What happenedPresident Joe Biden arrived in Angola yesterday for a three-day visit aimed at strengthening U.S. ties with Africa and countering China's dominance in the region. Biden is the first sitting U.S. president to visit Angola and the first to travel to sub-Saharan Africa since 2015. He promi...
What happenedThe French government is widely expected to collapse this week after far-right and leftist opposition parties both filed motions of no confidence against Prime Minister Michel Barnier yesterday. Barnier, appointed in September by centrist President Emmanuel Macron, irked both factions b...
What happenedA Delaware judge yesterday upheld her rejection of Tesla's $56 billion compensation package for CEO Elon Musk. Court of Chancery Judge Kathaleen McCormick initially struck down the package in January, agreeing with plaintiffs that the 2018 pay deal was improperly negotiated with an insu...
Researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution are investigating whether vitamin-infused tiles enhance coral resilience to warming oceans and stronger hurricanes. The tiles, embedded in a 67-square-foot artificial reef, release essential micronutrients to boost coral immune systems. Preli...
There are two types of poles bracketing the Earth: geographic and magnetic. The geographic North Pole "stays at the same place, as it's where all lines of longitude converge," while the magnetic North Pole is where a compass points, USA Today explained. The latter "changes from time to time as the c...
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