In Ohio, author JD Vance had been polling behind former state Treasurer Josh Mandel for much of the Republicans’ Senate primary. Then he netted an endorsement from former President Donald Trump, and he won the primary by eight points. Meanwhile the television host Dr. Mehmet Oz, another Trump endorsement, has… Read More
Putin ally makes stunning admission
Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko defended Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in an interview Thursday with The Associated Press, but he admitted he didn’t expect the 10-week-old conflict to “drag on this way.” He also spoke out against the use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine but wouldn’t say if Russian President… Read More
Sunflowers remain popular and native, but take on new meaning
The annual sunflower (Helianthus annus) has a long history in North America, with evidence of its cultivation for food, ceremonial and medical use by Native Americans dating back to at least 1,000 B.C. Sunflower seeds are said to have been brought to Europe by Spanish explorers around the late 16th… Read More
Cattle disease nearly eradicated in this nation
New Zealand is on the verge of eradicating a painful disease from its herd of 10 million cattle after a four-year campaign that has cost hundreds of millions of dollars and resulted in more than 175,000 cows being killed. Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor said Thursday that 271 farms had been… Read More
Report: Hungary won’t support banning Russian oil
Hungary’s foreign minister says the country won’t support a European Union proposal for banning oil imports from Russia in a move that could derail the bloc’s efforts to apply united pressure against Moscow over its war in Ukraine. In a video on social media, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said… Read More
Beijing closes 10% of subway stations to stymie virus
China’s capital on Wednesday closed 60 subway stations, more than 10% of its vast system, as an additional measure against the spread of the coronavirus. Forty stations were closed from the morning, and 20 more were added in the afternoon. The Beijing subway authority in a brief message said only… Read More
Elon Musk asked to testify about Twitter
A British parliamentary committee scrutinizing draft online safety legislation has invited Elon Musk to discuss his plans to buy Twitter and the changes he’s proposing for the social media platform. Parliament’s digital committee asked the Tesla CEO on Wednesday to give evidence about his proposals “in more depth.” Should seniors… Read More
Souvenir artillery shell creates bomb scare at airport
A bomb scare set off scenes of panic at Israel’s airport after an American family showed up with an unexploded artillery shell they had found in the Golan Heights and intended to bring back as a souvenir. Videos circulating online showed passengers ducking for cover, running and screaming at the… Read More
Russian troops storm Mariupol steel plant
Russian forces Tuesday began storming the steel mill containing the last pocket of resistance in Mariupol, Ukrainian defenders said, just as scores of civilians evacuated from the bombed-out plant over the weekend reached safer territory and recounted days and nights filled with dread from constant shelling. Osnat Lubrani, the U.N…. Read More
UN: Obesity has reached ‘epidemic’ levels in Europe
The World Health Organization says the rates of people who are obese and overweight in Europe have hit “epidemic proportions,” with nearly 60% of adults and a third of children in one of those categories. In a report issued Tuesday, the U.N. health agency’s European office said the prevalence of… Read More
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