Sambava, Madagascar — Madagascar has always been one of the best places on Earth to study the natural world. Seventy percent of its species are found nowhere else — the largest concentration of endemic wildlife anywhere. In the last 10 years alone, scientists have discovered 40 new mammals, 69 amphibians, […]
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Joe Biden last night seemed to forget who the president was, noting that he was fighting against ‘four more years of George.’ Addressing supporters online, during a virtual concert to drum up enthusiasm, the 77-year-old sat next to his wife Jill. ‘Four more years of George, er, George, er, he – […]
Prince Harry has admitted he did not know unconscious bias existed until he was ‘living a day or a week in my wife’s shoes’ following his marriage to Meghan Markle. The Duke of Sussex, 36, spoke about racism in an interview with Black Lives Matter activist Patrick Hutchinson for GQ […]
Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters Among the myriad reasons world leaders will closely watch the outcome of a fraught US presidential election, the climate crisis looms perhaps largest of all. The international effort to constrain dangerous global heating will hinge, in large part, on which of the dichotomous approaches of Donald Trump […]
Social media footage showed a large swath of vehicles from a “Jews For Trump” rally driving through Brooklyn and Manhattan yesterday. But the President’s supporters met with demonstrators along their route, with some attempting to rip flags off of the pro-Trump vehicles. Other reports showed violence from Republican supporters, where […]
There are concerns that more people within Pence’s inner circle will test positive in the coming days, a source said. “They’re scared,” the source said of staffers in the vice president’s office. Vice President Mike Pence and second lady Karen Pence each tested negative for coronavirus on Sunday, a White […]
5. An early vote avalanche: As of Sunday evening, more than 58.7 million people had cast early votes whether in person or by mail. In 2016, around 58.3 million pre-election ballots were cast, including ballots in the three vote-by-mail states that year, and we are still nine days away from […]
The Special Boat Service retook an oil tanker off the Isle of Wight coast in just seven minutes after reports of ‘Nigerian stowaways’ on board becoming violent and ‘threatening the crew’. Crew members reportedly sought shelter in a safe room on the Liberian-registered oil tanker, named the Nave Andromeda, which was […]