Despite the promised withdrawal of Kenya’s controversial tax bill, protests continued against the government of President William Ruto on Thursday, with gunfire reported in Nairobi. The situation was tense in the capital, where demonstrators announced a march to State House, Ruto’s official residence. Access roads were cordoned off over a wide area and numerous police […]
The News NAIROBI — Kenya’s President William Ruto on Monday, saw off 400 police officers set to deploy to Haiti as part of a UN-backed security mission. They will leave for Haiti on Tuesday, June 25. Kenya is expected to send a total of 1,000 officers to the island nation in a phased approach. Ruto handed […]
Future forecast: Clean skies, a cool breeze, and the bright sounds of birds chirping, thanks to breakthrough wind power technology out of the Netherlands. Wind, a source of renewable energy, brings countless perks (including lower utility bills, more jobs, and additional community revenue, per the U.S. Department of Energy). Importantly, wind also provides power without […]
The U.S. Navy has deployed warships and aircraft to track a Russian naval flotilla after the Russian vessels sailed less than 30 miles off South Florida’s coast on Tuesday, U.S. officials told McClatchy and the Miami Herald. Last week, Moscow sent three ships and a nuclear-powered submarine to the Caribbean for what U.S. officials say […]
Argentina is implementing a new certification process to raise climate-friendly beef. Few incentives exist for farmers to raise climate-friendly livestock, but this certification process, reported by Phys.org, aims to change that. Livestock production is a key contributor of polluting gases, accounting for 12% of global and two-thirds of agriculture’s annual pollution, per the outlet. The […]
As severe weather continued Thursday through the Great Plains, residents of a southwest Texas town reported a dramatic temperature drop on Wednesday and hail so deep they had to deploy snow plows to clear the streets. The temperature in Marathon, Texas, fell more than 50 degrees on Wednesday afternoon as thermometers tumbled from around 105 […]
Using a long-handled net, Ronnel Narvas scoops up discarded plastic soft drink bottles, shopping bags and palm-sized sachets as he wades through a foul-smelling tributary in the Philippine capital Manila. Narvas, 30, is one of more than a thousand rangers employed by the government to clean up the city’s waterways, where tonnes of rubbish end […]
MONTROSE, Colo. (KREX) — Tearful eyes and loving hugs filled the Montrose Pavilion Center Wednesday as families, spouses, and friends said goodbye to their sons, daughters, fathers, and brothers. Captain Evan Pitchford, commander of the 947th Engineering Company with the Colorado National Guard, is preparing to ship out to the Middle East with his 90 […]
Taiwan has tracked dozens of Chinese warplanes and navy vessels off its coast on Friday. This is the second day of a large military exercise launched by Beijing to show its anger over the self-governing island’s inauguration of new leaders who refuse to accept its insistence that Taiwan is part of China. China has issued […]
Bear spray appears to have helped save the life of a man who was attacked by a grizzly bear Sunday in Grand Teton National Park, but not in the traditional sense. The 35-year-old visitor from Massachusetts had encountered a grizzly bear cub, which ran off, causing the man to reach for his bear spray. But […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Members of multiple Middle Tennessee emergency response agencies are heading to Texas as part of a task force to provide assistance in the aftermath of devastating flooding. On Sunday, May 5, the Nashville Fire Department (NFD) announced the Tennessee Task Force 2 (TNTF2) was preparing to deploy to later in the […]
SpaceX said it successfully deployed 23 new Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit early Wednesday. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the satellites lifted off at 1:40 a.m. from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Following the launch, SpaceX also confirmed a successful booster landing on droneship “Just Read the Instructions,” stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. SpaceX said […]