Surging food prices helped July’s headline inflation numbers break the record of 36.8% in June. Sharp food price rises caused Egypt’s headline inflation to spike to 38.2% for the month of July, a record high amid a national economic crisis, … Read More
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Young environmental activists scored what experts described as a ground-breaking legal victory Monday when a Montana judge said state agencies were violating their constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment by allowing fossil fuel development. … Read More
The police chief whose “Gestapo”-style raid on a small town newspaper has become the focus of national outrage was being investigated by its reporters over claims of alleged sexual misconduct. Gideon Cody and every officer in the Marion Police Department … Read More
Moldova’s Foreign Ministry said the decision was taken following “ongoing tensions and unfriendly actions,” and that embassy staff and diplomats would have to leave by 15 August. Several diplomats from the Russian embassy in the Republic of Moldova left the … Read More
China’s domestic security officials said they arrested a Chinese national for allegedly spying on behalf of the CIA, a move that comes a week after two U.S. Navy sailors were arrested for allegedly spying for China. In a statement, the … Read More
Ukrainian president describes taking of cash from people who want to avoid conscription as form of treachery Volodymyr Zelenskiy has announced the dismissal of all the heads of Ukraine’s regional military recruitment centres in the latest drive to root out … Read More
Aug 10 (Reuters) – Mexico is developing a digital tracking system for fentanyl precursor chemicals, including methods to detect the substances at Mexico’s coastal ports and border crossing points, Foreign Minister Alicia Barcena said on Thursday. “We are pulling together … Read More
Greetings from Tyler, Maui has gone from paradise to a war zone. Many of the buildings in Lahaina were historic. Old wood buildings that have been there a long time. You don’t need me to tell you, it’s wall to … Read More
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (UPI) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sacked his top general while calling for the military to boost weapons production and increase combat drills in preparation for an “offensive” war, state-run media reported Thursday. Kim fired … Read More
KAHULUI, Hawaii, Aug 10 (Reuters) – The death toll from a wildfire that has turned the resort town of Lahaina on Hawaii’s Maui island into smoldering ruins was expected to rise “very significantly” on Thursday, according to Hawaii Governor Josh … Read More