Bob Weir’s breakout will be fitting for a California Rock ‘n’ roll king. The acclaimed musician and founding member of the Grateful Dead, who died Jan. 10, is to be honored with a public memorial in the band’s hometown of San Francisco on Saturday, Jan. 17, according to a press release for the event. In … Read more
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Isfahan Refinery, one of the largest refineries in Iran. – Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu/Getty Images The United States is considering whether to strike Iran as turmoil intensifies the country’s authoritarian regime. The Iranian government is at its weakest point in years, destabilizing another OPEC nation less than two weeks after the United States toppled the Venezuelan government. … Read more
65-year-old military veterans face being mobilized under new powers to prepare the Armed Forces for war. The Government is expected to increase the age at which the nation’s group of retired soldiers, known as the strategic reserve, can be called up from 55 to 65. The new measures are being introduced as part of a … Read more
The trails on Mt Baldy have reopened following the deaths of three hikers who fell from a snow-covered ridge last month in what investigators believe were two unrelated incidents. This does not mean that conditions are safe, warned the agency responsible for managing rescues there: Snow, ice, limited visibility and the potential for sudden storms … Read more
65-year-old military veterans face being mobilized under new powers to prepare the Armed Forces for war. The Government is expected to increase the age at which the nation’s group of retired soldiers, known as the strategic reserve, can be called up from 55 to 65. The new measures are being introduced as part of a … Read more
By Wen-Yee Lee, Faith Hung and Ben Blanchard TAIPEI, Jan 15 (Reuters) – TSMC, the world’s leading maker of advanced AI chips, on Thursday posted a 35% jump in fourth-quarter profit forecasts to a record high, forecast robust annual growth and signaled more manufacturing capacity in the United States. Riding high on what it calls … Read more
Extreme weather on both sides of the spectrum, too hot and too cold, is a threat to public health. A new study illuminates how extreme temperatures in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) are already responsible for a large number of emergency visits, and the trend could get worse. What is going on? A study led … Read more
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made a harsh criticism of the President Of Donald Trump threatened to take Greenland in a speech on the Senate floor Wednesday, warning it would be an “unprecedented act of self-harm” and “more disastrous” for his legacy than withdrawing from Afghanistan during President By Joe Biden term. Trump’s rhetoric directed at … Read more
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Liberian man arrested over the weekend after heavily armed immigration agents used a battering ram to break down the front door of his Minneapolis home had been checking in regularly with federal authorities for years, his attorney said Tuesday. The arrest of Garrison Gibson, 37, during a Minnesota immigration crackdown that … Read more