Venezuela warned Monday of an alleged plan by extremists to attack the shuttered U.S. Embassy complex in Caracas with explosives, coming as bilateral tensions simmer over Washington’s military deployment in the Caribbean. Jorge Rodríguez, head of the National Assembly and of Venezuela’s delegation for dialogue with the U.S., said in a statement that through “three different channels,” the United States had been warned “of a serious threat” from right-wing groups posing as followers of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. “Through a false-flag operation prepared by extremist sectors of the local right, there are attempts to plant lethal explosives at the U.S. Embassy in Caracas,” Rodríguez...
Medical Helicopter Crashes Onto Highway In Sacramento, Critically Injuring Three
A medical helicopter crashed on a highway in Sacramento on Monday evening, critically injuring three people aboard, including a woman who had to be rescued from underneath the aircraft, according to officials. The helicopter had taken a patient to a hospital and was on the way back to the place it had been dispatched from when it experienced an “in-air emergency” just after 7 p.m., said Captain Justin Sylvia, a spokesperson for the Sacramento Fire Department. A pilot, nurse and paramedic were taken to hospitals and were in critical condition, he said. No one on the highway was injured, he...
UNESCO Nominates Egyptian As Its New Director Following US Withdrawal
UNESCO is slated to have its first director from the Arab world after an Egyptian former tourism and antiquities minister, Khaled el-Anani, was nominated by the agency’s executive board Monday. If confirmed by UNESCO’s general assembly next month, el-Anani will inherit an agency reeling from the Trump administration’s recent decision to pull the United States out, portending a budget shortfall at the agency best known for its World Heritage sites around the globe. El-Anani was seen as the front-runner for the position of director-general and won a vote Monday against his only challenger, Firmin Edouard Matoko, an economist from Republic of Congo...
Three Nigerians Created Sorce, An App Where You Upload Your Resume, Swipe Right On Job Recommendations, And AI Auto-Applies For You.
Three Nigerian Founders from top universities built a viral app in the USA nicknamed the “Tinder for jobs.” The three Nigerian founders are Daniel Ajayi (MIT), Oluwapelumi Dada (prev. Tesla, Dell), and David Alade (prev. JPMorgan). They created Sorce, an app where you upload your resume, swipe right on job recommendations, and AI auto-applies for you.
Street Food: Claypot Chicken Rice Found Only In Malaysia, Singapore & Thailand.
This is Claypot Chicken Rice, a Malaysian street food staple. Rice is cooked in clay pots over charcoal with toppings like chicken, shrimp, sliced meats, sauces, and greens.
French Premier Resigns Hours After Naming Government, Plunging France Further Into Political Chaos
France’s new Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu resigned less than a month in office and less than 24 hours after naming a new government that prompted a key coalition ally to withdraw support. The move plunged the country into a deep political crisis and left French President Emmanuel Macron with few options. The French presidency said in a statement Monday that Macron, who has been hitting record lows in opinion polls, has accepted his resignation. Lecornu had replaced his predecessor, François Bayrou, on Sept. 9 to become France’s fourth prime minister in barely a year during a prolonged period of political instability. Lecornu...
UK Prime Minister Condemns Suspected Arson Attack On Mosque In English Coastal Town
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday condemned a suspected arson attack on a mosque in an English coastal town, which police were investigating as a hate crime. No one was injured. The fire on Saturday night came two days after two men were killed when a knife-wielding assailant attacked their synagogue in Manchester on the holiest day of the Jewish year, in what authorities have called a terrorist assault. One of the victims was accidentally shot by an armed officer as he and other congregants barricaded the synagogue to block the attacker from entering. Starmer’s spokesperson said that the prime minister...
UNESCO Is Choosing A New Director, Who Will Face A Funding Shortage After US Exit
An Egyptian antiquities professor and ex-tourism minister is facing off against a Congolese economist who promoted schooling in refugee camps in a race to become the new director of UNESCO. Whoever wins will inherit a world educational, scientific and cultural body reeling from the Trump administration’s recent decision to pull the United States out, portending a budget shortfall at the agency best known for its World Heritage sites around the globe. UNESCO’s executive board begins voting Monday to recommend either Khaled el-Anani or Firmin Édouard Matoko for the position of director-general. The decision by the board, which represents 58 of the agency’s...