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Canada blocks theme park from sending whales to China
AFP, Published on 02/10/2025
» TORONTO - Canada on Wednesday denied a request from a controversial theme park to export 30 beluga whales to China, saying the refusal was necessary to protect the mammals from exploitation.
Cicadas re-emerge in US after 17 years
AFP, Published on 01/05/2025
» WASHINGTON - The last time these thrumming, red-eyed bugs burrowed out of the ground across America’s suburbs and woodlands was the early summer of 2008.
The hitchhiker’s guide to the hummingbird
Douglas Main of The New York Times, Published on 28/01/2025
» NEW YORK - Flower mites spend their lives slurping nectar and nibbling pollen in flowers throughout the tropics. To travel from one blossom to another, these tiny, eight-legged creatures hitch rides on the beaks of hummingbirds, taking shelter in the birds’ nostrils during flight.
Trump vows 'speed and strength' at inauguration eve rally
AFP, Published on 20/01/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President-elect Donald Trump vowed a blitz of emergency actions Sunday at a huge victory rally on the eve of his inauguration, starting with a crackdown on an "invasion" of immigrants at the border with Mexico.
Consultants pay $650m to settle US opioid case
Reuters, Published on 13/12/2024
» BOSTON - The multinational consulting firm McKinsey & Co has agreed to pay $650 million to resolve a US criminal investigation into its work advising the opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma on how to boost sales.
Harris accepts nomination and lays out the case against Trump
New York Times, Published on 23/08/2024
» CHICAGO — Vice President Kamala Harris ceremonially accepted the Democratic Party's nomination for president Thursday night in a speech that alternated between calls for unity and stinging rebukes of former President Donald Trump as an "unserious man" whose return to the White House could have devastating consequences for the United States.
United Airlines jet loses wheel in repeat of March incident
Bloomberg News, Published on 09/07/2024
» United Airlines says another of its Boeing aircraft lost a main landing gear wheel while taking off on Monday, a near repeat of an incident in March that helped trigger a US government safety review of the carrier.
Pro-Palestinian protests shake US campuses
Reuters and Bloomberg, Published on 30/04/2024
» US universities from Columbia to UCLA are rushing to confront pro-Palestinian demonstrations, with disciplinary actions escalating and campus life thrown into turmoil as the academic year comes to a close.
Rare 4.7 quake rattles New York City area
News Agencies, Published on 05/04/2024
» A 4.7-magnitude earthquake struck the New York City region on Friday morning, according to the US Geological Survey, shaking buildings and surprising residents in an area that rarely experiences notable seismic activity.
Russia mulls putting nuclear weapon in space - US
Bloomberg and Reuters, Published on 15/02/2024
» NEW YORK - United States intelligence shows that Russia is discussing the possibility of basing a nuclear weapon in space, according to people familiar with the matter, a finding that emerged after a top House Republican publicly warned of an unspecified national-security threat.