Cape Canaveral, Florida – The space mission of two stuck NASA astronauts has been extended again. That means they won’t return to Earth until spring, 10 months after rocketing into orbit on Boeing’s Starliner capsule. NASA announced the latest delay in the homecoming of Butch Wilmore and Sunni Williams on Tuesday. The two test pilots … Read more
People’s hearts tremble when they hear the name of a disease like cancer. This is a serious disease, which is spreading rapidly all over the world. Meanwhile, a news of great relief has come to light. Russia has claimed that it has made a vaccine for cancer patients. This vaccine will hit the market in … Read more
The man accused of killing the CEO of UnitedHealthcare has been convicted of 11 charges, including murder as an act of terrorism, authorities announced Tuesday. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said the CEO’s death was “a murder intended to cause terror. And we’ve seen that reaction.” Luigi M., the suspect in the murder of Brian … Read more
Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, head of the Russian Armed Forces’ radiation, chemical and biological protection troops, was killed in an explosion in Moscow on Tuesday morning. President-elect Donald Trump has chosen retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg as his special envoy to Ukraine and Russia, where Trump has promised to end the war quickly. Denmark released … Read more
The discovery of a World War II bomb in Cologne, Germany on Tuesday evening prompted authorities to urge more than 3,000 people to leave their homes. The explosive was discovered in the Sulz district of the western German city. “WWII bomb found in Sulz,” posted the official account of the city of Cologne on Sulz, … Read more
Following the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, military rebels and Israeli forces have targeted strongholds across the country. For this story narrated by Veronica Villafane, VOA’s Joan Cabezas Vega visited Katana, Syria, a military base just outside the capital. Source link
Germany’s centre-right bloc the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party the Christian Social Union (CSU) have voted unanimously in favor of an election program that promises to lower taxes and curb illegal migration. . The CDU/CSU wants to reduce income taxes and gradually reduce taxes for companies to 25%. It promises not … Read more
An international war crimes prosecutor said on Tuesday that evidence emerging from mass grave sites in Syria has exposed a state-run “machinery of death” under toppled leader Bashar al-Assad in which he estimated more than 100,000 people were tortured and murdered since 2013. FRANCE 24’s Morgan Ayre reports. Source link
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo – At least 25 people, including children, were killed and dozens missing after a packed boat capsized in a river in central Congo on Tuesday, officials and local residents said. The ship was believed to be carrying more than 100 passengers after leaving the city of Inongo, northeast of … Read more
A UN envoy warned on Tuesday that Syria’s protracted conflict “has not ended yet”, even as the country’s victorious Islamist-led rebels stepped up contacts with governments that deemed ousted president Bashar al-Assad a pariah. The UN’s migration chief, Amy Pope, warned against a “large-scale return” of refugees to Syria, adding that “sending people back will … Read more