Russia’s economy has hit a new milestone, as the ruble has fallen to new lows against the Dollar. Since the war in Ukraine started in February last year, Moscow has been hit with a bevy of sanctions meant to strangle Vladimir Putin’s military. It appears to have worked, as markets […]
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QUITO — Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was shot and killed Wednesday by an unidentified gunman at a political rally in the country’s capital of Quito, President Guillermo Lasso said. The killing comes amid a startling wave of violence in the South American nation, with drug trafficking and violent killings […]
Officials say it is still difficult to determine the true extent of the damage in Lahaina Raging wildfires fanned by hurricane winds have devastated the historic town of Lahaina on Hawaii’s island of Maui. Brian Schatz, a US senator from the state, said on social media that Lahaina is “almost […]
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — An Ecuadorian presidential candidate known for speaking up against corruption was shot and killed Wednesday at a political rally in the capital, an attack that comes amid a wave of startling violence in the South American country. President Guillermo Lasso confirmed the assassination of Fernando Villavicencio […]
Rangers left themselves with work to do to see off Servette after a narrow 2-1 win over the Swiss side in the first leg of their Champions League third qualifying round at Ibrox. Their captain, James Tavernier, scored a penalty in the sixth minute before striker Cyriel Dessers knocked in […]
WASHINGTON — The National Reconnaissance Office, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and U.S. Space Command signed an agreement to improve threat intelligence sharing with commercial satellite operators. The agencies last month signed a Commercial Space Protection Tri-Seal Strategic Framework that is intended “to better enable protection of commercial remote sensing space […]
Superconductors can levitate above a magnet Rokas Tenys/Alamy Just weeks after researchers claimed that a material called LK-99 is the world’s first room-temperature, ambient-pressure superconductor evidence to the contrary has started to pile up. Superconductors conduct electricity perfectly, but studies on LK-99 performed at impressive speed from multiple laboratories dispute […]
Hilary Swank‘s 49th birthday celebration was priceless. The Million Dollar Baby actress, who welcomed twins in April, marked her latest festivities by briefly stepping away from mom duties to enjoy a lakeside outing. She shared footage of herself riding an electric surfboard and dressed in a wetsuit, writing, “Meanwhile during nap time…” […]