Saudi Arabia has given the Palestinian Authority £68m to avoid bankruptcy, after Israel refused to hand over the taxes it collects on behalf of the governing body. Teachers and other public servants in the West Bank have not been paid in full for months, with some not receiving any money at all. Under the Oslo … Read more
Reviewed by dietitian Kelly Plowe, MS, RD Getty Images. EatingWell design. Key Points Prediabetes affects approximately 96 million Americans, but only 20% know they have the condition. A Redditor shared how they reversed prediabetes, including eating more vegetables and fruits. Getting enough sleep and losing weight can also help reverse a diagnosis of prediabetes. Prediabetes … Read more
Peruvian police recently detained a man from South Korea who was trying to smuggle hundreds of endangered tarantulas onto a plane. What is going on? The Washington Post reported that the strange encounter began at Lima’s Jorge Chávez International Airport. The staff was doing security checks on the passengers and noticed a man who appeared … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — Billionaires Michael and Susan Dell pledged $6.25 billion Tuesday to provide an incentive for 25 million American children under 10 to claim the new investment accounts for children created as part of President Donald Trump’s tax and spending legislation. The historic gift is hardly unprecedented, with few single charitable commitments in … Read more
A rock on Mars has spilled a surprising yellow treasure after Curiosity accidentally broke through its unremarkable exterior. When the rover rolled the body of 899 kilograms (1,982 pounds) on the fragile piece of minerals in May of last year, the deposit was opened, revealing yellow crystals of elemental sulfur, known as sulfur. Although sulfates … Read more
It used to be that once your star had fallen in Donald Trump’s orbit, it was destined never to rise again. Any number of discarded former allies stretching back to Trump’s first term can testify to that much. One who came out of a political black hole to return to the president’s firmament is the … Read more
[Getty Images] Tax increases and spending cuts will act as a “headwind” to growth in the UK economy, according to an influential global policy group. UK inflation will also remain among the highest among the G7 advanced economies, although it is expected to ease, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said. The OECD … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The US military would have committed a crime if it killed the survivors of an attack on an alleged drug boat, legal experts say. It doesn’t matter if the United States is in “armed conflict” with the drug cartels as the Trump administration asserts. Such a deadly second strike would violate peacetime … Read more
The latest mass killing in the United States took place on Saturday night when three children aged 8, 9 and 14, and a 21-year-old man were killed in a shooting during a boy’s birthday party in California. Eleven people were also injured at a Stockton banquet hall. This is the country’s 17th mass murder this … Read more
Pressure to perform. Golfers feel it. Golf course architects do too. “If I didn’t, then I’m in the wrong business,” Gil Hanse said the other day. “It would mean I don’t care enough.” An advertisement His comments came in conversation with Simon Holt on the Destination Golf podcast, recorded at the end of November at … Read more