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PARIS — Even as human-caused climate change threatens the environment, nature continues to inspire our technological advancement. “The solutions that are provided by nature have evolved for billions of years and tested repeatedly every day since the beginning of time,” said Evripidis Gkanias, a University of Edinburgh researcher. Gkanias has a special interest in how nature […]
Cher likes to have more than one Christmas tree at her home during the holidays. The 77-year-old Believe singer goes all out with the decorations when she gets into the holiday spirit at her mansion in Malibu, California. “There’s a lot of decoration. I want it to be fresh and smell like Christmas. We have […]
Jennifer Lopez has confessed she and Ben Affleck still have PTSD from the intense media scrutiny they endured during their first romance. The music superstar is gearing up to release her This Is Me… Now album and companion film, which will spotlight her rekindled romance with the Good Will Hunting actor and their subsequent marriage. […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA. — An international astronaut will join U.S. astronauts on the moon by decade’s end under an agreement announced Wednesday by NASA and the White House. The news came as Vice President Kamala Harris convened a meeting in Washington of the National Space Council, the third such gathering under the Biden administration. There was […]
Ukraine’s military said Thursday Russian forces attacked multiple regions overnight using 35 drones. The Ukrainian air force said the country’s air defenses shot down all but one of the drones, with those actions taking place over Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Chernihiv and other areas. There were no reports of casualties or damage on the ground. […]
The United States has secured the freedom of 10 Americans from Venezuelan prisons in exchange for the release of a close ally of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said late Wednesday that the six Americans who were classified as wrongfully detained had safely arrived back in the United States. […]
PARIS — A French appeals court on Wednesday ordered pharmaceutical firm Servier to pay more than $460 million in damages over a scandal involving a diabetes drug linked to hundreds of deaths. The health scandal came to light in 2007 when a doctor raised the alert on heart risks linked to Mediator, a drug destined for […]
Civil rights groups filed a lawsuit on Tuesday challenging a new Republican-backed law in Texas that will give state officials broad powers to arrest, prosecute and deport people who illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border. The lawsuit filed in federal court in Austin, Texas, claims that the law signed by Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott on […]
TAIPEI, TAIWAN — Taiwan will “handle” Chinese balloons flying nearby based on threat assessments, though officials believe the current wave is for weather purposes, driven by the prevailing winds at this time of year, the defense ministry in Taipei said on Wednesday. The potential for China to use balloons for spying became a global issue in […]
WHAM! have pulled ahead in the race for 2023’s Official Christmas Number 1 – but with The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl issuing a brand-new Fairytale of New York vinyl release and hype building around fellow contenders Sam Ryder and Mariah Carey, it’s still too early to count anyone out. WHAM! (aka Andrew Ridgeley and the […]
