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Arrest of former defense minister shatters trust in Mexico’s armed forces

Arrest of former defense minister shatters trust in Mexico’s armed forces

The general’s speech was forceful and unequivocal, his demeanor somber and severe. Impeccably dressed in full military uniform, Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda, then Mexican Secretary of Defense, spoke before a group of thousands of Mexican soldiers under his command on a spring day in April 2016 at Military Camp Number One, near Mexico City. “Those who…… MORE

Coronavirus could drive the last nail into the mink fur trade

Coronavirus could drive the last nail into the mink fur trade

As coronavirus tears through the world’s mink farms, the pandemic is accelerating the shuttering of a controversial industry. Earlier this month, the Danish government ordered the country’s mink farms to cull more than 1 million of the animals following a series of Covid-19 outbreaks, and thousands of mink have died at farms in the US…… MORE

A British supermarket launched a chicken nugget into space

A British supermarket launched a chicken nugget into space

Astronauts, chimpanzees and now a chicken nugget. Scientists have launched plenty of people and things into space, but a British supermarket is the first to send up a piece of breaded protein. To celebrate its 50th anniversary, Iceland Foods Ltd., commonly known as Iceland, sent a chicken nugget into the cosmos. In a video released…… MORE

Mexico’s former defense minister arrested on federal drug charges in Los Angeles

Mexico’s former defense minister arrested on federal drug charges in Los Angeles

A former Mexican defense minister was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport on drug and money laundering charges, accused of taking bribes in exchange for permitting a cartel known for wholesale violence to operate with impunity in Mexico, federal prosecutors said Friday. General Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda, Secretary of National Defense in Mexico from 2012 to…… MORE

Cows prefer to co-moo-nicate in person, research suggests

Cows don’t make video calls but if they did, chances are they’d hate them just as much as most of us do. The farm animals prefer face-to-face chat, new research from Austria suggests. Cows are more relaxed after being spoken to directly by a live human rather than when listening to a recorded voice via…… MORE

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