Donald Trump has warned Nicolás Maduro he can “do things the easy way … or the hard way” as Venezuela’s authoritarian leader responded to the growing US pressure campaign by urging followers to prepare to defend “every inch” of the South American country. Dressed in woodland camouflage, Maduro said at a rally in the capital, … Read more
Australia is well known for its wildlife, but locals were stunned by the sight of one particular snake at sea near Sydney. What is going on? Local station 9 News Sydney shared a video showing a large red-tailed boa constrictor near a boat launch in the Sylvania area. “These snakes are native to Brazil,” said … Read more
The Mayor-elect of the City of New York, Zohran Mamdani, revealed that the strangest item he encountered in the Oval Office during his meeting with President Donald Trump last week was a dossier entitled “UFC in the White House”. Appear on The Adam Friedland Show On Wednesday, Mamdani said he had entered the room and … Read more
Mortgage rates are so close to dropping below 6%. According to Zillow, the average 30-year fixed rate is down two basis points to 6.04%. A fractional one-day move lower and we will be in sub-6% territory, a move that is likely to trigger a wave of purchase and refinance applications. The 15-year fixed home loan … Read more
Nvidia (NVDA) sent a memo to Wall Street analysts over the weekend arguing that it is not involved in vendor financing, a controversial practice in which suppliers invest or extend loans to their own customers. Famous short sellers Jim Chanos and Michael Burry aren’t so sure. Nvidia wrote a seven-page document – first reported by … Read more
Electronic waste is one of the fastest growing pollution problems on the planet, and researchers at the University of Washington may have found a way to reduce it. Their new liquid metal composite material, detailed in Advanced Functional Materials, can be recycled, reconfigured, and even self-healing, promising a future where circuit boards don’t end up … Read more
By Steve Gorman DENVER (Reuters) – Robert Dear, the self-proclaimed “warrior for babies” who was accused of killing three people and wounding nine others in a 2015 shooting at an abortion clinic in Colorado, has died at a prison medical center. Dear, 67, who the courts had repeatedly deemed mentally unfit to stand trial, died … Read more
CLEVELAND, SC (AP) — Rescuers on Tuesday found a grandmother and three grandchildren who reported missing the previous evening while hiking in a South Carolina state park, prompting a massive search with drones, helicopters, off-road vehicles and dogs. The Greenville County Sheriff’s Office said the four had parked a vehicle near one trailhead at Caesars … Read more
A volcano in Ethiopia’s northeastern region has erupted for the first time in nearly 12,000 years, sending thick plumes of smoke up to nine miles into the sky, the Toulouse Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) said. The Volcano Hayli Gubbi, Located in the Afar region of Ethiopia is about 500 miles northeast of Addis Ababa … Read more
BEIJING (AP) — A few days after China issued an advisory against travel to Japan, the cancellations began. About 3,000 Chinese visit Rie Takeda’s tearoom in an alleyway in Tokyo’s historic Asakusa district every year. About 200 have already canceled bookings for her tea ceremony class, since January. “I just hope the Chinese tourists will … Read more