Dubai: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has launched its first authorised national lottery, with a jackpot of 100 million dirhams (AED) — equivalent to $27.2 million — up for grabs. The inaugural draw of … Read more
Workers adjust floating booms while wet harvesting cranberries at Rocky Meadow Bog (Picture credit: AP) Cranberry farmers in US state of Massachusetts are expecting a robust harvest this year, despite facing weather-related difficulties. As … Read more
SEOUL — What on earth to do about all the plastic polluting the oceans, the food supply, even our bodies? That is the question that the delegates from 175 countries are trying to answer this … Read more
Gareth’s verdictThis was bleak. I’m not usually one for breakfast. I usually power my way through the morning with three or four coffees and then have an early lunch around midday. But with coffee … Read more
The Biden administration has reportedly secured the release of three Americans from detention in China in exchange for unnamed Chinese persons held in the U.S.
Australia has introduced a bill that could impose hefty fines on large supermarket chains failing to comply with a new industry code of conduct. The Treasury Laws Amendment (Fairer for Families and Farmers and … Read more
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MEXICO CITY — President Claudia Sheinbaum suggested Tuesday that Mexico could retaliate with tariffs of its own, after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump threatened to impose 25% import duties on Mexican goods if the country … Read more
A military statement said its forces fired warning shots on vehicles in an area prohibited for movement to prevent it from advancing, without specifying where the incident took place. “The Israeli Air Force remains … Read more
SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea’s president on Wednesday met a visiting Ukraine delegation and called for a joint response to the threat posed by North Korea’s recent dispatch of more than 10,000 … Read more