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US moves to protect the pangolin, world’s most trafficked mammal
U.S. officials proposed yesterday [Macau time] to protect the pangolin, a small, nocturnal mammal covered in scales, under the Endangered Species Act. The pangolin ... -
Trump says all of Tehran should evacuate ‘immediately’
U.S. President Donald Trump posted an ominous message on his social media site, calling for the immediate evacuation of Tehran but later denied reports ... -
Israel targets Iran’s Defense Ministry as Tehran unleashes deadly missile strike
Israel launched an expanded assault on Iran yesterday [Macau time], targeting its energy industry and Defense Ministry headquarters, while Tehran unleashed a fresh barrage ... -
Britain’s MI6 spy agency gets its first female chief
Britain’s real-life spies have finally caught up with James Bond. MI6 has appointed its first female chief. Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Sunday that ... -
Works begin in Ireland to exhume remains of hundreds of babies found at unwed mothers’ home
Officials in Ireland began work yesterday to excavate the site of a former church-run home for unmarried women and their babies to identify the remains of ... -
Leaders gather for summit overshadowed by Middle East crisis and Trump’s tariffs
Leaders of some of the world’s biggest economic powers arrived in the Canadian Rockies yesterday for a Group of Seven summit overshadowed by a ... -
Israel and Iran trade strikes for a third day as nuclear talks are called off
Israel unleashed airstrikes across Iran for a third day yesterday and threatened even greater force as some Iranian missiles evaded Israeli air defenses to ... -
Brian Wilson, Beach Boys visionary leader and summer’s poet laureate, dies at 82
Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys’ visionary and fragile leader whose genius for melody, arrangements and wide-eyed self-expression inspired “Good Vibrations,” “California Girls” and other ... -
London-bound Air India flight with more than 240 aboard crashes after takeoff from Ahmedabad
An Air India passenger plane bound for London with more than 240 people on board crashed today (Thursday) in India’s northwestern city of Ahmedabad, ... -
LA police swiftly enforce downtown curfew as protests continue
Los Angeles police swiftly enforced a downtown curfew Tuesday night (yesterday, Macau time), making arrests moments after it took effect, while deploying officers on ... -
Pope names first Chinese bishop, continuing Vatican’s controversial accord
Pope Leo XIV made his first appointment of a Chinese bishop under the Vatican’s 2018 agreement with Beijing, signalling he is continuing one of ... -
The world’s oldest restaurant faces a challenge from another Madrid tavern that says its even older
In the heart of Spain’s capital, Sobrino de Botín holds a coveted Guinness World Record as the world’s oldest restaurant. Exactly three hundred years ... -
Visitors report extra scrutiny at airports as Trump’s new travel ban begins
President Donald Trump’s new ban on travel to the U.S. by citizens from a dozen countries took effect Monday with relative calm, as some ... -
When a fox says ‘help’ in London, there’s often an ambulance on its way
The injured fox is cornered in a cage, teeth bared and snarling at the woman trying to help it. Nicki Townsend is unfazed. Wearing ... -
As the meeting opens in France, a push to turn promises into protection
The third U.N. Ocean Conference opens today [Macau time] as pressure mounts for nations to turn decades of promises into real protection for the ... -
Los Angeles reels after three days of immigration protests
Tensions in Los Angeles escalated yesterday [Macau time] as thousands of protesters took to the streets in response to President Donald Trump’s deployment of ... -
Trump says Elon Musk could face ‘serious consequences’ if he backs Democratic candidates
President Donald Trump is not backing off his battle with Elon Musk, saying Saturday that he has no desire to repair their relationship and ... -
Israel retrieves the body of Thai hostage as 95 people are reported killed in Gaza
Israel said Saturday it retrieved the body of a Thai hostage abducted into the Gaza Strip during the Hamas-led attack that sparked the war, ... -
US declines to label China a currency manipulator, but blasts its transparency policies
The U.S. declined to label China a currency manipulator in a new Treasury report released Thursday, but accuses Beijing of standing out among America’s ... -
Trump announces travel ban and restrictions on 19 countries
President Donald Trump yesterday [Macau time] resurrected a hallmark policy of his first term, announcing that citizens of 12 countries would be banned from ... -
Cuban families devise solutions to endure frequent power shortages
For Marylín Álvarez and her family, like countless other Cubans, the question is no longer if the power will go out, but when — ... -
Ukraine’s drone attack on planes was a serious blow to Kremlin’s strategic arsenal
A surprise Ukrainian drone attack that targeted several Russian air bases hosting nuclear-capable strategic bombers was unprecedented in its scope and sophistication and for ... -
How a new planetarium show helped scientists unlock a cosmic secret
Scientists have unlocked one of the solar system’s many secrets from an unexpected source: a planetarium show opening to the public on Monday. At the American Museum ... -
US senators warn: Putin ‘is preparing for more war’
Russian President Vladimir Putin is stalling at the peace table while preparing a new military offensive in Ukraine, two senior U.S. senators warned yesterday ... -
Elon Musk is leaving the Trump administration after leading effort to slash federal gov’t
Elon Musk is leaving his government role as a top adviser to President Donald Trump after spearheading efforts to reduce and overhaul the federal ... -
Trump administration moves to cut $100 million in federal contracts for Harvard
The Trump administration asked federal agencies to cancel contracts with Harvard University worth about $100 million, intensifying the president’s clash with the nation’s oldest ... -
Get ready for several years of killer heat, top weather forecasters warn
Get ready for several years of even more record-breaking heat that pushes Earth to more deadly, fiery and uncomfortable extremes, two of the world’s ... -
Covid vaccines no longer recommended for healthy children and pregnant women, Kennedy says
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. yesterday (Macau time) announced that COVID-19 vaccines are no longer recommended for healthy children and pregnant women ... -
Pope casts doubt on which soccer club he supports during audience with Italian champ Napoli
That Pope Leo XIV is a Chicago White Sox fan and likes to play tennis has already been established. The most pressing sports question for many locals inside the Vatican ... -
Anti-drone systems offer new ways to counter rising threats
Drones have harassed airports and bedeviled local police. They have trespassed over nuclear plants and prisons. On the battlefield, they can kill. But aside ... -
US shifts messaging in Africa, telling allies to stand more on their own
The U.S. military is backing off its usual talk of good governance and countering insurgencies’ underlying causes, instead leaning into a message that its ... -
Tens of thousands flock to see a Spanish saint’s remains more than 440 years after her death
They lined up to see her, silent and wonderstruck: Inside an open silver casket was Saint Teresa of Ávila, more than 440 years after ... -
Harvard has long been the world’s top college. Trump’s sanction puts its allure at risk
For students around the world, an acceptance letter to Harvard University has represented the pinnacle of achievement, offering a spot among the elite at ... -
Russia’s drone-and-missile attack kills 12 in Ukraine as the two sides swap hundreds of prisoners
Russia and Ukraine swapped hundreds more prisoners yesterday, the Russian defense ministry said, the third part of a major swap that was a moment ... -
Canada is talking to the US about joining its missile defense system, Carney says
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said yesterday his government is talking to the U.S. about joining President Donald Trump’s future Golden Dome missile defense ...
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