The US government is finally inching closer to loosening its strict regulations over marijuana, but whether that will be enough to take pot mainstream like booze and tobacco remains a hazy question.
TAIPEI, March 22 - Deliveries of delayed F-16V fighter jets for Taiwan will begin this year with production at \"full capacity\", the island's defence ministry said after senior defence officials visited the United States.
Taiwan has complained of repeated delays to weapons ordered from the US.
A hidden freshwater system deep beneath the Great Salt Lake has been revealed using airborne electromagnetic surveys. Scientists found that freshwater extends much farther under the lake than expected, reaching depths of up to 4 kilometers. The discovery began with mysterious
Iranian missile strikes on two southern Israeli towns wounded more than 100 people on Saturday, medics said, after Israeli air defence systems failed to intercept the projectiles. The two direct hits tore open the fronts of residential buildings and carved craters into the
On Truth Social, Trump warned he would strike Iranian energy facilities if the strait remains closed and criticized U.S. allies for not committing forces. He added, 'the Hormuz Strait will have to be guarded… by other nations who use it – the United States does not,' in a post
How a lack of justice and trust in the security forces perpetuates deadly violence in Plateau state.
Antibiotics are accumulating in a major Brazilian river, especially during the dry season when pollution becomes more concentrated. Scientists even detected a banned drug inside fish sold for food, raising concerns about human exposure. A common aquatic plant showed promise in
Dozens of Instagram and TikTok accounts have used AI avatars to promote explicit content, the BBC finds.
By Maayan Lubell, Alexander Cornwell and Idrees Ali TEL AVIV/JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON, March 22 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to "obliterate" Iran's power plants if Tehran does not fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours, a dramatic
LJUBLJANA, March 22 (Reuters) - Slovenians will choose between incumbent liberal Prime Minister Robert Golob and right-wing populist Janez Jansa on Sunday, with neither looking likely to win a parliamentary majority in the vote, which could be decided by smaller coalition
Many people have felt the subtle pressure to be "man enough" or "woman enough" in the eyes of others. And research has shown this pressure can have personal and social consequences.
A jury on Friday found that Elon Musk misled Twitter's shareholders by driving down Twitter's stock price ahead of his $44 billion acquisition of the company in 2022. The San Francisco jury were asked if two tweets and comments made by Musk on a podcast showed that he
Tontitown police have now filed charges against Joseph Duggar, days after he was arrested.
[RFI] French now ranks ahead of Arabic as the fourth most widely spoken language in the world, according to a report published this week ahead of Friday's international day of the French language.
Canada's Supreme Court will hear a challenge to Quebec's Bill 21, which bars some public sector workers, including teachers, from wearing religious symbols.
The dry subject matter of this weekend's vote seems obscure but for many it is a vote on the PM.
A very different version of William Shakespeare showed up in the first episode of “SNL U.K,” appearing in a sketch that took comic aim at the biggest British film from this year’s awards season. In “SNL U.K.’s” version of “Hamnet,” an increasingly Gen-Z hipster Bard returns
Make your own joke about Leon's pickle.
Princess Diana and Winston Churchill were among a selection of dead Great Britons brought back to life with “Jurassic Park” technology in an edgy “Saturday Night Live U.K.” sketch. In a skit titled “David Attenborough’s Last Supper” in the inaugural episode of the live sketch
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) on Friday dropped his lawsuit against Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte after Swalwell was accused of mortgage fraud. Swalwell sued Pulte in November, accusing him of abusing his authority in forwarding a criminal referral
Last July, Awdah Hathaleen was shot dead by the settler Yinon Levi, who has actually been indicted, even though 93.6 percent of cases of violence against Palestinians end without charges. I can only pray my friend gets justice after his death
For the first-ever edition of “SNL U.K.’s” Weekend Update, one person was given the royal treatment: former Prince Andrew. Hosts Ania Magliano and Paddy Young did not hold back as they roasted the disgraced royal, who was arrested by the U.K. police in February on suspicion of
The chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency called for "maximum military restraint" following the strikes.
A laser-based system that can create mesh-like structures in a dish that resemble the cytoskeletons of cells has been developed by two RIKEN researchers. They demonstrated its usefulness for research by exploring how two proteins interacted with artificial cytoskeletons. The
Barry Keoghan recently told SiriusXM’s “The Morning Mash Up” (via EW) that the online “abuse” about his appearance has gotten so bad that he no longer wants to “go outside.” “There’s a lot of hate online,” Keoghan explained. “There’s a lot of abuse of how I look, and it’s kind
TIna Fey has made TV history, delivering the opening monologue on the debut episode of “SNL U.K.” As she herself noted on Saturday’s inaugural show, she was now “the youngest person ever to host ‘SNL U.K.’,” to cheers from the live audience. “Here in the U.K., you might know me
Comedian Bill Maher on Friday outlined his list of ways that he thinks the U.S. "f---ed up" its strategy in attacking Iran. "You know where we f---ed up? A few places," he told guests Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) and Democratic strategist Paul Begala on his HBO show "Real
A company's ability to be technologically unique is an asset, but it can also be a costly, isolating characteristic. A new study published in Strategic Management Journal provides empirical evidence of this paradox, offering documentation of technologically unique payoffs, as
“Saturday Night Live U.K.” kicked off its first-ever episode by following the American tradition of a political cold open, featuring U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer trying to break the news to U.S. President Donald Trump that he doesn’t want to join the war in Iran. Played by
