Madrid’s panda family grew Monday with the birth of twin cubs, a boost to the popular species that is considered China’s national treasure. The twins were born to their mother, Hua Zuiba, and father, Bing Xing, a pair of giant pandas on loan from China, the Madrid Zoo announced in… Read More
Global stocks mixed ahead of central bank meetings
European stocks opened lower Tuesday while Asian markets gained after China reported stronger August exports as investors awaited updates on when European and other central banks might wound down their stimulus. London and Frankfurt declined in early trading while Shanghai, Tokyo and Hong Kong closed higher. Sponsored: Deadliest Drug Ever… Read More
Spanish hospital baby switch discovered two decades later
Health authorities in Spain are blaming human error for the switching of two baby girls in a maternity ward almost 20 years ago, after one of them discovered by chance through a DNA test as a teenager that she wasn’t the daughter of her presumed parents. “It was a human… Read More
Germany’s leader boosts her conservative party, assails the Left
Outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel painted a rosy picture of her government’s record on Tuesday and assailed the possibility of a future left-wing administration, seeking to boost her struggling party’s candidate as she addressed what is expected to be the German parliament’s last session before the Sept. 26 election. Merkel also… Read More
With no tourist handouts, Bali’s hungry monkeys raid local homes
Deprived of their preferred food source — the bananas, peanuts and other goodies brought in by tourists now kept away by the coronavirus — hungry monkeys on the resort island of Bali have taken to raiding villagers’ homes in their search for something tasty. Villagers in Sangeh say the gray… Read More
Italy police stop man suspected of snatching winning ticket
Border police at Rome’s main airport on Sunday prevented a Naples tobacco shop owner suspected of running off with a customer’s winning game ticket from boarding a flight to the Canary Islands, Italian news reports said. The man didn’t have the filched card worth 500,000 euros ($580,000) on himself, but… Read More
[Fact check] Biden caught in another Afghan lie
President Joe Biden has been presiding over the mess in Afghanistan, and now he’s lying about it. Again and again. In a speech on Tuesday, he claimed that the U.S. had prepared for the sudden collapse of Afghanistan’s government. However, the Associated Press investigated Biden’s claim, and their findings aren’t… Read More
Radical Islamic terrorist stabs 6 in grocery store
New Zealand authorities were so worried about an extremist inspired by the Islamic State group they were following him around-the-clock and were able to shoot and kill him within 60 seconds of him unleashing a frenzied knife attack that wounded six people Friday at an Auckland supermarket. Three of the… Read More
Missing ancient Mesopotamian artifacts seized in Norway
Nearly 100 missing tablets and other archaeological objects from ancient Mesopotamia have been found in Norway and seized, police said Friday. Authorities said they would now be examined to determine their authenticity and establish their provenance if possible. Sponsored: This Food Grows Cancerous Tumors – Do Not Eat It The… Read More
UN finds brief improvement in air quality during 2020
The U.N. weather agency says the world — and especially urban areas — experienced a brief, sharp drop in emissions of air pollutants last year amid lockdown measures and related travel restrictions put in place over the coronavirus pandemic. The World Meteorological Organization, releasing its first ever Air Quality and… Read More
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