Hurricane Polo has rapidly intensified into a rare Category 5 storm in the Pacific Ocean, with the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) warning of an “extremely dangerous” system capable of bringing torrential rain, flooding and mudslides to parts of Mexico. Hurricane Polo has intensified into a Category 5 storm off Mexico. Here are … Read more
Starting from October 1, international media professionals, Mexican and Canadian specialists, and their family members accompanying them will be subject to compulsory examination of their public social media profiles during the US non-immigrant visa application process. Starting October 1, media professionals and their families applying for US non-immigrant visas must publicly share their social media … Read more
Lindsay Clancy’s ex-husband, Patrick Clancy, spoke out for the first time since a mistrial was declared in the case. On Sunday night, September 20, he told CBS’ 60 Minutes that he believes he did everything he could to protect his children, but admitted that he did not know how to manage his ex-wife’s postpartum illness. … Read more
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney recounted a Donald Trump story amid ongoing trade tensions. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has revealed an unusual gift he received from US President Donald Trump in 2015 — a large gold key that Trump told him could be used to enter the White House. But there was a catch, … Read more
A 40-year-old woman has succumbed to complications from measles in Pennsylvaniarepresenting the third measles-related death in the state this year, as the US faces its most significant resurgence of this highly contagious illness in 35 years. Pennsylvania reported its third measles-related death this year, involving a 40-year-old woman from Jefferson County. (REUTERS) The woman, who … Read more
The CIA has released 71 previously classified President’s Daily Brief (PDB) products marking the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, Twin Towers attacks. CIA warnings before 9/11: 5 key takeaways from declassified files. (Getty Images via AFP) These files offer a detailed look at how US intelligence tracked Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida in … Read more
The capture of Mokha gives the Houthis a stronger position along Yemen’s western coast. (AP Photo) Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi militants have seized the key Red Sea port of Mokha and advanced towards the Hanish islands, bringing them closer to the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and raising the prospect of a major new threat to one of … Read more
Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen said Wednesday that Saudi-backed forces had launched dozens of airstrikes overnight across four Yemeni provinces, after rebel attacks on Saudi Arabia ignited fires at several oil facilities and wounded dozens of people. Yemen’s Houthi rebels say Saudi-backed forces launched airstrikes, and other key Mideast news Separately, Iranian state media said … Read more
China’s Taihu Lake sees improved water quality over past 10 years A field trial using a two-stage nanobubble treatment system across a 3,300-square-metre section of Taihu Lake in eastern China reduced a key measure of toxic cyanobacteria by nearly 90 per cent within 20 days. Published in the journal Environmental Research and indexed on PubMed, … Read more
Spending half a million dollars on a house makes sense. So does dropping that on a condo or an investment property. But what if it’s used for a ‘beach key’? On Martha’s Vineyard, an island off the south coast of Massachusetts, people are laying down $650,000, but not for the love of the vineyard. Not … Read more