Headlines- Two days after catastrophic flash flood struck the border between China and Nepal, rescue workers have resumed searching for hundreds of people who are still missing.
- At least 538 people killed and another 1,300 went missing on Wednesday after landslides caused by a glacial collapse unleashed a torrent of mud and water across Nepal and China's autonomous region of Tibet.
- Iran's President Pezeshkian and Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf met with Qatar's prime minister and foreign minister to discuss ongoing efforts to defuse the situation in the region.
- According to Iran's security chief, Moshen Rezaei, his country is preparing together a list of conditions to submit to the United States in order to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
- In an attempt to rename Lake Ontario as "Lake America," US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday, further escalating his conflict with Canada and its prime minister.
- Mazloum Abdi, the leader of the now-dissolved Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), has been named presidential advisor by Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa.
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Nature Man
In 1983, Joe Pachak discovered the first rock art of a mammoth in North America, a 14,000 year-old etching. Later, he built life-size effigies of the mammoth and other effigies of animals that are burned in celebration of nature and the Winter Solstice
US Botanic Garden Bicentennial
The U.S. Botanic Garden in Washington, one of the world’s top plant conservatories, is marking its 200th anniversary this year. It was established by the U.S. Congress in 1820, making it one of the oldest botanic gardens in North America
China’s Growing Influence Fails to Yield...
China’s growing influence on the world stage has not translated into favorable views of the country, according to a survey by a Washington-based think tank focusing on social issues and demographic trends, released as the East Asian nation marks the 70th anniversary of its founding. The opinion of China throughout most of Western Europe, North …