CHICAGO, Dec 21 (Reuters) – Global seed maker Syngenta will release a new type of wheat developed with complex cross-breeding techniques in the United States next year, beating out rival companies that are also trying to develop higher yielding wheat … Read More
After 36 years, Argentina won another World Cup. In a country with a history of extraordinary players and where soccer is lived as a national religion, this was long overdue. Also overdue are the structural reforms necessary for Argentina to … Read More
After months of political bickering that has seen a dizzying succession of draft proposals, joint letters, emergency meetings and increasingly exasperated statements, the European Union on Monday approved the first-ever cap on gas prices. EU ministers hammered out a deal on … Read More
TUNIS, Dec 18 (Reuters) – The ultra-low turnout of 8.8% in Tunisia’s parliamentary election on Saturday may prove a defining moment in the struggle between President Kais Saied and a fragmented but increasingly confident opposition that accuses him of a … Read More
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Monday it fired a test satellite in an important final-stage test for the development of its first spy satellite, a key military capability coveted by its leader Kim Jong Un along with other … Read More
On Dec. 13, China’s ruling communist regime deactivated their COVID-19 tracking app after easing pandemic restrictions. However, experts warn that the regime continues to track and monitor the Chinese populace through the data. The state-controlled social media platform WeChat announced … Read More
Material not expected to rebut Warren commission conclusion that president was killed by Lee Harvey Oswald acting alone Historians and conspiracy theorists have been given an early Christmas present: the release from US National Archives of 13,173 documents relating to … Read More
“This is the first such kind of incident where a hippo strayed out of the Lake Edward and attacked a young child,” the Uganda Police Force said in a statement A 2-year-old boy in Uganda survived a hippo attack after … Read More
TOKYO, Dec 16 (Reuters) – Japan on Friday unveiled its biggest military build-up since World War Two with a $320 billion plan that will buy missiles capable of striking China and ready it for sustained conflict, as regional tensions and … Read More
FRANKFURT, Dec 15 (Reuters) – Germany is bleeding cash to keep the lights on. Almost half a trillion dollars, and counting, since the Ukraine war jolted it into an energy crisis nine months ago. That’s the cumulative scale of the … Read More