While Texas is still struggling to recover from Harvey, more trouble was brewing Thursday out in the Atlantic — and her name was Irma. Already packing 100-mph winds and strengthening rapidly, Hurricane Irma was about 3,000 miles southeast of Miami and heading west at a speed of 10 mph, the […]
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The State Department said the US requires Russia to close its consulate in San Francisco and two annex buildings in Washington, DC and New York City, in response to the Kremlin’s decision to shrink the U.S. diplomatic mission in Russia. Last month Moscow ordered the US to cut its diplomatic […]
The Hajj pilgrimage is one of the five pillars of Islam and Muslims are expected to make the journey at least once in their lifetime. Each year, millions of Muslims retrace the steps of the Prophet Muhammed by going on pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia. […]
THORNTON, Colo. — A dinosaur fossil has been discovered in Colorado by construction workers. The bones and skull of a triceratops were found last Friday in Thornton at the construction site of a new public safety building. Denver Museum of Nature and Science curator of dinosaurs Joe Sertich says the […]
The state-owned China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is developing the innovative trains, which are 10 times faster than the world’s fastest bullet trains. Scientists have said the new trains will rival the new Hyperloop system being built by the billionaire Elon Musk. Deputy general manager at CASC, Liu […]
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The leaders of Germany, Italy, Spain and France, dubbed the ‘Big 4’, met in Paris earlier this week for a summit on immigration as Libya and Italy struggle to keep control of the situation. Nearly 120,000 people have arrived by sea so far this year, with the crisis severely testing […]
The EU negotiator said he feared Brexit supporters “maybe don’t want to an agreement” with the EU on future relations between the bloc and the UK. Speaking to CNBC, he also took the time to hail the Labour party after it revealed it would stay in the single market and […]