A car bomb, believed to be loaded with two gas cylinders and dynamite sticks, caused multiple explosions in a commercial area of Quito on Wednesday night. The event is generating concern due to the ongoing climate of violence in Ecuador, with a presidential candidate having been shot dead just weeks ago. Initially, the Ecuadorian National […]

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Ontario police were putting out emergency calls for bee experts after five million bees fell off a truck in Canada when straps holding their hives came loose. Beekeeper Michael Barber woke up on Wednesday morning to several calls from police looking for help to get the angry bees rehoused and on their way again. The […]

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Army officers in the central African nation of Gabon said they seized government power in the oil-producing country Wednesday and have placed President Ali Bongo under house arrest. The Bongo family has ruled Gabon since 1967, with the president succeeding his father in 2009. Bongo Jr. was educated at a private school in Neuilly, France, and […]

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Hurricane Idalia has made landfall in Florida’s remote Big Bend region bringing winds of 110mph and potentially life-threatening conditions. Millions of residents are likely to lose electrical power for an extended period of time. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis says 16ft storm surges are expected in some areas as fierce winds push seawater inland along the […]

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In a world first, scientists say an 8cm (3in) worm was been found alive in the brain of an Australian woman when a neurosurgeon opened up her skull to investigate a strange lesion. “It was definitely not what we were expecting. Everyone was shocked,” said operating surgeon Dr Hari Priya Bandi. The woman, 64, had […]

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 Users of marijuana had higher levels of toxic heavy metals lead and cadmium in their blood and urine than people who do not use weed, a recently published scientific study found, but the amount of the toxins does depend on the composition of the  soil in which the marijuana is grown, so not all marijuana […]

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Global transportation bottlenecks that have surged since the Covid-19 pandemic have affected international trade. Clear evidence of this can be seen in the current situation with large numbers of vessels queuing up to enter the Panama Canal. This week some 101 vessels were awaiting clearance to make the 64km journey through the canal, six units […]

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Residents in at least 22 of Florida’s 67 counties are under evacuation orders as the state braces for Tropical Storm Idalia to make landfall. The storm is likely to curve inwards and make landfall somewhere on the west coast of Florida and then cross the state and enter the Atlantic Ocean, according to forecast predictions. “This […]

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The British airports have been thrown into disarray since Sunday by a glitch in the air traffic control system which has forced the cancellation of thousands of flights — at the height of the summer holiday season when British airports are at their busiest. The transport minister has scotched speculation that days of holiday at […]

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U.S. and Chinese officials expressed hope for positive economic relations this week as U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo met with Chinese leaders for a second day in Beijing to dicuss new channels for communication about trade and trade disputes. Chinese Premier Li Qiang told Raimondo that “sound economic relations and trade cooperation will not only […]

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