Ukraine war: Russia recruits prisoners for its invasion
Russia's defence ministry has taken over from Wagner in recruiting inmates to fight in Ukraine.
2023-10-26 11:47
Ukraine war: Forced evacuations as Russian attacks intensify
With fighting intensifying in Donetsk and Kherson, officials are forcibly ordering people to leave.
2023-10-26 01:58
Ukraine war: Avdiivka civilians cling on amid Russian assault
Just over 1,000 civilians remain in Avdiivka, focus of a bloody Russian assault in eastern Ukraine.
2023-10-24 12:53
Doubling up on classrooms, using online teachers and turning to support staff: How schools are dealing with the ongoing teacher shortage
Millions of students are returning for another school year marked by challenging teacher shortages, causing schools to double up classrooms, move courses online and employ what critics have labeled as underqualified teachers.
2023-09-11 20:46
Electric Picnic festival site to house refugees
The Irish government says it has signed a six-week lease on the festival site in County Laois.
2023-09-04 13:46
Feds ease water cuts on Colorado River after blockbuster winter
Federal officials are easing water restrictions on the Colorado River next year, an incredible improvement after above-average winter snowpack helped shore up plummeting water levels at the nation's two largest reservoirs.
2023-08-16 02:17
What Asia's top potato chip maker learned from a huge supply shortage
What happens when Asia's biggest potato chip maker runs out of potatoes? Japanese snack brand Calbee had to learn the hard way.
2023-08-05 08:24
Georgia, the peach state, is out of peaches. Here's why, and how locals are coping
The Peach State lost more than 90% of this year's crop after a February heat wave followed by two late-spring cold snaps. The triple-whammy inflated prices of the fruit. It also moved much of the local market — in some cases, quite unwillingly — to California peaches.
2023-07-15 18:15
An Indian culinary must-have is off the menu as prices jump 400%
From butter chicken to paneer makhani, Indian cuisine is unthinkable without the ubiquitous tomato.
2023-07-12 19:46
Lawmakers wrangle over measures to address pilot shortage
A series of controversial proposals to address the airline pilot shortage is complicating Congress' consideration of a new slate of Federal Aviation Administration policies with one senator warning fellow lawmakers there will be blood on their hands if reduced pilot training causes a fatal accident.
2023-06-16 09:29
Exclusive-US seeks new suppliers of highly used cancer drug methotrexate in short supply
By Julie Steenhuysen and Michael Erman The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it is seeking
2023-06-10 02:54
Ozempic is taking China by storm. Drugmakers are scrambling to boost supplies
Ozempic, originally a medication for treating diabetes, is in high demand worldwide with celebrities and social media users touting it as a miracle drug for weight loss. Now the frenzy is sweeping through China, where being "wafer thin" is a prevailing beauty standard, leading to shortages in the country.
2023-06-07 10:23