moscow during more than five hours of talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.…
China has extended its list of demands to the United States if it wants to improve relations when senior officials met Saturday. Secretary of State John Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi both called their talks in Bali “constructive,”…
The American Rescue Plan is known for its $1,400 stimulus checks, expansion of the child tax credit, aid to local governments and, most recently, possible inflation. But the little-known portion of the huge bill provides $86 billion to help many…
U.S. stocks advanced Wednesday afternoon to finish in the green, although the risk of a recession remains at the top of many investors’ minds. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose for a third straight session, closing 0.4 percent higher…
According to the World Bank, Indonesia produces 4.8 million tons of “poorly managed” plastic waste each year – meaning it ends up uncollected, in landfills or leaking from poorly managed landfills. a platform that makes it easier to collect waste…
WILMINGTON, Del (Reuters) – Twitter Inc has filed a strong legal case against Elon Musk for abandoning a deal to buy the U.S. social media company for $44 billion, but may opt for renegotiation or settlement rather than a prolonged…
As summer barbecues become more expensive, Stew Leonard Jr. president and CEO of Stew Leonard’s is noticing a change in consumer behavior. “We can tell our customers that their shopping lists are starting to get more frugal,” said Leonard, who…
2022 is going to be a tough year for investors. Year-to-date, the S&P 500 has plunged more than 20 percent. But the stock market slump isn’t the only thing to worry about, as Wells Fargo now sees the U.S. economy…
During the first 24 months of the pandemic, U.S. home prices soared 38.5%. In some markets, such as Phoenix and Dallas, home prices rose by more than 50%. The Fed is no fan. As the real estate boom of the…
U.S. SPR released exports to Europe and Asia last month, including China, the top U.S. geopolitical nemesis on the global stage, despite record high U.S. gasoline and diesel prices. Exports of crude oil and fuel are damping the impact of…
Gold futures were slightly higher late Friday after recovering from early losses. The move was driven by an intraday breakout in the dollar as traders sold safe-haven positions following the release of stronger-than-expected labor market data in the United States.…
For the first time in nearly two decades, the exchange rate between the euro and the dollar is roughly equal. This unusual event is a boon for American tourists in Europe, but not so much for Europeans visiting the United…
(Bloomberg) – Elon Musk’s attempt to back out of a deal to buy Twitter Inc. has made the social media service worse, no matter how it turns out. If Tesla’s chief executive succeeds in closing the deal, Twitter’s stock could…
A group of researchers has come up with some counterintuitive advice: saving your poop now could one day save your life. In an opinion paper published Thursday in the journal Trends in Molecular Medicine, researchers make the case for autologous…
If you like to spend time outdoors in the summer, you may already be aware of the importance of checking yourself for ticks afterwards. And, if you live in certain areas of the country, then Lyme disease is likely to…
Although migraines are common – affecting about 12 percent of the U.S. population – the neurological disorder is often misdiagnosed and misunderstood, with people sometimes confusing headaches with migraine attacks or underestimating the actual extent of migraine damage. Historically, migraine…
Now, your digestive system is full of bacteria, fungi, viruses and even parasites – all part of the gut microbiome, and they have a greater impact on your health than you might think. Trillions of microbes call your gut home,…
Tapashi Rabeya’s only son, Sam, is 17 years old, but because he started school early, he will be leaving their New York City home in late summer to attend college in Buffalo, about seven hours away. For Rabeya, a divorced…
Food allergies as well as seasonal allergies are a common problem for many children and adults. In fact, an estimated 50 million people in the United States suffer from some kind of allergy. However, not every allergy lasts a lifetime.…
Twin brothers from Alabama are being praised for their heroic actions after rescuing their drowning father from a backyard pool . On June 14, Bridon and Christian Hassig, 10, and their friend Sam Ebert, 11, noticed that their father, Brad,…
In recent weeks, abortion has become a top concern for Americans as Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court’s landmark 1973 decision protecting the right to abortion in the United States, was overturned. For many people across the country, this new…
Removing body hair has been a part-time job for me since I was a teenager. I don’t mean professionally – I mean I spend about as much time as I do working part-time removing my body hair, from my legs…
Just a few weeks ago, the Internet spoke out strongly about actress Coco Austin’s Instagram post in which she shared a photo of her sharing her 6-year-old daughter Chanel with rapper Ice-T in a stroller during a vacation to a…
Gregory Itzin, who played the president of the United States on Fox’s hit series “24,” died today of complications from emergency surgery. He was 74. His death was announced by his son, actor Wilke Itzin. Itzin suffered a serious heart…