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Palestinian shot by Israel in Gaza border clashes dies

RAMALLAH, West Bank — A Palestinian man died Wednesday from a bullet wound suffered during clashes with Israeli forces last week along Gaza’s border fence over the weekend, Palestinian health officials said. Osama Dueij, 32, was shot in the leg on Saturday during a violent demonstration on the border. The Israeli military said demonstrators approached one area of the fence […]

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Extinction Rebellion descend on London for third day of protests

Extinction Rebellion descend on London for third day of protests: Activists target Piccadilly Circus and Brazilian Embassy near Trafalgar Square as police say they have made total of 118 arrests The protesters rammed roads in Piccadilly Circus and blurted out rehearsed speeches through a microphone The activists – who are calling their latest disturbance ‘Impossible Rebellion’ – lofted banners bearing […]

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COVID shot protection wanes within six months – UK researchers

LONDON (Reuters) – Protection against COVID-19 offered by two doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech and the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccines begins to fade within six months, underscoring the need for booster shots, according to researchers in Britain.  After five to six months, the effectiveness of the Pfizer jab at preventing COVID-19 infection in the month after the second dose fell from 88% […]

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Gundlach: We're running our economy 'like we're not interested in maintaining global reserve currency status'

Billionaire bond investor Jeffrey Gundlach, the founder and CEO of $137 billion DoubleLine Capital, says his number one conviction over several years is that the U.S. dollar will decline as a consequence of current economic policies, resulting in the U.S. losing its sole reserve currency status. "My number one conviction looking forward a number of years — I'm not talking […]

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Eager beavers make a comeback across Britain

Beavers could return across Britain as they are given ‘native species’ legal protection to allow their release into the wild Beavers will be given legal protection as a ‘native species’ with licences granted  Supporters of the movement say beavers can help in the fight against flooding   But farmers have warned there is a risk that beavers could threaten livelihoods  Beavers […]

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Vegetarian tortoise attacks and eats bird in 'horrifying' video

Fox News Flash top headlines for August 24 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. Watch out for tortoises. While it’s been believed that tortoises are vegetarian, a newly released video seems to suggest otherwise. According to researchers, changes in the environment may have caused certain animals to change their behaviors. Footage filmed on […]

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With full vaccine approval, U.S. could control COVID by spring 2022 -Fauci

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States could get COVID-19 under control by early next year, with potential wider vaccine approvals coming in the weeks ahead, Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Tuesday, one day after Pfizer won wider FDA approval for its shot.    The nation's top infectious disease expert, in television interviews, said full Food and Drug Administration approval for Pfizer's vaccine […]

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Taliban refuses to deny holding secret meeting with CIA

Taliban refuses to deny holding secret meeting with CIA as the group issues new evacuation ‘red line’ threat to Biden and vows to ‘guarantee the safety’ of desperate Afghans if they stay Taliban spokesman neither confirmed nor denied secret meeting with CIA boss   Zabihullah Mujahid said he is ‘not aware’ of any meeting taking place, but did not outright deny […]

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