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Zambia blasts US over $2 B health deal in exchange for critical minerals
3+ hour, 15+ min ago (501+ words) Zambia accuses the US of linking a $2 billion health aid deal to access to its rich mineral resources as the US tries to compete with China....
A suspected outbreak of the rare hantavirus on a cruise ship in the Atlantic kills 3 people
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (578+ words) The Dutch company that operates the cruise said the ship was now sitting off the coast of Cape Verde, an island nation off Africa's west coast, and local authorities were assisting but had not allowed anyone to disembark. It said…...
4 tickets to World Cup final are listed on FIFA's resale site for more than $2 million
1+ week, 5+ day ago (428+ words) FIFA's resale site has four tickets on sale for the World Cup final for just under $2. 3 million each. The $2, 299, 998. 85 seats for the July 19 match at Met Life Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, are located behind a goal in the…...
Popular Lehigh Valley tubing business is up for sale. How you can "own the river
3+ week, 10+ hour ago (149+ words) A Lehigh Valley tubing business has gone up for sale, promising high-margin revenue in the summer and consistent foot traffic. Twin Rivers Tubing announced the sale Monday morning for its operation in Easton, where it lets customers ride the Delaware…...
Uganda reintroduces rhinos into a protected area where they have been extinct since 1983
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (290+ words) On Tuesday, two southern white rhinos from a private ranch in the East African country were reintroduced into Kidepo Valley National Park in the country's northeast. Two more rhinos in metallic crates arrived there on Thursday. There have been no…...
AP finds an Israeli group discreetly organized the mystery flights evacuating Palestinians from Gaza
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (40+ words) An AP investigation has found that an Israeli group whose founder strongly supported U. S. President Donald Trump's proposal to resettle Palestinians from Gaza is behind several flights that transferred hundreds of people out of the war-torn enclave....
A "ring of fire" solar eclipse will dazzle people and penguins in Antarctica
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (330+ words) By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN, AP Science Writer Tuesday's annular solar eclipse, known as a " ring of fire," will only be visible in the southernmost continent, home to research stations and diverse wildlife. "The penguins down there are going to have a…...
PA Local Heroes: How a peace activist found her calling
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (808+ words) When Barbara Simmons was younger, she worried her children would inherit a dangerous world. To help prevent that, she began volunteering at the Peace Center in Bucks County in 1987 " a decision that led to nearly 40 years of activism. "You realize…...
How a sperm bank for cheetahs might one day save the fastest land animal
5+ mon, 22+ hour ago (668+ words) But she worries that the world's fastest land animal might be on the brink of extinction one day and need artificial reproduction to save it. Marker says the sperm bank at the Cheetah Conservation Fund she founded in the southern…...
Lesotho finds its HIV care system unraveling and patients in despair in the wake of US cuts
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (1767+ words) By RENATA BRITO, Associated Press This Lesotho was unimaginable months ago, residents, health workers and experts say. The small landlocked nation in southern Africa long had the world's second-highest rate of HIV infections. But over years, with nearly $1 billion in…...