Yearly Archives: 2024
Woodland Trust The Skipinnish oak is on Lochaber’s Achnacarry Estate A tree in the Scottish Highlands thought to be at least 1,000 years old and known as the Skipinnish Oak has been named UK Tree of the Year. Native woodland experts had no idea the tree existed until a gathering in 2009. The band Skipinnish, […]
An oil tanker is on fire in the sea of Oman on June 13, 2019. Since Israel has made it clear that its aggression extends to Iran, there is real potential for a serious regional and even global war. | Photo Credit: AP The recent escalation of tensions in West Asia has led once again […]
Chris Packham has reached a settlement with the government over two legal challenges against its decision to remove or delay some environmental policies. The TV presenter took legal action against the previous Conservative government in late 2023, arguing it acted unlawfully by delaying some policies aimed at helping the UK reaching net zero emissions by […]
Republican presidential nominee and former US President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally in Indiana, Pennsylvania, US, September 23, 2024. — Reuters VP Kamala Harris plans rally in Washington at Ellipse. She will call on Americans to “turn the page” on Trump. Trump said Harris would be too dangerous to serve as president. Republican presidential candidate Donald […]
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $500 million policy-based loan to support climate change and disaster risk reduction and resilience in Pakistan, a statement from the bank said on Tuesday. In 2022, massive floods triggered by climate change devastated several parts of Pakistan, killing 1,700 people, washing away swathes of agricultural land, affecting […]
McDonald’s Chris Kempczinski speaks about fresh beef expansion at a McDonald’s event in Oak Brook, Illinois. Richa Naidu | Reuters A week after health authorities publicly linked a deadly E. coli outbreak to McDonald’s Quarter Pounder burgers, the company’s CEO, Chris Kempczinski, told investors that the situation is now behind them. “How we’ve handled the […]
Emphasising that the Taliban government would not allow terrorist groups to use its soil against Pakistan, Afghan Chargé d’Affaires (CdA) Mawlawi Sardar Ahmad Shakeeb on Tuesday said the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor created many opportunities for the region that could benefit Afghanistan as well. Pakistan has experienced an increase in terrorist attacks as a total of […]
Kamala Harris will urge Americans to turn the page on Donald Trump as she delivers her closing election argument Tuesday on the spot where her rival rallied supporters before the January 6, 2021 US Capitol attack. With polls in a dead heat exactly one week before Election Day, the Democratic vice president’s campaign said she […]
Teri Garr, the quirky comedy actor who rose from being a background dancer in Elvis Presley movies to co-star in such favorites as “Young Frankenstein” and “Tootsie,” has died, CBS News confirmed. She was 79. Garr died Tuesday of multiple sclerosis “surrounded by family and friends,” publicist Heidi Schaeffer said in a statement. Garr battled […]
The PAXLOVID antiviral medications nirmatrelvir co-packaged with ritonavir were developed by Pfizer to treat the virus. Patrick T. Fallon | Afp | Getty Images Pfizer on Tuesday reported third-quarter revenue and adjusted profit that blew past expectations as the company’s Covid vaccine and antiviral pill Paxlovid helped boost sales. The pharmaceutical giant also hiked its […]