Yet another migrant caravan is forming in Honduras, the latest driven by hope that an incoming Joe Biden presidency will open gates closed by the outgoing Trump administration. According to fresh media reports, this caravan hopes to leave San Pedro Sula, … Read More
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Natural catastrophes around the world resulted in $210 billion in damage in 2020, with the United States especially hard hit by hurricanes and wildfires, a top insurer said on Thursday. The damage, tallied by the German reinsurer … Read More
A bus stop damaged by a fire is seen in Kwinana, Australia, on Monday. Western Australian fire authorities issued emergency warnings for out-of-control bushfires across the state. Photo by Richard Wainwright/EPA-EFE Jan. 5 (UPI) — Hundreds of residents in Western Australia … Read More
The epicenter (Credit: Google) A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 has struck a lake along the Russia-Mongolia border, seismologists say. Only few details are currently available. The earthquake, which struck at 5:33 a.m. local time on Tuesday, … Read More
Democrats said they would introduce an article of impeachment against Trump Monday. House Republicans blocked quick consideration of a bill calling on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove President Trump from office amid fallout from last week’s Capitol … Read More
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A breakdown in Pakistan’s national power grid plunged the country into darkness on Saturday night, officials said. “A countrywide blackout has been caused by a sudden plunge in the frequency in the power transmission system,” Pakistan’s Power … Read More
Greetings from Tyler, Recent events beg a question, and it’s a big one. What will we NOT bow down for? Americans are driving around solo, all masked up. Does that make some kind of sense, or are people just projecting … Read More
Article of impeachment to be introduced Monday in the House. House Democrats are drafting new articles of impeachment against President Trump following a deadly riot at the Capitol Wednesday in a failed attempt to stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden‘s presidential victory. Reps. David Cicilline of … Read More
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei —Reuters Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday banned the import of US and British-produced coronavirus vaccines, saying they were “completely untrustworthy.” “It’s not unlikely they would want to contaminate other nations. Given … Read More
Joe Biden has known key Iranian figures for decades, but the issue of reëntering the nuclear deal is fraught, and time is short. Photograph by Alex Wong / Getty Joe Biden knows Iran better than any American President since its … Read More