JOHANNESBURG / DPA One of the most damaging pests in North and South America has reached Africa and is threatening the maize crop in many countries there. Experts are also warning that the fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda), the larva of the fall armyworm moth, could soon spread from Africa across the Mediterranean to southern Europe. “Whether this year, next …

  Bloomberg President Donald Trump’s plan to round up and deport millions of undocumented immigrants is likely to trigger waves of lawsuits that may soon dwarf the legal fight over the administration’s temporary ban on travelers from seven Muslim majority countries. The Department of Homeland Security is pushing ahead with what the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) calls a “hyper-aggressive …

  MOSCOW / AP The Russian military received a sweeping array of new weapons last year, including 41 intercontinental ballistic missiles, and the wide-ranging military modernization will continue this year, the defense minister said on Wednesday. Minister Sergei Shoigu told lawmakers the air force will receive 170 new aircraft, the army will receive 905 tanks and other armored vehicles while …