The Madagascan capital Antananarivo was invaded by billions of locusts on Thursday, August 28. The clouds of flying insects darkened the skies of Antananarivo creating dramatic scenes. Madagascar has been plagued with three successive years of locusts, which can devastate the island nation’s farms, despite the efforts of the government and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation. Credit: Facebook/Ronald Miller
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday considers a Pennsylvania man's bid to avoid an obstruction charge related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol - a case with possible implications for the federal prosecution of Donald Trump for his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss. The justices are set to hear arguments in Joseph Fischer's appeal of a lower court's ruling rejecting his attempt to escape a federal charge of corruptly obstructing an official proceeding - the congressional certification of President Joe Biden's victory over Trump that the rioters sought to prevent. Trump faces the same charge in a criminal case brought against him last year by Special Counsel Jack Smith.
Every U.S. national election, a cottage industry of strategists, pollsters and organizers craft brand-new words and phrases to describe the mood of American voters and the politicking aimed at influencing them. From the 2000 election's "Nader traders" (ask a Generation X voter) to 2004's "Swift Boating," to the 2008 "Obama coalition," these terms provide a sort of snapshot of the U.S., illuminating unique, often temporary phenomena related to the battle to lead the world's most powerful democracy. BANNON LINE: First coined during the 2020 election cycle, in response to a comment made by political strategist and former Trump adviser Steve Bannon, the Bannon Line is being invoked heavily in 2024.
A rise in antisemitic incidents and bomb threats targeting synagogues followed Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel.
Donald Trump's historic hush-money trial enters a second day on Tuesday, as lawyers try to select 12 New York City jurors to consider the guilt or innocence of the first former U.S. president to face criminal charges. Roughly half of 100 potential jurors questioned were dismissed after saying they could not impartially judge the polarizing businessman-turned-politician, who is mounting a comeback White House bid while battling four separate criminal cases. A New York native who now lives in Florida, Trump was a fixture in the city's tabloid press for decades before he won the presidency as a Republican in 2016.
A huge fire on Tuesday devastated Copenhagen's 17th-century former stock exchange, toppling the historic building's landmark spire in front of horrified witnesses.The Borsen building, commissioned by King Christian IV and built between 1619 and 1640, is one of Copenhagen's oldest and best known landmarks.
A U.N.-mandated commission of inquiry that probes violations of international human rights law on Tuesday accused Israel of obstructing its efforts to collect evidence from the victims of the attack by Hamas in southern Israel on Oct. 7. "So far as the government of Israel is concerned, we have not only seen a lack of cooperation, but active obstruction of our efforts to receive evidence from Israeli witnesses and victims to the events that occurred in southern Israel," said Chris Sidoti, one of three members of a commission of inquiry into abuses committed in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. Sidoti appealed to the government of Israel, as well as victims and witnesses of the attack, to aid the commission in conducting its probe.
Veterinary care in cities has risen by 11% in the last two years and 60% since 2014. A recent poll shows vet bills have stressed 91% of pet owners.
Politics is set to become a complicating factor for the Fed.
The director of La Fenice Opera House in Venice, Fortunato Ortombina, will take the helm of Milan's storied La Scala, authorities announced Tuesday. Ortombina has directed the Venice opera house, one of Italy's leading cultural centres, since 2017.
The latest flashpoint in the Israel-Gaza war shows both sides calcifying their stances.
Armenia on Tuesday urged the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to hold Azerbaijan responsible for what it said was the ethnic cleansing of Armenians from the Nagorno-Karabakh region. "After threatening to do so for years, Azerbaijan has completed the ethnic cleansing of the region and is now systematically erasing all traces of ethnic Armenians' presence," Armenia's representative, Yeghishe Kirakosyan, said on the second day of hearings at the U.N.'s top court.
Anti-tourism movements are multiplying in Spain, the world's second most visited country, prompting authorities to try and reconcile the interests of locals and the lucrative sector.- 'Go home' - Similar anti-tourism movements have sprung up elsewhere in Spain and are active on social media.
Day two of Donald Trump's unprecedented criminal trial opens in New York on Tuesday the same way the first ended -- with the defendant and US presidential hopeful being forced to watch in silence as lawyers work through the tortuous process of picking a jury.That process, which will resume Tuesday at 1330 GMT, could go on as long as two weeks, according to one of Trump's lawyers.
Wong, the current finance minister, said he would announce a new cabinet line-up a few days before he is sworn in as Singapore's fourth prime minister, the Straits Times reported. Wong, 51, was tipped in 2022 to be the Asian financial hub's next leader, after being catapulted into the spotlight as co-head of the government's COVID-19 task force.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Tuesday he hoped Berlin and Beijing could help achieve a "just peace" in Ukraine, as he met President Xi Jinping in the Chinese capital.Meeting with Xi at Beijing's Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on Tuesday, Scholz told the Chinese leader he hoped to discuss "how we can contribute more to a just peace in Ukraine".
A former cop is asking the Supreme Court to invalidate an obstruction charge filed against one-fourth of Jan. 6 defendants including Donald Trump.
While Donald Trump remains in a New York courtroom, President Joe Biden is heading to Pennsylvania for a three-day campaign swing.
The impeachment articles will be sent to the Senate on Tuesday. The chamber, controlled by Democrats, is not expected to hold a full trial.
Crimes reported by more than 10,000 college and university campuses are back to pre-2020 levels. Experts say don't worry, but parents are concerned.
Pakistan's prime minister called for closer cooperation between Saudi Arabia and his cash-strapped Islamic nation to enhance Saudi investment in his country, a government statement said Tuesday. Shehbaz Sharif made his remarks during a meeting with Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan who arrived Monday in the capital, Islamabad, to discuss a range of issues, including how to help Pakistan overcome its economic crisis. The previous week, Sharif met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Saudi Arabia, one of Pakistan’s closest allies and a leading supplier of oil to Islamabad.
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