The head of Venezuela's national assembly says a “significant number” of citizens and foreigners will be released from prison ...

Don your deerstalker, grab your magnifying glass and get your ‘finger of suspicion’ at the ready because Edinburgh Fringe favourites, Degrees of Error, are bringing back their multiple sell-out show ...

Before becoming a renowned cardiovascular surgeon and inventor, Tom Fogarty was a teenager working at a Cincinnati hospital ...

Medical device pioneer Dr. Tom Fogarty — mentor and inventor of the balloon catheter and other tools — has died at the age of ...

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Whenever the wind blows northwest from Belarus, Lithuania braces for problems. That's when giant white balloons are launched across the border, crates of cheap cigarettes dangling beneath. Over the ...

NATO member Lithuania has declared a national emergency over smuggling balloons crossing into its airspace from neighboring Belarus, a key ally of Russia. "It’s clear that this emergency is being ...

The Baltic state says the cigarette-laden balloons originating from Moscow-allied Belarus are a form of hybrid attack and a threat to its national security. Lithuania's government on Tuesday declared ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Balloons bought from online marketplaces such as eBay and Amazon contain toxic cancer-causing chemicals, experts warn. An investigation from Which? reveals balloons carry nitrosamines, carcinogenic ...

Ashely Claudino is an Evergreen Staff Writer from Portugal. She has a Translation degree from the University of Lisbon (2020, Faculty of Arts and Humanities). Nowadays, she mostly writes Fortnite and ...

Kicking off Thanksgiving Day for the 99th time, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade will wind its way through the streets of Manhattan with its blend of floats, bands, Santa Claus and the ...