Jacqueline Simoneau added to her solo gold medal, teaming up with Audrey Lamothe to finish with a silver medal in...
I have never seen a creature more grotesque than a queen termite.
I'm usually not too squeamish about bugs, but after seeing what a queen termite looks and acts like, I want to hide inside of an air-tight, bug-proof, plastic box for the rest of my life. — Read the rest
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The results of the election to the South African parliament on Friday confirmed the widely-held belief that the ruling African National Congress (ANC) which spearheaded the country’s liberation from apartheid in 1993 and since dominated the political landscape like a banyan tree is in steep decline. ANC’s vote share plummeted from 57.5 percent in the 2019 election to around 40%.
Читать дальше...China says it has landed a sample collector on the far side of the moon to bring back soil and rocks to Earth
A Samoan playwright and author has been accused of killing former Hawaii Democrat Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard's aunt.
Alec Marsh #48 of the Kansas City Royals prepares to underhand the ball to first base to get out Byron Buxton #25 of the Minnesota Twins during the fifth inning at Target Field on May 27, 2024 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. | Photo by Matt Krohn/Getty Images
They haven’t been able to finish a rally for a week
Читать дальше...China's Chang'e-6 lunar probe successfully landed on the far side of the Moon to collect samples, state news agency Xinhua reported Sunday -- the latest leap for Beijing's decades-old space programme.
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — In 2021, the Biden administration turned down a meeting request with El Salvador's president, Nayib Bukele, on a trip to Washington, snubbing the self-proclaimed "world's coolest dictator" for fear a photo op would embolden his attempts to expand his power base. A little more than three years later, it's the United States that's courting Bukele. A high-level delegation led by U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, and senior White House and State Department officials... Читать дальше...
For the first time in United States history, a former president is now officially a convicted felon. The guilty verdict in Donald Trump's hush money trial has opened a huge can of worms regarding what this could mean for him legally.
Labour's election strategy and Stormy Daniels' reaction to the Donald Trump conviction feature across Sunday's papers.
Labour's election strategy and Stormy Daniels' reaction to the Donald Trump conviction feature across Sunday's papers.
Governor Godwin Obaseki’s former ally and ex-Board of Trustees member of the Peoples Democratic Party, Charles Idahosa, speaks to ADEYINKA ADEDIPE about how he parted ways with the governor and rejoined the All Progressives Congress, among other issues At what point did you think it was time to part ways with Governor Godwin Obaseki having
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