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Civil servants, housewives and retirees alike lined up in Venezuela’s capital Caracas over the weekend as thousands volunteered to join the country’s militia in case there is a U.S. invasion. President Nicolas Maduro called on citizens to respond to “outlandish threats” by the U.S. and sign up over the weekend to the Bolivarian Militia, a civilian corps linked to the …

The United States military scrambled fighter jets Sunday to intercept a Russian spy plane flying near Alaska, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said. It was the third time in less than a week that U.S. forces deployed planes after a Russian plane was spotted inside the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone, a section of international airspace just outside of …

Orsted Shares Tumble After U.S. Issues Stop-Work Order on Wind Project  The Wall Street Journal Orsted shares tumble 17% to record low, as U.S. government halts wind project construction  CNBC Trump administration halts work on an almost-finished wind farm  NPR Orsted Stock Plummets to Record Low After Trump Halts U.S. Wind Farm  The New York Times Trump Administration Halts Work On Nearly Complete Revolution …

The first human case of the flesh-eating parasite new world screwworm has been detected in the United States, the Department of Health and Human Services said early Monday. The case, related to a person who had recently traveled to El Salvador, was confirmed to be screwworm by the CDC on Aug. 4, HHS spokesman Andrew G. Nixon confirmed to Reuters, …

View of an offshore wind energy park during a press moment of Orsted, on Tuesday 06 August 2024, on the transportation of goods with Heavy Lift Cargo Drones to the offshore wind turbines in the Borssele 1 and 2 wind farm in Zeeland, Netherlands. Nicolas Maeterlinck | Afp | Getty Images Shares in wind farm developer Orsted tumbled soon as …

Treasury yields inched higher as investors continue to digest Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s speech last Friday and look toward key inflation data due later in the week. The 10-year Treasury yield rose about 1 basis point to 4.269% as of 2.55 a.m. ET. The 2-year yield was over 2 basis points higher at 3.713%. One basis point is equal to 0.01% and …

NEW YORK — There was bedlam at the U.S. Open Sunday night, when Daniil Medvedev’s 6-3, 7-5, 6-7(5), 0-6, 6-4 defeat to Benjamin Bonzi was delayed for six minutes after a photographer prematurely entered the court. France’s Bonzi was up match point against former world No. 1 and U.S. Open champion Medvedev on Louis Armstrong Stadium, leading 6-3, 7-5, 5-4, …

U.S. stock futures slip following Friday’s Fed-fueled rally  MarketWatch Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures slide after record surge with Nvidia earnings in focus  Yahoo Finance US stock futures steady after Wall St soars on dovish Powell; Nvidia earnings due  Investing.com Stock Futures Are Muted As Investors Close Out August  Barron’s US Futures Steady Ahead of Key Tech Earnings  TradingView Source link

News of “zombie squirrels” appearing in the U.S. and Canada may be a bit shocking to squirrels and humans. (Photo: Getty) getty The idea of “zombie squirrels” may seem a bit nuts to you. But that’s the term that people have been using to describe what they’ve been seeing in the U.S. and Canada— squirrels with strange, at times bleeding, …

Exclusive: U.S. confirms nation’s first travel-associated human screwworm case connected to Central American outbreak  Reuters Flesh-eating screwworm case detected in person in U.S. for 1st time in years  Axios Flesh-eating screwworm parasite detected in person in US for first time  Sky News Texas A&M entomologist breaks down New World screwworm eradication method  KBTX News 3 Efforts to keep screwworm at bay  Boston Herald Source link