File photo: Malaysia’s PM Anwar Ibrahim, left, and US President Donald Trump, right, watch as Thailand’s PM Anutin Charnvirakul, second left, and Cambodia’s PM Hun Manet hold up a document after the ceremonial signing of a ceasefire agreement (AP) The United States has announced a $45 million aid package for Thailand and Cambodia as part […]
The United States has approved a major arms deal worth $686 million to sell F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan, Dawn reported citing a Defense Security Cooperation Agency letter to US Congress.The deal would “support the foreign policy and national security objectives of the United States by allowing Pakistan to retain interoperability with US and partner […]
Paris prosecutor on Tuesday announced four more arrests linked to the major jewellery heist at the Louvre Museum in October, where a gang escaped with jewels worth $102 million. Prosecutor Laure Beccuau said the two men and two women arrested are from the Paris region and are between 31 and 40 years old. Her statement […]
Image credit: Greater Yellowstone Coalition The construction of a new wildlife underpass in southeast Idaho is about to be completed, after the public, nonprofit agencies, conservation groups and government agencies pushed for years to protect migrating wildlife herds and drivers, according to a report by Idaho Capital Sun. To save animal and human lives The […]
It seems a home is easy to buy but difficult to sell, even when you are a celebrity. Alec and Hilaria Baldwin’s expansive Hamptons estate is back on the market for the fifth time, with a new agent, fresh photos and a surprising Marilyn Monroe connection, as per a report by realtor.com. The five-bedroom, 6.5-bathroom […]
Eagles Nest Church will hold the first services in its new location at 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Sunday. (Courtesy of Eagles Nest Church) A former Kohl’s department store that stood empty along Holcomb Bridge Road in Roswell, Georgia, for nearly a decade has been turned into an 80,000-square-foot church and multi-use event venue after […]
File photo: Tourists pose in front of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy (Picture credit: AP) Italy’s population is projected to shrink by almost 4 million people by 2050, with a rapidly ageing population posing fresh challenges for the country’s economy and welfare system, according to new projections released by the national statistics bureau ISTAT […]
Gullo got his start as a night manager at Burger King. Over the years he built up his business interests and eventually established a franchise empire in three states. John Gullo’s story of overcoming a poor, fatherless childhood in a rough Italian neighborhood of Buffalo, New York to becoming a successful businessman and philanthropist is […]
chum salmon Representative image In the early 1990s, fewer than 1,000 threatened summer-run chum salmon made it back to the Big Quilcene River on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula each year. Decades of logging, road building and habitat degradation had left the river choked with sediment, its gravel spawning beds buried and its side channels disconnected. Today, […]
The National Park Service is examining whether a land exchange can be carried out under federal law A Nevada-based developer is seeking a land exchange that could allow a private road to be built through Yosemite National Park, giving access to an 83-acre property just outside the park. The Trump administration is considering the proposal, […]
