Prime Minister Gabriel Attal promised more aid for French agriculture on Tuesday and vowed to shield it from “unfair competition” in an attempt to appease protesting farmers‚ but many appeared unmoved by his efforts as they blocked major roads around Paris for a second day. The barricades of tractors and bales of hay caused miles of traffic bottlenecks in the Paris region‚ but protesters have not encircled the city. Neither have they crippled the French capital itself‚ which has experienced...

In response to an intensifying standoff between state officials and the federal government over border security‚ a group calling itself “God’s Army” said it would lead a convoy of up to 40‚000 trucks from Virginia to the southern border this week and end with a Feb. 3 rally in Eagle Pass‚ Texas. With its stated goal to “Take Our Border Back‚” the convoy’s organizers paint a portrait of an America besieged by dark‚ evil forces. God‚ they say‚ has charged Christians...

A verdict in the New York civil business fraud trial of former President Donald Trump — which had been anticipated Wednesday — is now expected to arrive in early to mid-February‚ a court spokesman said. That new timeline for the written decision by Judge Arthur Engoron is still a “rough estimate” and “subject to modifications‚” said Alfred Baker‚ spokesman for the New York State Office of Court Administration. “But that’s the working plan now‚”...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul this week embraced deportation for the migrants who assaulted two New York City Police officers‚ challenging the logic of the city’s sanctuary policy and drawing a rebuke from a former ICE director. “Shame on her‚” Tom Homan‚ who ran U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the Trump administration‚ told The Washington Times. “This is just too little too late. This is getting national media‚ so all of a sudden she makes a statement.”...

Off the Siberian coast‚ not far from Alaska‚ a Russian ship has been docked at port for four years. The Akademik Lomonosov‚ the world’s first floating nuclear power plant‚ sends energy to around 200‚000 people on land using next-wave nuclear technology: small modular reactors. This technology is also being used below sea level. Dozens of US submarines lurking in the depths of the world’s oceans are propelled by SMRs‚ as the compact reactors are known. SMRs — which are smaller...

The planned targets for U.S. strikes in Iraq and Syria in response to the killing of three U.S. soldiers by a drone in Jordan include "Iranian personnel and facilities"‚ CBS News reported on Thursday‚ citing American officials. The United States has assessed that the drone‚ which also wounded more than 40 people‚ was made by Iran‚ four U.S. officials told Reuters. Sources said Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards were pulling senior officers out of Syria. The CBS report follows...

The Iranian-backed terrorists responsible for murdering three U.S. soldiers‚ and injuring dozens more‚ in an attack over the weekend have started to evacuate their bases after President Joe Biden’s administration leaked to the media this week that they are gearing up to respond by carrying out a sustained bombing campaign. The news comes after NBC News reported on Wednesday that the U.S. retaliatory strikes would be a “campaign” that lasts “weeks‚” according to U.S....

The idea of a concert where everyone plays vegetables sounds like a funny one-night-only joke. Still‚ the Vegetable Orchestra‚ out of Vienna‚ has played more than 300 concerts and released 4 albums over the past 25-plus years.It all started when the group’s founder‚ Matthias Meinharter‚ had a silly idea in the kitchen. His friend had signed them up for an hour-long slot at a student festival and they wanted to perform non-traditional music. “As we were making vegetable soup‚ we landed on the idea of cooking it on stage and performing a concert with the vegetables while we were doing that‚” Meinharter told Atlas Obscura. “It all started as a joke‚” he told the BBC. “We were brainstorming what we could do‚ and we thought: ‘What is the most difficult thing to play music on?’”The big problem with playing instruments made of vegetables is that they rot. So before every performance‚ the group has a delivery of 200 to 300 pounds worth of veggies that they fashion into instruments. Getting the right sound from a carrot‚ leek‚ or lotus root can also be challenging.“Vegetables are unpredictable‚” Susanna Gartmayer‚ who plays over a dozen instruments including the carrot marimba and the radish bass flute in the group‚ told the BBC. “No two pieces of produce are the same. It’s a challenge.”Following the performance‚ the leftover vegetables and cut-off parts are cooked into a soup and served to the audience.Here is a performance of the song “Transplants” live at Volkstheater Vienna on February 11‚ 2013.Worldwide one of a kind‚ the Vegetable Orchestra performs on instruments made of fresh vegetables. The utilization of various ever refined vegetable instrume...

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