One of Afghanistan's worst earthquakes killed more than 800 people and injured at least 2,800, authorities said on Monday, as rescuers struggled to reach remote areas due to rough mountainous terrain and inclement weather.
President Donald Trump promised on the campaign trail that his trade policies would trigger an "exodus" of manufacturing from China back to the U.S. But so far, many American companies that operate there are staying put. read more
Democrats are still licking their wounds from then-Vice President Kamala Harris's defeat last November -- and grappling with the implications of President Trump's second term. For the moment, they are essentially a leaderless party. But that will change in due course. The 2028 presidential field looks wide open from this distance.
For a few hopeful weeks this summer, a bright billboard on the major highway linking Toronto to New York greeted Canadian drivers with a simple message: "Buffalo Loves Canada."
The spontaneous coalescence of the molecules that led to life on primordial Earth, some 4 billion years ago, may have finally been observed in a laboratory. Replicating the likely conditions of our newborn planet, chemists have joined together RNA and amino acids " the crucial first step that would eventually lead to the proliferation of living organisms that crawl all over Earth today. The experimental work could yield important clues about the origins of one of the most important biological relationships: the one between nucleic acids and proteins.
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... To be clear, we're still quite far from having a detailed, comprehensive understanding of the origins of life. The new research shows that it's possible these components can come together with a high-energy mediator; the next step is to see if RNA will preferentially bind to the specific amino acids that would facilitate the emergence of genetic code. ...
The research has been published in Nature ( doi.org ).
China's Xi rolls out carpet for Ukraine war aggressors, sidelining Trump
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... In a show of solidarity with the aggressors in Europe's worst war in 80 years, China's Xi Jinping will convene with his Russian and North Korean counterparts for the first time as Donald Trump and other Western leaders watch from afar.
Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un's visit to Beijing for a massive military parade this week underscore the Chinese president's influence over authoritarian regimes intent on redefining the Western-led global order, while Trump's isolationist stance strains long-standing U.S. alliances. ...
Climax Blues Band - Running out of Time (1975)
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Ride across the country
I can hear the people call
Some folks, they got everything
And I got nothin' at all
I don't want revolution
I just want a little something
While I sit and do my thing
The revolution's coming
Lookin' for a silver lining
Searchin' for a sign
If we're gonna make it, make it quick
Because we're runnin' out of time
Can't do things I want to
'Cause that's what money's for
I do things I don't want
Gonna cost me even more
Rescuers in Afghanistan are working to reach remote areas following earthquake.
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... Sunday's magnitude 6 quake killed over 800 people and injured at least 2,800, authorities said Monday.
It was Afghanistan's third major deadly earthquake since the Taliban took over in 2021 as foreign forces withdrew, triggering a cut to the international funding that formed the bulk of government finances. Officials called for international aid to tackle the devastation.
India's foreign minister said the government had delivered 1,000 family tents to Kabul and was moving 15 tonnes of food to Kunar, the site of the quake, with more relief material to be sent starting Tuesday. ...
@#10
Ya think?
Sidelining Trump, China's Xi rolls out carpet for Ukraine war aggressors
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... In a show of solidarity with the aggressors in Europe's worst war in 80 years, China's Xi Jinping will convene with his Russian and North Korean counterparts for the first time as Donald Trump and other Western leaders watch on.
The gathering of Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un in Beijing this week is testament to the Chinese president's influence over authoritarian regimes intent on redefining the Western-led global order while Trump's threats, sanctions and tariff-driven diplomacy strain long-standing U.S. alliances, geopolitical analysts say.
The leaders' milestone meeting in the Chinese capital also raises the prospect of a new trilateral axis building on the mutual defence pact signed between Russia and North Korea in June 2024 and a similar alliance between Beijing and Pyongyang, an outcome that could change the military calculus in the Asia-Pacific region. ...
@#5 ... "And JD Vance told USAToday that after 200 days of experience flying around on vacation with Usha, he's ready to step into Trumpf's shoes as President if a tragedy should befall Dear Leader." ....
Wow, that's real.
Scary as it may seem.
Vance, in exclusive interview, says he's ready to be president while hailing Trump's health
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... The first time Vice President JD Vance walked into the Oval Office, he noticed the drapes ("dark and gloomy") -- but he insists he's not measuring them for a future turn behind the Resolute Desk.
"I've gotten a lot of good on-the-job training over the last 200 days," Vance said in an exclusive interview with USA TODAY on Aug. 27, when asked if he was ready to assume the role of commander in chief. ...
@#8 ... This is what you get when you hire a lawyer instead of a doctor. ...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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... Robert Francis Kennedy Jr. (born January 17, 1954), also known by his initials RFK Jr., is an American politician, environmental lawyer, author, conspiracy theorist, and anti-vaccine activist serving as the 26th United States secretary of health and human services since 2025. ...
Fun Boy Three - The Lunatics Have Taken Over The Asylum (1982)
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