ABUJA, Nigeria — France on Friday completed the withdrawal of its troops after they were asked to leave Niger by the country’s new junta, ending years of on-the-ground military support and raising concerns from analysts about a gap in the fight against jihadi violence across the Sahel region of Africa. The last French military aircraft … Read more
An unprecedented half a million people migrated north across the Darién Gap, a dangerous stretch of jungle between Columbia and Panama, this year—more than double the number last year—in a sign of an escalating humanitarian crisis, the U.N. recently reported. Laurent Duvillier, UNICEF’s spokesperson for Latin America and the Caribbean based in Panama, tells TIME … Read more
Celtic are no longer the runaway leaders in the Scottish Premiership after their unbeaten run came to an end, while Rangers continue to impress under Philippe Clement. Brendan Rodgers’ side lost 2-1 at Kilmarnock on Sunday while Rangers beat Dundee 3-1 extending their unbeaten run under the Belgian to 12 games across all competitions, picking … Read more
Exoplanets pushing their atmospheres away may explain a gap in exoplanet masses, according to a team of researchers that recently studied data from NASA’s retired Kepler Space Telescope. What Is Planet Nine and Why Can’t We Find It? The activity could explain an absence of exoplanets with masses between 1.5 to 2 times the size … Read more
Panama and Costa Rica are facing a huge increase in the number of migrants moving through the jungle-clad Darien Gap ByThe Associated Press October 11, 2023, 1:43 PM A migrant shows their ID to Panamanian immigration officials upon arrival to Bajo Chiquito, Darien province, Panama, late Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023, after walking across the Darien … Read more
STOCKHOLM — Claudia Goldin, a Harvard University professor, was awarded the Nobel economics prize on Monday for research that helps explain why women around the world are less likely than men to work and to earn less money when they do. Fittingly, the announcement marked a small step toward closing a gender gap among Nobel … Read more
Comment on this storyComment The tree stood proudly for hundreds of years, set alone in a dramatic dip in the Northumberland, England, landscape right by Hadrian’s Wall. Perhaps England’s most-photographed tree, the Sycamore Gap tree drew visitors from afar and appeared in the 1991 film “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.” Now it’s just a stump. … Read more
PANAMA CITY — The federal government of Panama stated Thursday it’s going to launch a brand new marketing campaign to stem the move of migrants via the harmful, jungle-clad Darien Hole, after crossings hit 300,000 to date this 12 months. As compared, lower than 250,000 migrants crossed in all of 2022. The plan, named “Darien … Read more
Hole reported blended outcomes on Thursday and underwhelming current-quarter steering because the longtime mall retailer warned of an “unsure client” and posted one other quarter of declining gross sales throughout all 4 of its manufacturers. The corporate is projecting web gross sales to lower within the low double-digit vary for the fiscal third quarter in … Read more
German officers say that an array of local weather measures being launched by the federal government will deliver the nation nearer however not all the best way towards assembly its nationwide objectives for chopping greenhouse fuel emissions by 2030 ByFRANK JORDANS Related Press FILE – Vehicles and vehicles queue on a freeway in Frankfurt, Germany, … Read more