Greetings from Tyler, Sorry. I just couldn’t subject myself to Kamala’s convention speech. I recoil at the clips they play on the radio. We know what she’s about, and her solutions to all our problems, and I for one don’t want any part of it. After all the lessons we’ve learned, she wants to wield…
MOSCOW (AP) — Snipers from Russia’s National Guard on Friday killed four inmates who had stabbed four prison guards to death and briefly held others as hostages while declaring allegiance to the Islamic State group. The Federal Prison Service said that four inmates took eight prison guards and four inmates hostage. It said they stabbed…
Belarus, which has been hit by Western sanctions over its support for Russia’s offensive in Ukraine, said Thursday it will sign a free trade deal with China for services and investment. China’s Prime Minister Li Qiang was in Belarus to meet President Alexander Lukashenko, following a visit to Moscow where he hailed strengthening ties with…
The announcement comes on the heels of Kennedy withdrawing himself from the ballot in Arizona late Thursday. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign told a Pennsylvania court that he would be endorsing Republican nominee and former President Donald Trump ahead of his Friday afternoon address in which he suspended his 2024 presidential campaign. Kennedy made his…
BEIJING, Aug 22 (Reuters) – Chinese scientists have discovered a “brand-new method” of producing large quantities of water using lunar soil brought back from a 2020 expedition, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Thursday. In 2020, China’s Chang’e-5 mission marked the first time humans retrieved lunar samples in 44 years. Researchers from the state-run Chinese Academy…
Police officer ignores Jews bowing in prayer on Temple Mount for second day in a row, defying the status quo which prohibits Jewish worship at the site; A Jew who was praying on western side, near Al-Aqsa Mosque, was detained Following Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s call to allow Jews to pray freely, police appear to have…
A 2,492 carat diamond was unearthed at Botswana’s famed Karowe mine this week by Canada’s Lucara Diamond, making it one of the largest stones to be excavated to date. Lucara Diamond, in a press release Wednesday, said the “exceptional 2,492 carat diamond” was a “remarkable find,” and “one of the largest rough diamonds ever unearthed.”…
NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. government report expected to stir debate concluded that fluoride in drinking water at twice the recommended limit is linked with lower IQ in children. The report, based on an analysis of previously published research, marks the first time a federal agency has determined — “with moderate confidence” — that…
Russian defenses shot down dozens of armed drones, including several in the Moscow region, in one of the biggest assaults on Russian territory since the war began, Russian authorities said Wednesday. Some of the drones were shot down over Podolsk, a city of more than 300,000 people about 20 miles south of the Kremlin, Moscow Mayor Sergei…
Geneva (AFP) – Switzerland’s new instant payment system will bolster the future of cashless payments in the country, the Swiss central bank said Wednesday after the scheme went live. The Swiss National Bank said around 60 financial institutions were now able to receive and process instant payments, covering more than 95 percent of Swiss retail…