Biden will mark D-Day anniversary in France as Western alliances face threats at home and abroad U.S. President Joe Biden is headed to France for the 80th anniversary of D-Day, where he'll join other world leaders to commemorate the invasion that helped bring an end to World War II. 06/5/2024 - 7:09 am | View Link
Kremlin sends Macron horror warning that Russia is ready to slaughter French troops Emmanuel Macron has repeatedly refused to rule out sending French troops to Ukraine, despite the Kremlin's threats. 06/4/2024 - 11:15 pm | View Link
Ukraine-Russia war – live: Putin’s forces launch mass missile and drone assault on Ukraine’s energy grid Russia has launched a barrage of dozens of missiles and drones across Ukraine, aimed at the country’s energy infrastructure. It is the sixth major air attack on the Ukrainian power sector since March, ... 05/31/2024 - 10:27 pm | View Link
Spain, Ireland to recognize Palestinian state SPAIN AND IRELAND TO RECOGNIZE PALESTINIAN STATE TODAY: The governments of Spain and Ireland will today move to recognize Palestinian statehood, in an announcement coordinated with at least one other ... 05/21/2024 - 6:15 pm | View Link
Russia will target Paris Olympics, warns Macron According to his ministry, Mr Lecornu said France was ready to step up information exchanges ... and you’re so worried about running out, to fight an attritional war.” In recognition of ... 04/4/2024 - 5:54 am | View Link
LONDON — Prince William took a day out from royal duties on Friday to serve as an usher at the wedding of his friend Hugh Grosvenor, the Duke of Westminster.
The wedding of 33-year-old Grosvenor, one of Britain’s wealthiest landowners, to his partner Olivia Henson, 31, is one of the high-society events of the year in Britain.
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William, 41, arrived with his fellow ushers at Chester Cathedral in northwest England ahead of the midday service.
Amid intense criticism for his Israel-Gaza approach, President Joe Biden announced earlier this year the construction of a pier to deliver desperately-needed aid to the Strip amid Israel’s ongoing bombardment. But the $230 million pier, which should be re-anchored this week after it broke apart on May 28, has proven to be a hapless operation.
St. Petersburg, Fla. — At first, fossil-hunting diver Alex Lundberg thought the lengthy object on the sea floor off Florida’s Gulf Coast was a piece of wood. It turned out to be something far rarer, Lundberg said: a large section of tusk from a long-extinct mastodon.
Lundberg and his diver companion had found fossils in the same place before, including mammoth teeth, bones of an ancient jaguar and parts of a dire wolf.
Washington — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to address a joint meeting of Congress on July 24, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Congressional leaders last week formally invited Netanyahu to come speak, delivering the most recent show of wartime support for the longtime ally despite mounting political divisions over Israel’s military assault on Hamas in Gaza.
Washington — The horse transformed human history – and now scientists have a clearer idea of when humans began to transform the horse.
Around 4,200 years ago, one particular lineage of horse quickly became dominant across Eurasia, suggesting that’s when humans started to spread domesticated horses around the world, according to research published Thursday in the journal Nature.
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There was something special about this horse: It had a genetic mutation that changed the shape of its back, likely making it easier to ride.
“In the past, you had many different lineages of horses,” said Pablo Librado, an evolutionary biologist at the Spanish National Research Council in Barcelona and co-author of the new study.
As Russia’s war grinds on, the Biden Administration is now taking on bigger risks to support Ukraine. The latest example is a White House decision to allow Ukrainian forces to use U. S.-provided weapons to strike targets inside Russia. We may also soon see NATO personnel on the ground in Ukraine to train fighters.
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Six months ago, Western leaders weren’t ready to discuss either of these changes—at least not publicly.