The investigation into one of the world's biggest non-nuclear explosions has been blocked for months by Lebanon's political powers. Many blame the Lebanese government's longtime corruption and mismanagement for the tragedy, but the elite's decades-old lock on power has ensured they are untouchable.
The illness is caused by the monkeypox virus, a member of the same family of viruses as smallpox, although it is much less severe and experts say chances of infection are low.
The Sierra Leone-flagged cargo ship Razoni left Odessa carrying over 26,000 tons of corn destined for Lebanon.
Tensions between Washington and Beijing about the potential trip have reached the point where the US military has started devising contingency plans for any incident that may arise if Pelosi goes to Taiwan.
Most Europe-bound migrants hope to reach family or find work, but many of them are denied asylum because they fled poverty and not persecution or war.
Two invasive species, the American bullfrog and the brown tree snake, cost the world an estimated US$16 billion between 1986 and 2020 by causing problems ranging from crop damage to power outages, according to a study published on Thursday.
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