‘US doing very well with China’: Trump ahead of Xi Jinping’s first White House visit in a decade
Trump said he and Xi had maintained a good relationship. President Donald Trump said the United States is “doing very well with China” and expects to discuss several agreements with Chinese President Xi Jinping during his upcoming visit to the White…
Iran war costs US $45.1 billion; fatalities possibly higher than 18 reported by Pentagon
File photo: Shredded tents, destroyed jet: Images reveal hidden scale of Iranian strikes on US Gulf bases The human and material cost of America’s war with Iran is proving larger than previously disclosed, with the Pentagon telling Congress that the…
Trump to meet Venezuela acting president Delcy Rodriguez, first since Maduro’s removal
The meeting aims to revive the country’s battered energy industry with the involvement of American companies. US President Donald Trump will meet Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodriguez in New York on Tuesday, a senior US official said on…
A conservation group bought nearly 2,000 acres of South Carolina forest before development could reach it; the land has now been transferred to the US government and permanently added to Sumter National Forest
Representative image from Canva In a quiet but decisive win for conservation, a 1,950-acre tract of South Carolina forest that once faced the threat of development has been permanently protected as part of Sumter National Forest. The Nature Conservancy…
‘Can’t afford petrol’: Pakistan PTI lawmakers ride donkey carts to assembly in protest
(Image credit: Dawn) “The ministers and (treasury) MPAs should also reach the assembly the same way on donkey carts,” PTI MPA Sajjad Ali was seen saying in a video while holding a placard describing the fuel price hike as a “petrol bomb dropped on the…
In 2003, a Montana family bought 57 acres along the Stillwater River; after cameras documented bears, wolves and mountain lions, they have permanently protected the property from development
A Montana family has permanently protected 57 acres of riverfront land along the Stillwater River after years of documenting the wildlife that moves through the property. The conservation effort was reported by the Flathead Beacon and Whitefish Pilot,…
In 2014, Leonardo DiCaprio’s foundation donated $1 million, helping save African elephants who were being killed for their ivory tusks at a rate of 100 per day
Illegal hunting and the ivory trade have reduced the populations of elephants in Africa drastically over the past century. Millions of these mammals once roamed the iconic jungles, but their long ivory tusks made them targets of big game hunters and…
North America loses its monopoly on dinosaur fossils; fourteen tail vertebrae just turned up in Spain and experts have identified it as Diplodocus
Palaeontologists in Spain have discovered the first confirmed Diplodocus fossils outside of North America, marking the first-ever discovery outside the area. For 150 years, every confirmed bone of the animal came from one place, the Morrison Formation of…
The man considered the world’s last royal coachmaker died at 76 before finishing a 3-tonne carriage for King Charles III; his team says it is now 98% complete
Frecklington’s fascination with coachmaking began when he was just eight years old. For more than half a century, Jim Frecklington turned wood, metal, leather and gold into something increasingly rare: magnificent horse-drawn carriages built by…
‘Treated on floor, verandah’: Dhaka hospitals struggle to find space for dengue patients
Patients infected with dengue receive treatment at a hospital in Dhaka A sharp rise in dengue cases is putting hospitals in Dhaka under severe pressure. Over 747 new patients were admitted across Bangladesh in the 24 hours to 8am on Friday. The surge…
