Record-breaking levels of thick, toxic smog that have shrouded eastern Pakistan and northern India since last month can be seen in striking satellite imagery. A huge cloud of gray smog blankets Pakistan’s Punjab province and stretches out east into India, over the capital New Delhi and beyond, satellite imagery from…
They arrived in huge numbers on shared bikes after pedaling 30 miles in the evening chill, pumped by the adrenaline of youth and the thrill of embarking on a spontaneous adventure with friends. Nighttime bike rides to Kaifeng, an ancient city in central China’s Henan province known for its historic…
Since September 1, the Ukrainian capital Kyiv has been spared from Russian drone attacks on just one night – October 14. Every other night, many of its 4.5 million residents have been woken by sirens and rushed to some form of shelter or hidden in their bathrooms. In the first…
China has published baselines for a contested shoal in the South China Sea it had seized from the Philippines, a move that’s likely to increase tensions over overlapping territorial claims. The Foreign Ministry on Sunday posted online geographic coordinates for the baselines around Scarborough Shoal. A nation’s territorial waters and…
Paris police said Sunday that 4,000 officers and 1,600 stadium staff will be deployed for a France-Israel soccer match to ensure security in and around the stadium and on public transportation a week after violence against Israeli fans in Amsterdam. France and Israel are playing in a UEFA Nations League…
A children’s book written by British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has been withdrawn from sale after it was criticised for causing offense to Indigenous Australians. The Guardian newspaper reported Saturday that the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Corporation blasted “Billy And The Epic Escape,” which was published earlier…
Florida Sen. Rick Scott touted his experience in business when asked why his Republican colleagues should back him for Senate Majority Leader. ‘I built businesses all my life,’ Scott said during an appearance on ‘Sunday Morning Futures’ with Maria Bartiromo on Sunday. ‘I built the largest hospital company, I built…
In the aftermath of President-Elect Donald Trump’s overwhelming victory, both the left and the right have a strong interest in believing, or at least claiming, that ‘new media,’ such as social media platform X and Joe Rogan’s podcast was the secret to Trump’s success. The problem is, that from what…
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Sunday endorsed lawmaker Rick Scott for Senate majority leader, joining a growing list of MAGA figures who are throwing their support behind the Florida Republican. ‘Rick Scott for Senate Majority Leader!’ Musk wrote in a post on X Sunday afternoon, days after Republicans won back…
Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Vermont Independent who won a fourth six-year term last week, doubled down on his claim that the Democratic Party’ lacks appeal to the working class, and responded to pushback from Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. In appearances on CNN’s ‘State of the Union’ and NBC’s ‘Meet the…