The deeply riven US House of Representatives was engulfed in crisis for a second day running Wednesday as fresh rounds of voting failed to produce a winner in the race for speaker. Conservative hardliners have been blocking establishment pick Kevin McCarthy in a humiliating standoff that has paralyzed the lower chamber of Congress since it [...]
Fish that have lost food due to mass coral bleaching are getting into more unnecessary fights, causing them to expend precious energy and potentially threatening their survival, new research said Wednesday. With the future of the world's coral reefs threatened by climate change, a team of researchers studied how a mass bleaching event affected 38 [...]
CNN political analyst and New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman tells Anderson Cooper why Rep. Kevin McCarthy is facing headwinds in his speakership vote despite endorsements from former President Donald Trump. Source: Latest CNN News
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) describes to CNN's Jake Tapper how the House of Representatives could end up with a Democratic Speaker of the House if lawmakers opt for a plurality vote. Source: Latest CNN News
Scientists from the Islands Conservation Society (ICS) conducting systematic surveys in the Alphonse Group of outer islands in Seychelles have reported that all three islands within the St Francois Atoll; St Francois Island, One Palm Island and Bijoutier Island have increased in overall surface area. A team has been monitoring the processes of erosion and [...]
Crisis-hit Sri Lanka Wednesday announced its first nationwide elections since its president fled and resigned in the face of widespread protests, in what will be a test of popularity for his successor. Local government polls will be held before the end of February, officials said, after they were delayed by a year due to the [...]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) were seen talking during the vote for House Speaker. In November of 2021, Gosar tweeted a doctored anime video that depicted himself killing both Ocasio-Cortez and President Joe Biden. Source: Latest CNN News
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Ukraine's military has shared a video it says shows the destruction of a Russian ammunition warehouse in Svatove, a strategic hub in the eastern Luhansk region. Source: Latest CNN News
Work has begun to set up a National Drug Observatory (NDO) in Seychelles that will help the health authorities collect, analyse and share information related to the supply and demand of drugs in the country. Representatives from the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Kenya's National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol [...]