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America’s longest continuously held sporting event turns 150 years old. The Kentucky Derby has survived two world wars, the Depression and pandemics, including COVID-19 in 2020, when it ran in virtual silence without the usual crowd of 150,000. #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #News | #CornyNews…

"There is famine - full-blown famine - in the north, and it's moving its way south." She said a ceasefire and a greatly increased flow of aid through land and sea routes were essential to confronting the growing humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, home to 2.3 million

Mr Johnson's decision that voters have to present ID caused controversy over fears it would act as a barrier to voting, particularly among disadvantaged groups. #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #News…

Canadian police charged three people on Friday with the murder of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in the province of British Columbia in June 2023, Canadian media said, citing court documents #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #News…

Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is scheduled to blast off atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Monday. #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #News | #CornyNews…

Analysts speculate that the U.S. Navy’s interest in developing such drones is to counter potential submarine operations by adversaries like Russia and China. #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #News…

A senior U.S. defense official told Reuters that the Russian forces are not mingling with the American troops at the base, but were instead using a separate hangar. #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #News…

The arrest of Russian Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov last week on charges of taking bribes was a bombshell. And it is widely interpreted as an ominous sign for his boss, longtime Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #News…

A wounded orangutan in Indonesia has used a medicinal plant to heal a large wound on his cheek, say scientists #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #News | #CornyNews…

Russia has been quietly shipping refined petroleum to North Korea at levels that appear to violate a cap imposed by the United Nations Security Council, the White House said on Thursday #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #News…

After years of being elbowed to the sidelines of political debate, recent farmer protests have made agriculture almost sexy. So chic, in fact, that its practitioners received almost as much airtime as climate during a debate among the leading candidates of pan-EU political parties on Monday night. #Nostr | #growNostr…

🗣️ “The United Nations Development Programme’s initial estimates for the reconstruction of… the Gaza Strip surpasses $30 billion and could reach up to $40 billion,” said UN assistant secretary-general Abdallah al-Dardari #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #News…

The United States has formally accused Russia of using chemical weapons “as a method of warfare” against Ukraine and imposed sweeping new sanctions on Russian firms and government bodies. #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #News…

A whistleblower who accused a Boeing supplier of ignoring manufacturing defects on the 737 Max production line has died after a sudden illness #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #News…

The report said in 2025 GDP will rise by 1 per cent, which would but it bottom of the rest of the G7 nations #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #News…

The arrival of record numbers of migrants at the US-Mexico border has posed a political problem for President Biden as he seeks reelection. But in Columbus, local union workers have welcomed the extra hands from migrants and refugees with work permits #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #News…

Georgia's parliament approved the second reading of a bill on ‘foreign agents’ that has been criticized as Kremlin-inspired, as police fired tear gas and stun grenades to clear a large crowd of protesters opposed to the draft law #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #News…