Table Mountain wildfire threatens University of Cape Town
Three buses in Israel detonated Thursday in what police are investigating as a suspected terror attack, according to multiple reports. Two empty buses exploded simultaneously in different parking lots in Bat Yam, near Tel Aviv, before a third one went up in flames, according to Israeli media reports. Additional bombs were also planted on two…
In a landmark case that was more than a decade in the making, the SEC has approved the first round of exchange traded products that can directly hold the world’s biggest cryptocurrency. Bitcoin prices topped $48,000 Thursday, marking the highest levels in nearly two years, following the approval of nearly a dozen investment products that…
Syrian rebels say they have taken full control of a second major city, after the military withdrew its troops from Hama in another setback for President Bashar al-Assad. The leader of the Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani, declared “victory” in Hama and vowed there would be “no revenge”. Earlier, HTS…
WARSAW, Oct 11 (Reuters) – Poles vote in a parliamentary election on Sunday which the opposition says will determine the country’s democratic standing and place in the European Union, after a bitterly contested campaign dominated by issues of sovereignty and security. Since coming to power in 2015, the nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party has…
MOSCOW, Dec 24 (Reuters) – Russia plans to put a nuclear power plant on the moon in the next decade to supply its lunar space programme and a joint Russian-Chinese research station, as major powers rush to explore the earth’s only natural satellite. Ever since Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to go…
The most damaging storms hit in Oklahoma. At least 17 tornadoes were reported in seven states overnight into Tuesday morning, as the tornado threat continues Wednesday for parts of the country. The twisters were reported in Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Tennessee and South Dakota. One of the hardest-hit areas in the storm was Barnsdall,…