[ad_1] A Florida man who spent the past 34 years behind bars walked out of court in Fort Lauderdale as a free man Monday after being acquitted. Sidney Holmes, 57, was sentenced to 400 years in prison in 1988 after…
[ad_1] Advocates warn that demand for a traditional Chinese medicinal product called ejiao is leading to the death of donkeys in Africa – and to the communities that rely on them. Ejiao is made from collagen harvested from donkey skin.…
[ad_1] A Russian fighter jet struck the propeller of a US surveillance drone over the Black Sea on Tuesday in a “brazen violation of international law,” prompting American forces to shoot down the unmanned aerial vehicle, the US said. But…
[ad_1] The death toll in Malawi from tropical cyclone Freddy has risen to 225, the country’s disaster management agency said on Wednesday, from 190 reported on Tuesday. The Department of Disaster Management Affairs also said in a statement that 707…
[ad_1] Jiang Yanyong, the Chinese military doctor who spoke about the 2003 SARS outbreak and was later placed under house arrest for his political speech, has died, a longtime friend and a Hong Kong newspaper said on Tuesday. Jiang was…
[ad_1] Russia’s Defense Ministry said Russian fighter jets did not use weapons against or attack downed US drones after encountering them in the Black Sea. The ministry said the drone flew near the Russian border and entered the territory declared…
[ad_1] Tropical storm Freddy, one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the southern hemisphere, has killed 190 people in Malawi after tearing through southern Africa for the second time in a month, Malawi’s disaster management agency said on…
[ad_1] The start of a winter storm with wet snow and rain caused hundreds of school closures, flight cancellations and several power outages in parts of the Northeast on Tuesday. The storm track includes parts of New England, northern New…
[ad_1] When the millionaire depositors at Silicon Valley Bank got all their money from US government agencies, there was no doubt a sense of relief among the bank’s customers who were about to suffer financially. Until the US government swooped…
[ad_1] China will reopen its borders to tourists and resume issuing all visas on Wednesday after a three-year shutdown during the pandemic, as it seeks to boost its tourism sector and economy. China is one of the last major countries…