LONDON, United Kingdom – Conservationists at a UK zoo have captured the moment a rare tree kangaroo popped out of its mother’s pouch for the first time, part of research aimed at helping the endangered species survive in the wild. The elusive Goodfellow’s tree kangaroo is much smaller than the better known Australian kangaroo species. […]
SPRINGFIELD, United States – President Joe Biden said Thursday he will veto any Republican legislation that threatens to sow “chaos” in the US economy. “I will not let it happen. Not on my watch. I will veto everything,” he said in a speech laying out his economic vision at a Virginia pipe fitters union hall. […]
TOKYO, Japan – The specks are tiny. No, really tiny. Smaller than the diameter of a hair. But they hold billions of years of history that reveal some of the secrets of asteroids. The three minute particles from an asteroid called Itokawa show some of these space rocks are vastly older than was thought, and […]
Schiaparelli’s spring 2023 couture collection was something else but the internet is not loving its faux animal head sculptures. In Dante Alighieri’s 14th-century epic poem “The Divine Comedy,” narrator Dante got to discover the Nine Circles of Hell through a journey with Roman poet Virgil guiding him. But before making it to the Inferno, he […]
MONTEREY PARK, United States – The “Year of the Rabbit” began in horror on Sunday for the inhabitants of Monterey Park, the largely Asian American suburb of Los Angeles where a mass shooting left 10 people dead. In this city of 60,000 people, red lanterns and banners in Chinese characters celebrating the Lunar New Year […]
DAVOS, Switzerland – While calling for an end to the global energy crisis, participants at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2023 also saw the crisis as an opportunity to accelerate the world’s transition toward clean energy. Adam Tooze, director of the European Institute at Columbia University, said he believes that the transition toward cleaner […]
LONDON, United Kingdom – London’s police force, reeling this week from the exposure of a serial rapist in its ranks, said Thursday that two retired officers had been charged with child sex offences. The child sex crimes charges came after another Metropolitan Police officer, still serving as a chief inspector, was found dead a week […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States – US streaming giant Netflix on Thursday said it ended last year with more than 230 million global subscribers, beating analysts’ expectations as hits such as “Wednesday” and “Harry & Meghan” enticed new viewers. “2022 was a tough year, with a bumpy start but a brighter finish,” the company said in […]
BARCELONA, Spain – A Spanish woman, a great-grandmother who was born in the United States has likely become the world’s oldest living person at 115, a Guinness World Records consultant said Wednesday. Maria Branyas Morera is believed to have assumed the title following the death on Tuesday of French nun Lucile Randon aged 118, senior […]
LOS ANGELES, United States- A polar bear killed a young woman and her baby son in a remote area of Alaska, police said, in a rare attack by an animal battling the worst effects of human-caused climate change. Police said the bear roamed into the tiny community of Wales on the far western coast of […]
