DES MOINES, Iowa - Officials say a dog disease that can be passed to humans has been confirmed in Iowa. The state veterinarian, Dr. Jeff Kaisand, says several cases of canine brucellosis have been confirmed at a commercial breeding facility for small dogs in Marion County. RelatedHeadlines... TRENDING NOW ... . ....
A British man has tracked down his parents, who abandoned him as a baby at London’sGatwick Airport more than 30 years ago, Sky News reports.Steve Hydes was found wrapped in a blanket in the women’s toilets in the airport's south terminal in 1986 when he was just 10 days old ... "Some good news ... WN.com, Jim Berrie ....
The FPÖ, which governs as a junior coalition partner with the center-right Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), is well-known for its anti-migration stance.The new rules will require migrants to learn German, adhere to all Austrian laws and adopt “Austrian values” in raising their children ... ....
One man was killed and two others wounded Sunday outside of a Trump International Resort near Miami, Fla., The Independent reported Monday. The incident, the report said, occurred just before 2 p.m ... A five-year-old boy from Texas was also grazed a by a bullet....
The wife of former Interpol president MengHongwei said Monday France has granted asylum requests for both her and her two young boys, The South China Morning Post reported ... While she believes her husband is being held on political reasons, the Post reported, she said “If France hadn’t protected me, I would have been killed ages ago....
Article by WN.Com Correspondent DallasDarling. The insidious type of political smear campaign known as swiftboating has once again reared its ugly head ... They also noted he’s still trying to hide his deferments during the same war so he wouldn’t have to serve ... This, despite his swift heroism during the Vietnam War ... As for Trump, he withdrew the U.S....
Days later, museum experts used snorkels and underwater cameras to find seven moa footprints preserved in the river’s hard clay, beneath about three feet of water ... These enormous birds stood twice the height of an adult man, and they weighed nearly three times as much ... But they were slow, unwieldy, and possibly quite delicious ... WN.com, Jim Berrie ....
a magnifying glass." ... "We are all huge fans of Arthur Conan Doyle at the Royal Mint, which makes us all very happy to honor him with his own coin."Howell added she hoped that, like Holmes, the coin "inspires some new detectives."The character of Sherlock Holmes has inspired several films, video games, radio plays and television series....
The Sudanese state news agency SUNA reported Monday prosecutors have charged ousted PresidentOmar al-Bashir with involvement in killing protesters and incitement to kill protesters during the uprising that drove him from power last month, Time Magazine reported.It was not immediately clear what punishment he might face ...Gen ... WN.com, Jim Berrie ....
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The current session of parliament is now the longest since the civil war period as the impasse over Brexit continues, House of Commons officials have said ... This saw parliament sit without prorogation from 3 November 1640 until 20 April 1653, a total of 3,322 days, a record that the library noted seemed unlikely to be broken ... ....
“We are very thankful for your decision today to ban Steven Anderson from Ireland.”Anderson's church website introduces itself by saying. “Don't expect anything contemporary or liberal. We are an old-fashioned, independent, fundamental, King James Bible only, soul-winning Baptist church.”A list of sermons available online have titles such as ... ....
Humanitarian Aid. At a time when Muslims globally are observing the holy month of Ramadan, more than half the population in Gaza depends on the international community for food aid, the director of the United NationsRelief and WorksAgency for Palestine refugees in the NearEast (UNRWA) said on Monday, citing a “near ten-fold increase” in need....
Russian media reports indicate U.S. PresidentDonald Trump has requested a private meeting with Russian PresidentVladimir Putin in late June on the sidelines of the G20 meeting in Japan, Newsweek reported Monday ... “We have always said that the presence of leaders at an event of the appropriate level would open such an opportunity,” Newsweek reported....