Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said a Russian drone struck the destroyed nuclear power plant at Chernobyl near Ukraine’s border with Belarus on Thursday night. Ukraine’s State Emergency Service later said that the radiation background limits remain within normal limits. “A Russian attack drone with a high-explosive warhead struck the shelter…
Sri Lanka extended power cuts for a third day on Thursday as it scrambled to restore its national grid to full capacity after a monkey triggered a widespread blackout over the weekend that disrupted supply to the island’s 22 million people. An outage lasting six hours on Sunday was blamed…
Thailand has received 260 human trafficking victims, more than half of them Ethiopians, from Myanmar, its army said on Thursday, in a massive repatriation that comes amid a mounting crackdown on scam centers operating along a porous border. Criminal gangs have trafficked hundreds of thousands of people and forced them…
A humpback whale briefly swallowed a 24-year-old kayaker last Saturday during a father-son excursion out on the icy waters around Chile’s southernmost Patagonia region. The terrifying moment, captured on camera by the kayaker’s father, showed the whale surfacing in the Strait of Magellan and gulping Adrian Simancas for a few…
The first of two vessels carrying 1,000 tons of a Chinese-made chemical that could be a key component in fuel for Iran’s military missile program has anchored outside the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas on Thursday, ship tracking data shows. It could be a signal that Iran’s missile production is…
Last year was the deadliest for journalists in more than three decades, with the majority killed in the Middle East, according to a report released Wednesday by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). At least 124 journalists and media workers were killed in 2024, the most recorded since the CPJ…
Not everyone likes to take a contrarian stance. Most people prefer to move with the market, not against it. But for those who thrive on going against the grain, extreme market movements — whether a rally or selloff — present opportunities. Wednesday morning was one of those sessions. The Consumer…
Intel’s stock price has struggled for most of 2024, even as most of its semiconductor cousins were thriving. Why pay attention to Intel Corp. (INTC) now? The stock showed up on my StockCharts Technical Rank (SCTR) scan, which is a good enough reason to analyze the stock. The scan is…
Pope Francis will go into the hospital in Rome for treatment for bronchitis and medical examinations, the Vatican said Friday, the latest in a string of ailments that have raised concerns about the 88-year-old pontiff’s health. “This morning, at the end of the audiences, Pope Francis will be admitted to…
1911 Gold (TSXV:AUMB,OTCQX:AUMBF) focuses on the exploration and development of gold resources in Manitoba, Canada. The company owns a dominant, 62,000 hectare land position in the Rice Lake greenstone belt in Manitoba. 1911 Gold’s strategy is on track in de-risking the existing underground mine geology, expanding its mineral resource base…