Yearly Archives: 2024
Second major Myanmar rebel group calls for talks with junta
BANGKOK (AFP) - A second major Myanmar ethnic rebel group has said it is ready for talks with the junta to end more than...
Fungi finding
PORT ANGELES (AFP) - You can’t walk very far through a forest in this part of the United States (US) without stumbling upon a...
British zoo discovers ‘Maggie’ is actually Magnus
UPI - A British zoo has discovered that one of its king penguins, believed to be female, is actually male, leaving the facility with...
Endangered Siberian tiger spotted in northeast China nature reserve
CHANGCHUN (XINHUA) - The Changbai Mountain National Nature Reserve in northeast China’s Jilin Province has recorded footage of a wild Siberian tiger, as well...
Gunman held after failed attack on Sikh leader
AMRITSAR (AFP) - A gunman who attempted to shoot a Sikh political leader at a shrine in India was arrested yesterday after the thwarted...
Eight dead after ‘overloaded’ boat capsizes in southwest China
BEIJING (AFP) - Eight people died after a “seriously overloaded” government-owned boat capsized in southwestern China’s Guizhou province earlier this week, Chinese authorities said...
Trump cites Hunter Biden pardon in seeking hush money case dismissal
NEW YORK (AFP) – United States (US) President-elect Donald Trump’s attorneys sought to dismiss his historic criminal fraud conviction in a new filing released...
Trump ally Carlson announces interview with Russian FM
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson - a right-wing journalist who is a key ally of United States (US) President-elect Donald...
Peru rocked by president’s nose job scandal
LIMA (AFP) - A nose job by Peruvian President Dina Boluarte sparked intense controversy on Tuesday, with some lawmakers calling for her to be...
Man executed in Missouri for nine-year-old girl’s murder
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A man convicted of the rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl was executed on Tuesday in the midwestern United States’...