Looking for the best places to live in the United States? What about the cheapest places to live? Niche just issued the new report, “2024 Best Places to Live in America,” which has the answers.

Check out the rankings: https://trib.al/Q5V7bm7

Sweden became the newest member of NATO earlier this month, joining 31 nations in the security alliance, including the United States. Well, make that 49 of the 50 United States.

Because in a quirk of geography and history, one state is not technically covered by the NATO pact. https://cnn.it/3J5jPSl

A leopard's reflection in a pond in Kenya, a Canadian lynx pouncing in the snow and an orca chasing herring near Norway are among the subjects of spectacular wildlife images that have won the World Nature Photography Awards 2024. A dramatic photo of two gannets fighting for a fish in the waters off Scotland's Shetland Islands took first prize in the awards. The image by Tracey Lund, from the United Kingdom, was selected from thousands of submissions to receive the $1,000 prize. See more photos from the competition: https://cnn.it/43HyRaK

New migrants from Africa have joined a changing community in Brooklyn, where they have brought youthful crowds to its mosques and businesses, but are also in need of assistance and basic services, including food, long-term housing and work authorization. Read more: https://nyti.ms/4acWHgF

About six months after President Bola Tinubu recalled all career and non-career ambassadors in diplomatic missions worldwide, their offices in embassies and consulates have remained vacant.
The envoys, which included 41 non-career ambassadors and 42 career ambassadors appointed by former President Muhammadu Buhari in July 2020, were on September 2, 2023, directed to return to the country on or before October 31.
Nigeria has 109 missions, 76 embassies, 22 high commissions and 11 consulates globally.

Ezekiel Nathaniel 🇳🇬 starts his outdoor season with a second place finish in the men's 400mH at the Battle on the Bayou in Baton Rouge, clocking a time of 49.57s!

The race was won by Chris Robinson, who ran 49.13s, both athletes under the Meet Record.

An unusually brutal winter in Mongolia has left much of the country’s grazing land frozen and snow-covered, and the deaths of more than 5.9 million livestock. A third of the country's population depends on herding and agriculture to make a living. https://nyti.ms/3TVXq03

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