Do you remember the last time you took a break and watched the passing escapades of a brightly colored bee, wasp, or butterfly? In the West, entomophobia—trepidation and anxiety around insects—is well developed, perhaps as strong as our apparently inborn dread of venomous snakes. We’re convinced that every bee is hell-bent on stinging us and…
When it comes to dressing your kids comfortably, the COTTON DAY Unisex Little Kids Youth Boys Girls Soft Cotton Crew Dress Socks are an excellent choice and are now available at a 10% discount on Amazon. These socks combine both texture and style, making them a must-have for any parent looking to keep their kid’s…
April Noga had two days to prepare for this rescue mission — save 18 pigs from a petting zoo in northeastern Illinois. The 36-year-old had a pet pig of her own and had rescued pigs before, but she had never done a rescue mission of this scale. April Noga, executive director and founder of Chicagoland…
A catastrophic incident early Saturday morning on the Benin-Auchi highway has claimed 12 lives. A Toyota Hiace bus, en route from Zuba in the FCT to Benin, collided head-on with a truck near the Igueoviobo community—close to an army checkpoint—around 5 a.m., setting the bus ablaze. Cyril Mathew, Edo Sector Commander of the Federal Road…
Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair It has the feeling of a ghastly ending, one pushed along by desperation and eagerness.  First, levelling Gaza and turning it to an uninhabitable moonscape, with the promise of a territory free of Palestinians.  Then, displacing and destroying the already precarious holdings of Palestinian residents in the West Bank, all the time…
Russia’s Foreign Ministry has said the trip of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy of Ukraine to Washington on Friday, February 28, was a political and diplomatic failure, stating that he was obsessed with continuing to wage war.  Zelenskiy and US President Donald Trump clashed at a White House meeting on Friday, damaging ties between Kyiv and…
