The leader of Camp Mystic had been tracking the weather before the deadly Texas floods, but it is now unclear whether he saw an urgent warning from the National Weather Service that had triggered an emergency alert to phones in the area, a spokesman for camp’s operators said Wednesday. Richard “Dick” Eastland, the owner of…
Tess Mallinder Heron BBC Monitoring Getty Images A fresh wave of deadly sectarian violence has rocked Syria, putting into focus the country’s fragile security landscape as the new government attempts to impose its authority over the fractured territory. On Sunday 13 July, the reported abduction of a merchant from the Druze minority sparked days of…
Israel has launched a series of intense strikes on Damascus, Syria’s capital, intensifying a campaign it says is in support of an Arab minority group. Syria, on Wednesday, strongly condemned Israeli attacks, denouncing the strikes as a “dangerous escalation.” The Ministry of Foreign Affairs accused Israel of pursuing a “deliberate policy” to “inflame tensions, spread…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Make American Coke Great Again? President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Coca-Cola has agreed to use real cane sugar in its flagship soft drink in the U.S. at his suggestion — though the company didn’t confirm such a move. Any switch from high-fructose corn syrup in Coke sold in the United States…
With the S&P 500 back in rally mode, the dividend yield on the broad market index is falling. It was recently down to around 1.2%, which is approaching its record low last hit a quarter-century ago. It won’t surprise you, then, that the dividend yield on many stocks isn’t very appealing these days. However, there…
By Sarah Young WARTON, England (Reuters) -BAE Systems said on Wednesday it was developing a new weaponised drone, aiming to offer military customers a lower-cost option for countering unmanned aircraft that have come to dominate the battlefield in Ukraine. Britain’s BAE launched its solution to the threat from kamikaze attack drones, which explode when they…
Open this photo in gallery: Prime Minister Mark Carney made it pretty clear that President Donald Trump will accept no agreement that limits the use of tariffs as his cornerstone policy.Rob Gurdebeke/The Canadian Press Lawrence Herman is an international lawyer with Herman & Associates and a senior fellow at the C.D. Howe Institute in Toronto….
Dan Rivera, a paranormal investigator and one of the handlers of the allegedly haunted Annabelle doll that inspired “The Conjuring” film franchise, died last Sunday in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. He was 54. The New England Society for Psychic Research (NESPR) confirmed Rivera’s death in a statement shared Tuesday on its social media platforms. “We understand that Dan’s work inspired…
Ongoing violence is compounding the country’s food crisis, disrupting local food production in critical areas such as the commune of Kenscoff and the Artibonite department, often considered the breadbaskets of Haiti. While the UN and its partners are responding “wherever and whenever possible,” UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said this Wednesday that humanitarians have only been…
A Golden Retriever petting experience in Somerset will not reopen after RSPCA inspectors found dogs in poor condition and some fighting and killing each other. Nicolas St James, 62, was banned from keeping dogs for 10 years after some of the animals died in his care while he ran the Dunster attraction. He was handed…