A guide to 4th of July for non-Americans
By Erin Davis and Catherine Dillinger From CNN Facts you might not know about July 4th (CNN)All across America on July 4, men in red, white and blue tank tops dust off their grills, children chuck exploding paper wrappers in cul-de-sacs,…
US cyberattack reportedly knocked out Iran missile control systems
By Jon Fingas From engadget The President reportedly signed off on the digital strike. he US may have withheld a physical military response to Iran shooting down a drone, but it might not have shown similar restraint with a digital…
The first US museum dedicated to posters is now open in New York
By Alexandra Alexa From Core77 Poster House’s inaugural exhibitions explore the work of Alphonse Mucha and East Berlin design collective Cyan Whether in your college dorm, plastered on the sides of buildings, or held high in protest, we encounter posters…
Green America: “Skip the Slip” report finds only 3 major retailers get “A” score for receipt practices
Rise in Consumption of Paper Receipts: 3/4 of Companies offer BPA and BPS Coated Paper Receipts; Green America Report Highlights Some Improvements. WASHINGTON, D.C.—June 25, 2019—Only three retailers – Best Buy, Apple and Ben & Jerry’s – get top marks…
Airbus-owned Voom will compete with Uber Copter in the US in 2019
By Darrell Etherington From TechCrunch The U.S. air taxi market is heating up: Aeronautics industry giantAirbus will be among the companies operating on-demand air travel service in 2019 in American skies, FastCompany reports. Airbus’ Voom on-demand helicopter shuttle operation will set up…
Chimpanzee meat being served as a delicacy in the UK and US
By Susan Bird from Care2 If you’re attending a ritzy event in the U.K., pay attention to the meat being served. Some high-end private events in Britain are offering chimpanzee meat as a “delicacy.” That’s bizarre, illegal and dangerous, primate experts say….
Sir Ronald Sanders: St Vincent on the UN Security Council – More valuable than coin
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean News Now Make no mistake about it, the election of St Vincent and the Grenadines – one of the world’s smallest states – to a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC)…
US to withhold hundreds of millions in Central America aid
From Newsmax President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday cut hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, after Trump blasted the three countries because thousands of their citizens had sought asylum at the U.S. border…
Hackers that took down Saudi oil site probing US power grid
From Newsmax A group of hackers who shut down a Saudi Arabian oil and natural gas facility in 2017 is now targeting electric utilities, according to the cybersecurity company Dragos Inc. The group, Xenotime, has been probing utilities in the…
US: 27 pit bulls rescued from dog fighting operation in Sumter examined by vet
By Kayla Robins From The Sumter Item More than two dozen dogs that were rescued from a home dog-fighting operation on Thursday are continuing to be treated, officials say. A veterinarian had examined all 27 dogs, which appeared to all…





