January 2020

Koala Mittens And Joey Pouches: Australian Wildfires Spark Global Knitting Frenzy

Jan 6 (Reuters) – Knitting needles are clicking furiously around the world to create hundreds of protective pouches and blankets for native wildlife made homeless by Australian wildfires that have razed large swathes of bushland. The Animal Rescue Craft Guild said on Monday it has been deluged with offers of help after putting out a

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Buttigieg’s Bet: After Iran Strike, Military Experience Matters Even More

NORTH CONWAY, N.H. — When Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Ind., took the stage to deliver his first in-person reaction to the American killing of Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani of Iran, he began with a laundry list of unanswered questions about the airstrike. “As a military intelligence officer on the ground in

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Philippines braces to evacuate its workers in Iraq, Iran

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the military to prepare to deploy its aircraft and ships “at any moment’s notice” to evacuate thousands of Filipino workers in Iraq and Iran should hostilities erupt there January 6, 2020, 7:08 AM 3 min read MANILA, Philippines — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the military to prepare to deploy

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