Australian police seized a record 3 tons of cocaine hidden in plastic tubs buried underground on the outskirts of Sydney, detectives said Monday. It was the largest cocaine haul in Australian history, a joint organized crime investigation force said in a statement. Police allege a Sydney-based organized crime group arranged for a foreign vessel to…
Chenab continued to witness flooding on Sunday, but with flow eased from medium to low, as the Met Office forecast a fresh rainfall spell from July 29 in the upper catchments of all major rivers, as well as Islamabad, upper Punjab and northern parts of the country. The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) in Punjab…
7/30: The Takeout with Major Garrett – CBS News Watch CBS News Cornyn and Tillis meet with Blanche amid hold on AG nomination; details on where U.S.-Iran talks stand as war appears to expand to Egypt. Source link
Seattle’s Shibuya HiFi is a listening bar. While guests can chat and sip cocktails in the lounge, they leave behind their drinks, and their shoes, as they settle into the back room to enjoy full-length albums in a communal setting. An evening might feature anything from Bjork to David Bowie. David Bowie fans enjoy the…
A heat wave has been smothering Europe for almost a week, smashing records, shuttering schools and claiming hundreds of lives tied to exposure and drownings. Chris Livesay reports from Paris. Source link
Fifteen elephants that died over the past month in southern Kenya are suspected to have been poisoned by tomatoes contaminated by cyanide, wildlife authorities told local media Wednesday. Authorities did not say who they suspected in the contamination of tomatoes from farms neighboring the Amboseli National Park. In the past, farmers have been suspected of…
The Saudi Ministry of Haj and Umrah has launched a multiple-entry Umrah visa with one-year validity from the date of issuance, through which pilgrims will be able to enter the kingdom multiple times, with a cumulative stay of up to 90 days each year, state-run Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on Monday. As per the…
Washington — Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania said members of the party who helped prop up Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner amid a string of scandals should not play a role in selecting his potential replacement if he drops out of the race. “Many of these people that put someone like Platner in…
Billionaire financier Leon Black’s voluntary interview with the House Oversight Committee on June 26 ended abruptly after the panel served him with subpoenas for copies of nondisclosure agreements and a second interview while the first interview was still underway, a transcript confirmed. On Friday, the House Oversight Committee released the transcript of Black’s interview, which…
London — A decade after the public referendum vote that led to the United Kingdom’s “Brexit” from the European Union, a majority of Britons now say leaving the bloc was a mistake, according to a recent survey by the independent YouGov polling organization. “Brexit has been an absolute disaster for the country,” one pro-EU campaigner told…
