TORONTO — Former Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney, who forged closer ties with the United States through a sweeping free trade agreement and whose Progressive Conservative party suffered a devastating defeat just after he left office, died Thursday. He was 84. The country’s 18th prime minister died peacefully and surrounded by family, his daughter Caroline … Read more
While researcher Valentina Rossi was studying a fossil long believed to be a 280 million-year-old outline of a novel reptile species, she noticed something odd about the reptile’s skin — it was black paint. The fossil, which was found in 1931 in the Italian Alps, was believed to contain preserved soft tissues from the early … Read more
ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria’s main opposition said Thursday it will present new evidence to support its court challenge seeking to overturn this year’s presidential election, saying it can show the declared winner provided faked academic credentials to authorities. President Bola Tinubu forged a diploma from an American university that he presented to Nigeria’s election commission … Read more