Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech on November 9, 2022. Sergei Guneyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File The EU parliament declared Russia a “state sponsor of terrorism” over its invasion of Ukraine. It said the vote would help bring Putin closer to facing an international tribunal. Iran, North Korea, Syria, and Cuba…
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro at a military ceremony for the Day of the Soldier in Brasilia, Brazil, in August 2019. Eraldo Peres/Associated Press Brazil’s president challenged his election loss, saying votes cast on some machines should be thrown out. Jair Bolsonaro was expected to dispute the result, but stayed silent for weeks. On Tuesday he…
Taco Bell’s original menu, with its first franchisee, Kermit Becky. Taco Bell Some of the biggest fast food brands in the world started in Southern California in the 20th century. Car-centered growth of communities around highways and suburbs made fast food and drive-thrus a perfect business model. Drive-ins gave way to drive-thrus, which are dominant…
A man crosses the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) seal in the lobby of the agency’s headquarters in Langley, Virginia. SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images The CIA’s deputy director of operations said last week the agency is looking for Russian recruits. During an event at George Mason University, David Marlowe said the agency is “open for…
McDonald’s is testing the McPlant in the US. McDonald’s Fast food chains have experimented with plant-based proteins for years with limited success. McDonald’s discontinued the McPlant test in 2022 and analysts reported slow sales. Plant-based meat is too expensive and adds too much complexity for widespread fast food adoption, an analyst said. Plant-based meat once…
A convention attendee looks at a handgun at the National Shooting Sports Foundation’s Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 2018. Getty Images/Ethan Miller US adults carrying loaded handguns on a daily basis nearly doubled from 2015 to 2019, a new study found. Most handgun owners said they carried their weapons…
Researchers say the fossilized jaw, pictured during an event in late October, belonged to an American lion that roamed Mississippi some 11,000 years ago. Anna Reginelli A local found a jaw fragment along the drought-stricken Mississippi River in October, according to local news outlets. Experts say it belonged to a lion that roamed the eastern…
The Earth sets from the far side of the moon just beyond the Orion spacecraft in this video taken on the sixth day of the Artemis I mission. NASA NASA’s Orion spaceship is hurtling around the moon for the first time, in the Artemis I mission. Photos from the spacecraft show it leaving Earth and…
Musk at a 2022 Halloween party. Taylor Hill/Getty Images Elon Musk is a member of the ultra-exclusive Hollywood club the San Vicente Bungalows. Members are not allowed to take pictures at the club and face penalties for being on their phones. Here’s everything we know about the club which is known as a haven for…
Coca-Cola and Meta are among the companies who have apparently stopped advertising on Twitter. Sean Zanni/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images; Igor Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images; Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images Half of Twitter’s top 100 advertisers have stopped promoting on the platform, per Media Matters. Since 2020, those 50 companies have spent $2 billion…