These flies are not like their relatives that feed on dead and decaying animals. No, the flesh-eating worms of these parasitic insects prefer to eat live animals such as cows, horses and pigs, and they can be deadly. Another case of New World screwworm was recently stopped from entering the United States at a quarantine … Read more
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The United States has given Ukraine and Russia a June deadline to reach an agreement to end the nearly four-year war, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told reporters, as Russian attacks on energy infrastructure forced nuclear plants to cut output on Saturday. If the June deadline is not met, the Trump administration will … Read more
HONG KONG (AP) — China has been flooding Latin American markets with low-cost exports, especially cars and e-commerce goods, as its exporters adjust to tariffs and the geopolitical moves of U.S. President Donald Trump. The world’s second-largest economy has become a key trading partner for many Latin American nations, which are seeking access to their … Read more
According to data from the Federal Reserve, the top 1% of US households controlled $51.85 trillion dollars in assets as of 2025. This amounts to 31% of all US household wealth. Such large sums of money are difficult to understand unless they are distributed. One way to do this is to conduct a thought experiment: … Read more
By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW, Jan 21 (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that ownership of Greenland was not Russia’s concern and that the United States and Denmark – whose historic treatment of the island has been criticized – should resolve the issue between them. Moscow watched with joy as US President Donald Trump’s … Read more
After French President Emmanuel Macron said that France was now providing two-thirds of all intelligence to Ukraine on January 15, 2026, a rumor gained traction that this was because Ukraine had given false intelligence to the United States, which the United States then leaked to Russia, revealing the United States as an unreliable intelligence partner … Read more
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
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than a year before a US military operation ousted Nicolás Maduro, a senior aide to President Donald Trump argued that the Venezuelan leader was sending gang members to the United States. “If you’re a dictator of a poor country with a high crime rate, wouldn’t you send your criminals into our … Read more
The Trump administration is urging American citizens to leave Iran immediately as the president escalates his threats to use military action against the Middle Eastern nation amid a violent government crackdown on protesters. The US military is also withdrawing some personnel from its largest airbase in the Middle East in Qatar on January 14, according … Read more
By Jana Choukeir, Nayera Abdallah and Tala Ramadan DUBAI, Jan 12 (Reuters) – Iran said on Monday it was keeping communications open with the United States as President Donald Trump weighed responses to a violent crackdown on protests that have posed one of the biggest challenges to clerical rule since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Trump … Read more