Italian police in the southern region of Sicily recently discovered a cache of drugs plastered with the faces of well-known Costa Nostra leaders. Carabinieri police said Tuesday that authorities discovered around $215,000 worth of hash, marijuana and cocaine from a warehouse in Marsala. FILE: Drug packages decorated with pictures of …
Read More »Swiss government suspends bonus payouts to Credit Suisse employees
Switzerland’s government said Tuesday that it’s ordering Credit Suisse to temporarily suspend bonuses for employees after orchestrating a plan for the No. 2 Swiss bank to be taken over by rival UBS. The Swiss Department of Finance says federal law allows the government to set “remuneration-related measures” in cases involving …
Read More »Uganda overwhelmingly passes bill that enacts 10-year prison penalty for same-sex relations
Uganda is looking to outlaw homosexual activity across the country as lawmakers passed a bill prescribing jail terms of up to 10 years for those who have same-sex relations. A roll call was ordered by the House speaker before the packed parliamentary chamber in the capital, Kampala, easily passed the …
Read More »Christian who escaped Chinese persecution warns US descending into ‘communist-style of governance’
The leader of a watchdog group that monitors Christian persecution in China said he’s seeing echoes of the Chinese Community Party “playbook” in the U.S., and he’s worried it’ll get worse. Bob Fu, president of the U.S.-based non-governmental organization ChinaAid, said he’s seeing the same tactics in Western nations that …
Read More »Uganda overwhelmingly passes bill 10-year prison penalty for same-sex relations
Uganda is looking to outlaw homosexuality across the country as lawmakers passed a bill prescribing jail terms of up to 10 years for those who have same-sex relations. A roll call was ordered by the House speaker before the packed parliamentary chamber in the capital, Kampala, easily passed the bill …
Read More »BioNTech to develop, produce cancer drugs in Jerusalem, says Israel’s Finance Ministry
close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for March 21 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. Germany’s BioNTech SE signed a preliminary deal to set up a facility to produce cancer-related drugs and vaccines in Jerusalem, Israel’s Finance Ministry said on Tuesday. MISSING …
Read More »China’s capital Beijing experiences first population decline since 2003
The death rate in China’s capital Beijing surpassed its birth rate in 2022, official data showed on Tuesday, pushing its natural population growth into negative territory for the first time since 2003. The death rate in the city of 21.84 million, one of the country’s most populous urban centres, rose …
Read More »Chile detects new bird flu outbreak in industrial facility
Chilean authorities on Tuesday reported a new bird flu outbreak at an industrial facility in the Maule region in the southern part of the country. “This finding was made after a complaint made to the Maule SAG (agrigulture and livestock agency) about an increase in mortality on the farm of …
Read More »Mexico reports 22% drop in Monarch butterfly winter migration
The number of monarch butterflies wintering in the mountains of central Mexico dropped 22% from the previous year, and the number of trees lost from their favored wintering grounds tripled. Frost and “extreme temperatures” in the United States may have played a role in the butterfly’s decline during the most …
Read More »China and Russia pose increasing risks to US in new space race
Russia and China have increasingly invested in and enhanced their space programs in recent years, creating new threats to U.S. security in outer space. According to officials with the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the two countries have been reorganizing and reforming their space forces. Kevin Ryder is a defense intelligence …
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