Argentina bug invasion knocks $1.3 billion off corn crop

A rare leafhopper insect plague in Argentina has knocked an estimated $1.3 billion off the expected 2023/24 corn crop, the director of economic studies at the Rosario grains exchange said on Thursday, ... Read More

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Israeli officials say they didn’t see a strike on a high-level Iranian target in Syria as a provocation, and did not give Washington a heads-up about it until right before it happened. By ... Read More

'Once-in-a-lifetime' star system explosion could be visible from Earth: How to see it

The explosion ... CrB’s “nova outburst” has the potential to be a “once-in-a-lifetime” occasion, as the celestial event only occurs once every 80 years. This star system “last ... Read More

An explosion near a police station in northern Kenya has killed 4 people, including 3 officers

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — An explosion at a small hotel located near ... News' "Antisemitism Exposed" newsletter brings you stories on the rising anti-Jewish prejudice across the U.S. and the world. Read More

Beyond the Byline: The world should have heard Det. Gilmartin’s story

Scranton Police Detective Kyle Gilmartin, left, his wife Lindsay, and U.S. rep ... been great if the world could have seen Det. Kyle Gilmartin and heard his incredible story. Read More

Missing student Riley Strain’s mysterious last text revealed as new evidence leads to ‘100 more questions’

Missing University of Missouri student Riley Strain’s last known text message was revealed as “Good lops.” Whiteid and Gilbert Family Dingman said the girl had trouble understanding what ... Read More

Mystery over Riley Strain’s last text as family friend pours cold water on ‘good lops’ theory

which was found near the Cumberland River in Nashville over one week after he was last seen. As more information continues to emerge about Mr Strain’s last known movements, family friend Chris ... Read More

Reddit’s story hinges on ‘promises we’ve heard too many times,’ a new bear says

he thinks Reddit’s IPO timing isn’t so fortunate, since investors are “rightly asking whether these smaller social platforms are simply too sub-scale to compete in a privacy-centric world ... Read More

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April 12, 2024 • Money makes the world go around, faster and faster all the time. At Planet Money, a multimedia team of reporters tracks down the economists, investors and regular folks who are ... Read More

When will Lionel Messi retire from soccer? Here's what he said about when it's time

But the 36-year-old Argentine World Cup champion and Inter Miami ... causing him to miss two friendlies with Argentina in the last week. It’s unclear whether Messi will play in Inter Miami ... Read More

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German-American retail tycoon Karl-Erivan Haub, then 58 (main, inset left), was last seen heading ... also links Haub's suspicious disappearance to a Russian billionaire known as the 'Scarface ... Read More