The far-right Freedom Party of Austria gained a realistic chance this weekend of leading the country’s next government, after talks between three mainstream parties collapsed. The Freedom Party’s ascent would put its firebrand leader, Herbert Kickl, into the position of chancellor and signal a new high-water mark for the rise of the far right in […]
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Videos of children opening boxes of toys and playing with them have become a feature of online marketing—making stars out of children as young as two. Twelve-year-old influencer Ryan Kajifor example, earns US$30 million a year on YouTube leading one of the most popular children’s channels. His empire was built on […]
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WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s decision to go back on his word and issue a categorical pardon for his son, Hunterjust weeks before his scheduled sentencing on gun and tax convictions was a surprise that wasn’t all that surprising. Not to those who had witnessed the president’s shared anguish over his two […]
Nature, Published online: 28 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03534-8 Four researchers who left Serbia to pursue their careers rely on this group to keep in touch and to navigate life in science.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Sunday criticized former President Trump for dodging a question at last week’s campaign stop at McDonald’s about raising the minimum wage to a living wage. “You may recall, just a few weeks ago Donald Trump did his photo opportunity at a McDonald’s. All right, he loves McDonald’s. Great. But he’s…
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is the largest and most powerful space telescope built to date. Since it was launched in December 2021 it has provided groundbreaking insights. These include discovering the earliest and most distant known galaxies, which existed just 300 million years after the Big Bang. Distant objects are also very ancient […]
“Social Security reform” is one of those soundbites you might hear every election cycle without anything ever changing. Politicians have been sounding the alarm for decades, saying that the program — which helps retirees, people with disabilities, and their families stay afloat — is quickly running out of money. So what’s actually at stake? Social […]
