President Trump and Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. they held a press conference and strongly advised against the use of Tylenol (acetaminophen) during pregnancy. They associated its use with the development of autism and other neurological developmental disorders of childhood. Trump released the script, declaring that “we found the cause … Read more
TOKYO (AP) — A court found that Japan’s refusal to legalize same-sex marriage was constitutional on Friday in the last six cases that are expected to be brought before the Supreme Court for a final and definitive decision, possibly next year. The Tokyo High Court said marriage under the law is largely expected to be … Read more
Russia sent three astronauts into space on Thursday, but damaged its launchpad during liftoff. The pad, Russia’s only site for manned launches, appears to have lost its service bay. Official footage taken after the launch showed charred structural remains lying in an exhaust trench. Russia’s only launchpad to send astronauts into space was seriously damaged … Read more
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — As you enter Iran’s capital, you begin with only the occasional glimpse — a passenger in a speeding car or a pedestrian trying to outrun Tehran’s notorious traffic. But as you reach the cooler heights of Tehran’s northern neighborhoods along the city’s sycamore-lined Vali-e Asr Street, they are almost everywhere, women … Read more
Wealthy buyers are shelling out millions for vacant dirt lots in one of Nevada’s most exclusive neighborhoods, and locals aren’t happy. The developers behind The Summit Club in Summerlin, a guarded enclave on the edge of Las Vegas, recently sold about $134 million of undeveloped land to high-profile buyers, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. … Read more
Donald Trump said he would “permanently halt immigration from all third world countries,” a day after two members of the national guard were shot in Washington DC in an attack that became a political blow to the President’s continued crackdown on immigration. In a social media post beginning with “a very happy Thanksgiving”, posted after … Read more
Scores of families are still missing after Hong Kong’s worst blaze in decades engulfed hospitals on Friday as firefighters searched the last apartment block of the housing estate to burn, with the death toll now at least 94. Flames engulfed Wang Fuk Court in the northern district of Tai Po on Wednesday afternoon and quickly … Read more
Closeup of a large gold nugget, with multiple nuggets in the background Two large gold deposits discovered in China may hold a collective mass of more than 2,000 metric tons (2,200 US tons) of the precious material – the largest ever found within the country’s borders. If confirmed by further geological surveys, the Wangu deposit … Read more
In 2015, David Hole was searching in Maryborough Regional Park near Melbourne, Australia. Armed with a metal detector, he discovered something out of the ordinary – a very heavy, reddish rock resting in some yellow clay. He took it home and tried his best to open it, sure enough there was a gold nugget inside … Read more
By Francesco Guarascio HANOI (Reuters) – China’s top telecoms firms Huawei and ZTE have won a series of contracts this year to supply 5G equipment in Vietnam, in another sign of Hanoi’s strengthening ties with Beijing, which has raised concerns among Western officials, seven people with direct knowledge of the situation told Reuters. For years, … Read more