Author: Dustin Ele

At least 50 hippos and other large animals have been killed by anthraxpoisoning in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s Virunga National Park and have been spotted floating along a major river that feeds one of Africa’s great lakes, the head of the park said on Tuesday. Tests confirmed anthrax poisoning, said Virunga Park director Emmanuel De Merode, adding that buffalo have been killed too. The exact cause of the poisoning was not yet clear. Images shared by the park show the hippopotamuses motionless on their sides and backs in the Ishasha River, or caught among foliage on the river’s muddy banks. The deaths represent a major loss…

President Donald Trump’s trade policies are roiling financial markets and escalating recession fears. Some executives are using terms such as “disastrous” and “economic nuclear winter” to describe White House plans, unveiled last week, to impose 10 percent levies on all imported goods, as well as higher, country-specific rates on about 60 countries. At least one professor praised the idea of tariffs, and one investor, noting the nation’s need to bring down borrowing, called tariffs better than higher taxes. But both of them had qualms with certain aspects of Trump’s plans. Here’s what an array of business and economic leaders are…