A few days after winning the record for the second-longest Jeopardy!, Amy Schneider’s winning streak came to an end on Wednesday. Schneider’s streak came to an end after 40 games when Rhone Talsma, a librarian from Chicago, won the match …
Kathryn Kates, a television, film, and stage actress best known for appearances in The Many Saints of Newark, Seinfeld, and Orange Is the New Black, has died. aged 73 years old. Kates, who had lung cancer, died quietly on Saturday, …
Retail giant Walmart said that it will invest in indoor vertical farm Plenty and plans to buy the startup’s leafy greens for its stores in California. “Walmart’s equity investment is part of a broader strategic partnership to utilize Plenty’s indoor …
Singapore has signed a free trade agreement with the Pacific Alliance, a bloc made up of Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru, in a deal that will open up a market worth a combined $2 trillion for the city-state and Asia. …
Food insecurity is expected to rise in 20 countries with the highest alerts for catastrophic situations in Ethiopia, Nigeria, South Sudan, and Yemen, two UN agencies warned on Thursday. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and …
Experts warned of ‘biosecurity risk’ at the bustling Bali Bird Market and said lack of coordination between Indonesian government departments on wildlife allows illegal trade to thrive. Spread over two city blocks, Bali’s Bird Market is a fraction of the …
Russian and Ukrainian negotiators agreed that a permanent ceasefire in eastern Ukraine must be observed “unconditionally” following more than eight hours-long talks in Paris on Wednesday. The announcement came after a meeting at the Elysee Palace of the political advisors …
At least five people were killed and 23 others received injuries after the Houthi rebels launched a ballistic missile on the northern city of Marib, the last stronghold of the Yemeni government. “Two soldiers and three civilians lost their lives …
Afghan women protesters took to the streets, demanding the international community, particularly the US, to release Afghanistan’s frozen assets to mitigate the ongoing financial crisis. A female protestor, Basira Didar called on the world to recognize the Islamic Emirate government, …
Vietnam Deputy Minister of National Defense Sen. Lieut. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien said that relations between his country and Azerbaijan have reached a new high, where the two sides particularly stepped up defense ties. Chien made the remarks during a …