REIM, Southern Israel (AP) — Each year as spring approaches, wildflowers erupt across Israel, a splash of color before the punishing Middle Eastern summer. Nowhere is the show more dramatic than in southern Israel, near Gaza, where brilliant red anemones burst forth with such intensity that rolling hills seem to be covered in red carpets.Along
BANGKOK (AP) — Shares advanced in Asia on Friday, with Tokyo’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index trading near a record high, 35 years after it peaked and then plunged with the collapse of Japan’s financial bubble. U.S. futures were lower after stocks on Wall Street set a fresh record following some mixed reports on the economy.The
Tehnologija | 15.02.2024 | access_time 13:45 Fotografija iz vazduha prikazuje istraživače koji sprovode hibridne eksperimente u nacionalnoj bazi za uzgoj semena u Hajnanu u Sanji, južnokineska provincija Hainan. (Sinhua/Džang Lijun) Kina je ojačala svoju industriju biološkog oplemenjivanja naučnim i tehnološkim metodama, dajući u velikoj meri doprinos stabilnom snabdevanju zemlje žitom i drugim važnim poljoprivrednim proizvodima
WASHINGTON (AP) — From allegations of plotting to overturn a lost election to illegally stowing classified documents at his Florida estate, former President Donald Trump faces four criminal indictments in four different cities as he vies to reclaim the White House.The cases, totaling 91 felony counts, are winding through the courts at different speeds. Some
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico is almost certain to elect its first female president in June — both leading candidates are women — but it’s almost equally as certain that she won’t have much room to act independently of outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.The populist president has continued proposing new, expensive projects in the
Greece has become the first majority-Orthodox Christian nation to legalize same-sex marriage under civil law. At least for the near future, it will almost certainly be the only one.Eastern Orthodox leadership, despite lacking a single doctrinal authority like a pope, has been united in opposing recognition of same-sex relationships both within its own rites and
CASTEL VOLTURNO, Italy (AP) — Mamadou Kouassi’s searing, epic journey over African deserts, through illegal prisons and across the Mediterranean Sea in a smugglers’ boat informed Italian director Matteo Garrone’s Oscar-nominated film “Io Capitano.” Some episodes that the Ivorian migrant witnessed on his three-year odyssey were too strong to make the final cut.Garrone’s film, which
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The small team of state public health workers slalomed between auto parts strewn across a Rio de Janeiro junkyard, looking for standing water where mosquitoes might have laid their eggs.They were part of nationwide efforts to curtail a surge in Brazil of the mosquito-borne illness of dengue fever during the
Feb. 9 – 15, 2024Carnival officially kicked off in Rio de Janeiro as drummers, stilt walkers, trumpet players and costumed dogs reveled in the free morning street parties known as blocos. Performers danced and cheered their way through the iconic Sambadrome in the evening parades showcasing a vibrant exhibition of handcrafted floats and costumes.María Antonia
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — In a square near the center of Algiers, currency traders carry wads of euros, pounds and dollars, hoping to exchange them to those worried about the plummeting value of the Algerian dinar.This black market for foreign currencies is among the signs of the economic woes plaguing Algeria. The state, reluctant to
