BEIJING — A senior European official on Monday urged U.S. President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin and China to work with Europe to avoid trade wars and prevent conflict and chaos. Speaking before Trump and Putin were due to meet in Helsinki, European Council President Donald Tusk appealed for leaders to avoid wrecking a…
North Korea is “unlikely” to give up its nuclear weapons program, America’s most senior intelligence chief has said, in stark contrast to Donald Trump’s optimistic comments on securing a breakthrough. Dan Coats, the US director of national intelligence, said that North Korea’s leaders see keeping their nuclear arsenal as crucial to “regime survival”. Mr Coats also…
Recreational marijuana legalization may have happened Oct. 17, but job postings for the cannabis industry— and interest in them— is still blooming. According to an August report from job site Indeed, openings from the cannabis industry have more than tripled since last July, and searches for terms like cannabis, marijuana, and dispensary have more than…
Lucia Palacios, 22, was consistently top of her class at home in Maracay, Venezuela. Her grades were so good she gained a place at one of the country’s then coveted medical schools, training to become a specialist nurse. But today Ms Palacios – not her real name – is working as a prostitute, selling sexual…
Days after it broke off diplomatic relations with Canada, the Saudi government is now selling off the kingdom’s Canadian holdings, according to a news report, and it’s doing it in a way that’s likely designed to push down the market value of Canadian assets. The Financial Times reported Wednesday that Saudi officials have ordered the…
A Catholic farmhand wrongly convicted and sentenced to death for blasphemy finally faces freedom after Pakistan’s supreme court removed the last legal barrier to her release. Pakistan’s top court on Tuesday morning dismissed a petition against Asia Bibi’s acquittal last year, apparently leaving her free to leave the country and seek asylum abroad. The decision by a three-man…
There are a lot of people who wonder how many dates you should wait to have sex — or just want to know how many dates other people are waiting. Remember the three date rule? The guideline (that still exists in some circles!) that claims the third date is when it’s time to get down…
We all know money doesn’t equal happiness, but according to a new study, earnings do play a role in a happy relationship. Research conducted by Patrick Ishizuka, a postdoctoral fellow at Cornell University’s College of Human Ecology, found that partners who have similar salaries are more likely to stay together. “Equality appears to promote stability,”…
Power outages hit around 45,000 homes across Sydney’s upmarket eastern suburbs on Thursday as a forecast 40 degrees Celsius (104°F) heatwave hit the harbourside city, with media reports of people being trapped in lifts and one hospital losing power. As Australia swelters in a protracted heatwave which has lasted weeks, distribution company Ausgrid said emergency crews…
For thousands of years, humans have relied on milk to provide us with a variety of nutrients. Yet the process of getting milk has changed dramatically over the last centuries. The advent of milking machines has allowed us to find milk almost anywhere on the planet, while the discovery of pasteurization helped to keep the…