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Aug 12, 2026 - World

Two Democratic senators are pressing for answers about whether a diamond trade organization's 18-karat gold ring gifted to President Trump was a "cartoonish bribe" to obtain tariff exemptions.

Aug 12, 2026 - World

South African scientist’s breakthrough research shows soil fungus could be used in fight against devastating crop pestHearing about fields full of dead caterpillars enveloped in a mysterious white substance intrigued the South African scientist Letodi Luki Mathulwe. Something was killing off the African armyworm – one of the most devastating pests for farmers in east and southern Africa.The white substance was a naturally occurring fungus and it was wiping out the caterpillar, which gained its name from its march-like advance through fields of crops. Continue reading...

Aug 12, 2026 - World

The search for survivors in the rubble of Colombia's powerful earthquake grew more desperate on Wednesday, two days after the quake brought down buildings, buckled roads and crushed cars.

Aug 12, 2026 - World

For those trapped in rubble after an earthquake, survival depends on many factors, including weather and access to water and air.

Aug 12, 2026 - World

Lebanon's parliament has passed a controversial general amnesty law, following the abolition of the death penalty