November 29, 2022

In a filthy alley behind a Los Angeles doughnut shop, Ryan Smith convulsed in the grips of a fentanyl high — lurching from moments of slumber to bouts of violent shivering on a warm summer day. When Brandice Josey, another homeless addict, bent down and blew a puff of fentanyl smoke his way in an act of charity, Smith sat up and slowly opened his lip to inhale the vapor as if it was the cure to his problems. Smith, wearing a grimy yellow T-shirt that said “Good Vibes Only,” reclined on his backpack and dozed the rest of the

“We have the will and the drive to help our businesses continue to grow and expand in other countries overseas particularly in the Gulf region.” This was stated by the Minister for Foreign and European Affairs and Trade Ian Borg while he was addressing a seminar organised by Trade Malta on business opportunities in the United Arab Emirates and the surrounding area. Minister Ian Borg stated that in the past months, as Minister responsible for International Trade, he had the opportunity to visit the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and in the near future even Qatar in order to have

The Biden administration declared the northern long-eared bat endangered on Tuesday in a last-ditch effort to save a species driven to the brink of extinction by white-nose syndrome, a fungal disease. “White-nose syndrome is decimating cave-dwelling bat species like the northern long-eared bat at unprecedented rates,” said Martha Williams, director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The agency is “deeply committed to working with partners on a balanced approach that reduces the impacts of disease and protects the survivors to recover northern long-eared bat populations,” she said. First documented in the U.S. in 2006, the disease has infected 12