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Opium farming in Afghanistan has dropped significantly following a ban imposed by the Taliban government in 2022, the United Nations said.The total area of land for growing opium poppy shrank 20% since last year, while the amount of opium...

Over the last week, Martina Santos said she feels like she's been living a nightmare.The 67-year-old from the Bronx, New York, is one of the nearly 42 million Americans who saw their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits lapse...

Attackers have boarded a ship off the coast of Somalia after firing machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades at the vessel, according to a UK maritime agency.The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) has issued an alert about the attack,...

About 50 vehicles have been smeared with what appears to be human blood in the German city of Hanau near Frankfurt, police say.Cars, walls and postboxes were defaced, sometimes with swastikas, they said in a statement.Police say they were...

Miss Universe contestants walked out of a pre-competition briefing on Tuesday, after an official from the host nation Thailand publicly berated Miss Mexico. Miss Universe Thailand director Nawat Itsaragrisil called Miss Mexico, Fatima Bosch, a 'dumbhead' for failing to...

Prediction markets, which allow users to bet in real time on everything from elections to the Super Bowl, are suddenly big business and growing fast. Robinhood underscored that during the company’s Q3 earnings announcement on Wednesday afternoon, stating that...

Laura Gozzi and Paul Kirby,Europe digital editorLibkos/Getty ImagesBut losing Pokrovsk would be a blow for Ukrainian morale at the start of a winter of Russian attacks on power supplies. It would also come at significant cost to manpower, resources...

ReutersSouth Africa's government says it has received distress calls from 17 citizens who have joined mercenary forces in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.The men are between the ages of 20 and 39 years and are trapped in Ukraine's war-torn Donbas region.President...

The Federal Aviation Administration will reduce flight capacity by 10% at 40 major airports across the country, officials announced during a press conference on Wednesday.The decision could cut thousands of flights per day.The restrictions will go into effect Friday...

Shares of WeRide start trading on Hong Kong’s stock exchange today, just over a year after the robotaxi firm forayed into U.S. markets with a Nasdaq listing. For CEO and founder Tony Han, the offering is part of a...