Ancient alligator gar fish is being used to keep other fish in check.
Living fossil returns to life in Illinois
Secondhand book stores thrive during South Africa recession
With the country’s unemployment rate nearing 30 percent, frugal readers get more bang for their book by not buying new.
I’ll have a latte and a million bucks
In Silicon Valley, the nexus for startup wannabes and venture capitalists might just be a café where the buzz in the air isn’t coming from the cappuccino machine.
In Tarzan-like loinclothes, India farmers protest with human skulls
The worst drought in more than 100 years leaves India’s farmers mired in debt.
For US foreign visitors, a short walk to a new life in Canada
In the last 6 months, more than 5,000 people took a taxi to the US-Canada crossing, rolled their suitcases across the border, and walked right into Canadian custody.
‘Valley of Riches’ could entice Trump deeper into Afghanistan
A trillion dollars worth of untapped mineral deposits could give President Trump a reason to commit more US troops to what some see as an unwinnable war.
93 & not stepping down
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace follow proceedings during a youth rally in Marondera about 100 kilometres east of Harare, Friday, June, 2, 2017. The rally was held as part of his 2017 Presidential election campaign bid where the youth declared Mugabe as the sole candidate and life President of the Southern African nation.(AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
The world’s oldest living head of state, Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe, says he is fit enough to run for re-election next year.
Political time bomb?
(L-R) Secretary for Security John Lee, Secretary for Justice Rimsky Yuen and Secretary for Transport & Housing Frank Chan pose at a news conference on arrangements at West Kowloon Terminus for the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link in Hong Kong, China July 25, 2017. REUTERS/Bobby Yip - RTX3CS9F
Allowing mainland Chinese police to patrol the station of a new high-speed rail line is expected to meet strong opposition when it next goes through a review by the Hong Kong legislature.
Surprise!
Toymakers are betting on unwrapping, cracking, and hatching: small inexpensive toys enclosed in packaging so that kids can’t see what they’re getting until the package is opened.
Open warfare?
President Donald Trump listens during a "Made in America," roundtable event in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, July 19, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
The president of the United States is being accused of trying to bully his attorney general into quitting, while the new White House communications director is taking verbal shots at President Donald Trump’s chief of staff.