WASHINGTON (Reuters) – After refusing to cooperate with the Democratic Party-led impeachment probe in the House of Representatives, President Donald Trump will on Monday offer his first comprehensive defense, before his trial begins in earnest in the Senate. U.S. President Donald Trump speaks prior to signing “phase one” of the U.S.-China trade agreement with Liu […]
Some 1.5 billion international tourist arrivals were recorded globally by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation in 2019 – a new record. According to the first comprehensive report on global tourism numbers and trends of the new decade, the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer, this represents the tenth consecutive year of growth. The figure is […]
Not everyone pays close attention to the training you do with your dog. Training your dog can be challenging on its own, but when other people sabotage your efforts, training just becomes that much harder. After all, dogs repeat actions that are rewarding to them—and if someone rewards behaviors you don’t want, then those behaviors […]
When Sara Bareilles signed up to write the music and lyrics for the Broadway musical Waitress in 2013, she had no idea it would change her life. The show – which tells the story of a pregnant, pie-baking waitress – became a smash hit, and saw Bareilles nominated for Tony and Grammy awards. It also […]
Media playback is unsupported on your device SpaceX has conducted a test of the abort manoeuvre it would use if one of its crew-carrying rockets ever developed a problem during flight. The rehearsal at Kennedy Space Center saw a Falcon-9 vehicle’s ascent into the sky deliberately terminated just 80 seconds after lift-off. The Dragon astronaut […]
Issued on: 20/01/2020 – 17:00Modified: 20/01/2020 – 17:00 A SARS-like virus that has spread across China and reached three other Asian nations is contagious between humans, a government expert said Monday, fuelling fears of a major outbreak as millions travel for the Lunar New Year holiday. Advertising Read more The new coronavirus strain, first discovered […]
An Uzbek blogger who spent weeks in involuntary psychiatric care after extensively covering alleged corruption and abuse among politicians has fled the country. Nafosat Olloshukurova, known on Facebook as Shabnam Olloshukurova, told RFE/RL in a telephone interview on January 20 that she planned to ask for political asylum in an unnamed Western state. In September, […]
Carlos Becerra Bloomberg News Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó presides over a session of the National Assembly at a public amphitheater in El Hatillo last week. Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó, recognized as the nation’s rightful president by the United States and nearly 60 other countries, defied a travel ban Sunday to make a surprise […]
By Adam Vaughan A view from the Muara Sekalo villageF Otten, University of Göttingen Tyre giant Michelin and green group WWF have been criticised by researchers over a rubber plantation in Indonesia that was billed as protecting the environment, but which villagers say has caused deforestation, destroyed elephant habitat and resulted in land grabs. In […]
Gravitational waves are caused by calamitous events in the Universe. Neutron stars that finally merge after circling each other for a long time can create them, and so can two black holes that collide with each other. But sometimes there’s a burst of gravitational waves that doesn’t have a clear cause. One such burst was […]