US: Stopping Iran’s Resupply of Houthis ‘Most Important’ to Secure Red Sea
PENTAGON — As attacks by Iran-backed Houthis continue in the Red Sea, the commander in charge of U.S. military operations in the Middle East says…
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US Military Airdrops More Aid to Gaza
The US military carried out its fourth airdrop of aid into Gaza on Friday, a US official told Reuters, amid an unfolding humanitarian catastrophe…
Biden predicts “come to Jesus” meeting with Netanyahu over Gaza aid
President Joe Biden said he told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the two of them were headed for a “come to Jesus” meeting over the issue of…
Toby Keith: Country Music Legend Dies Aged 62
Toby Keith, a major country music star who sold tens of millions of records, has died at the age of 62 “[He] passed peacefully…
Canada Mining Firm Cuts 4,000 Jobs After Panama Rejection
Canadian firm First Quantum Minerals said Friday it was laying off more than 4,000 workers after a court prohibited it from operating the largest…
Mexico Detains 2 Iranians Being Monitored by FBI
5 Iranian nationals were detained in total, alongside Haitian driver Mexico’s immigration agency said Friday its agents have detained two Iranians who they say were…
Panama Gov’t Orders First Quantum to End Mining Operations, Country Unit Says
PANAMA CITY, (Reuters) – Panama’s trade and industry ministry has ordered Canada’s First Quantum to end operations at its lucrative copper mine, the firm’s…
Descartes: November U.S. Container Import Volumes Down 9% From October; Panama Drought Impacting East and Gulf Coast Ports
In November 2023, U.S. container import volume decreased from October 2023, with East and Gulf Coast ports experiencing the greatest declines. While the decrease…
The Progress of Aukus, the New Joint Projects and the Space Surveillance Radar Network
The meeting last December 1st in California between the American Secretary of Defense, Lloyd J. Austin III, the British Secretary of State for Defense,…
Ancient Leaves Preserved Under a Mile of Greenland’s Ice – and Lost in a Freezer for Years – Hold Lessons About Climate Change
(THE CONVERSATION) In 1963, inside a covert U.S. military base in northern Greenland, a team of scientists began drilling down through the Greenland ice sheet. Piece…