The Trump Administration says the U.S. is withdrawing from the United Nations’ cultural body UNESCO, citing “anti-Israel bias” as one of its reasons. “This decision was not taken lightly,” Heather Nauert, State Department spokesperson, said in a statement on Thursday. “[it] reflects U.S. concerns with mounting arrears at UNESCO, the […]
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Aaron Lawson was wanted on warrants for three counts of murder More (COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Authorities investigating three fatal shootings and a stabbing at a pair of southern Ohio residences canceled a missing-child alert for an 8-year-old boy from one of the homes but continued searching Thursday for a man […]
Devastating wildfires have been burning for days across California. As weather conditions fueling the fires are not expected to let up, officials are warning that the emergency will get worse before it gets better.
GETTY / REUTERS North Korea: New stamps may have revealed Kim Jong-un’s deepest fears North Korea has released three new stamps in the hermit kingdom, each of which boasts one of the three Kim dynasty leaders with adoring children. Kim Il-sung, hailed as an almost god-like figure in the country, […]
Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s chief operating officer, said Thursday that the social network would reveal how Russia-linked groups targeted Americans with ads that were designed to disrupt the 2016 presidential election and tip it to Donald Trump. The action means that Facebook may be able to help explain to Congress which […]
For decades, scientists have theorised that there is a ninth planet – what would have been 10th were it not for the downgrade of Pluto to a dwarf planet – in our galactic neighbourhood. The planet is believed to be 10 times bigger than Earth and 20 times farther out […]
While strong seasonal hurricanes have devastated many of the Caribbean and Bahamian islands this year, geologic studies on several of these islands illustrate that more extreme conditions existed in the past. A new analysis shows that the limestone islands of the Bahamas and Bermuda experienced climate changes that were even […]