With gas prices high, people in developing countries are racing to buy battery-powered bikes. The Iran war has made Trump “salesman of the year,” one executive in Pakistan said.
French art experts insisted the fragile 900-year-old masterpiece could never travel. Political will, cutting-edge engineering and unorthodox diplomacy proved them wrong.
The university will make first-semester grades pass or fail, to encourage students to explore different classes and lessen fears that “a low grade may have long-term consequences.”
State of the Union: The death toll continues to rise. The post Over 160 Killed in Colombia Earthquake appeared first on The American Conservative .
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Colombia Monday morning, killing at least 169 people and devastating the western portion of the country. The quake struck at 7:34 a.m. and was centered in the Chocó province near the municipality of San José del Palmar, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It toppled multistory buildings, damaged hospitals and airports, and was felt in the capital Bogotá and neighboring Ecuador and Panama. Emergency crews, soldiers, police, and volunteers worked through the night, sometimes digging with their bare hands, to rescue victims trapped below rubble or inside collapsed buildings. In Cali, hundreds of patients were treated outside after part of a hospital crumbled. Officials expect the death toll to rise…Open
Robert Gilman, a U.S. citizen and former Marine, has been freed from detention in Russia on humanitarian grounds, a State Department spokesperson confirmed Tuesday.
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Robert Gilman, a U.S. military veteran detained in Russia since 2022, has been freed and is now receiving medical care in Texas.
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Robert Gilman, a 32-year-old American military veteran, has been released from Russian custody after spending over four years in prison under reportedly abusive conditions. He is now in Texas receiving medical and psychological treatment, according to advocacy group Global Reach. DETAIL: Gilman was sentenced in 2022 for allegedly assaulting a police officer and later faced additional charges relating to alleged attacks on investigators, prison inspectors, and guards, extending his prison term to ten years. Reports claim he endured forced exercise, psychotropic drug administration, and harassment, with Russian authorities allegedly pressuring him to fight in Ukraine. He was reportedly in a “dissociative…Open
Rep. Chip Roy described the yearslong leftward lurch of the Democratic Party towards socialism on Tuesday's "National Report."
U.S. — The Democratic Party announced on Tuesday that U.S. citizens were not allowed to remember all those things the party said and did just a few years ago.