Romanian farmers have started blocking trucks at two crossings, Siret and Vicovu de Sus in Suceava County, which borders Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine’s State Border Guard Service reported on Jan. 15. The Siret crossing has been blocked intermittently since Jan. 13. Both the Siret and Vicovu de Sus crossings have been blocked since around midday, the […]
A woman fell 100 feet to her death while inside a cave in northwest Virginia, searchers say. It happened Friday, Jan. 12, “in the Staffordsville Community outside of Pearisburg,” according to the Giles County Sheriff’s Office. Searchers identified the woman as 38-year-old Autumn Nicole Draper of Fairlawn, Virginia, station WDBJ reported. Fairlawn is about 22 […]
The Office of the President of Ukraine has officially announced President Zelenskyy’s visit to Switzerland. Source: European Pravda with reference to Ukraine’s President’s Office on Telegram Details: Zelenskyy will begin his working visit to Switzerland on Monday, 15 January. During the visit, the president will meet with the chairs of both chambers of parliament, party […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A U.S. company’s lunar lander will soon burn up in Earth’s atmosphere after a failed moonshot. Astrobotic Technology said its lander is now headed back toward Earth from the vicinity of the moon. Company officials expect the mission to end Thursday. Astrobotic is working with NASA to track the lander’s […]
A seemingly insignificant decision to sit in the back seat may have saved a girl’s life, after a tire came flying out of the dark and slammed into a car’s windshield, according to Florida investigators. It happened around 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 13, on U.S. 19 in Clearwater, just west of Tampa. “Thankfully, no one […]
The Security Service of Ukraine has detained a Wagner Group mercenary in Rivne Oblast whom Russian intelligence “deployed” to Ukraine for sabotage activities. Source: Rivne Oblast Prosecutor’s Office; Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) Details: The prosecutor’s office reports that the 34-year-old Belarusian citizen was a member of several illegal armed groups of militants in the […]
Enthusiastic families waited at the Lakewood Ranch Library doors on Saturday, eager to sign up for new library cards, dash around the state-of-the-art facility, and enjoy the opening weekend festivities. The long-awaited Lakewood Ranch Library opened to the public on Friday, and local families have enjoyed special opening weekend festivities like a free rooftop yoga […]
Farmers have driven thousands of tractors into Berlin, capping a week of demonstrations against a plan to scrap tax breaks on the diesel they use. The protest has tapped into wider discontent with Germany’s government. Columns of tractors rolled through the capital ahead of the demonstration at the landmark Brandenburg Gate on Monday. Farmers drove […]
North Texans woke up to snowy ground and icy roads Monday as a cold front continues lowering temperatures and creating hazards in the region. Authorities are warning of hazardous road conditions, including icy and slick roads, and urging people to avoid travel. The dangerously cold temperatures are expected to continue through Wednesday morning before peaking […]
Eddie Game, lead scientist and director of conservation at The Nature Conservancy, recently shared the incredible success story of the Ord River Regeneration Reserve (ORRR) in northwestern Australia. Game raised the ORRR as an example of what good people can do with damaged and degraded land. “Last month, I shared a study that I conducted […]
After a debate this week over what holidays the city should commemorate, the Palm Desert City Council opted to mark both Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples Day. The decision is symbolic and does not impact the city’s list of observed holidays, which includes neither of them. Rather, the two holidays will join a list of […]
Russia’s winter campaign of missile strikes is predominantly targeting Ukraine’s military-industrial complex, Vadym Skibitskyi, a representative of Ukraine’s Military Intelligence (HUR), said in an interview with RBC Ukraine on Jan. 15. This marks a change from last winter when Ukraine’s energy facilities were massively targeted, Skibitskyi said. The U.K. Defense Ministry also highlighted this shift […]