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Nicholas Burns, the United States ambassador to China, will deliver the Harvard Kennedy School’s 2024 graduation address on May 22, the school announced last Wednesday. Burns — who served as a professor of diplomacy and international relations at the Kennedy School for 13 years — said in a press release he was “honored” to return. […]
A camera at the Mauna Kea Observatory in Hawaii has captured an object as it burned up on re-entering Earth’s atmosphere on 8 February. The Subaru-Asahi Star Camera, owned by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, recorded a time-lapse of the fireball blazing across the night sky, followed by smaller glowing streaks. Source link
A crippled American spaceship has been lost over a remote region of the South Pacific, probably burning up in the atmosphere in a fiery end to its failed mission to land on the Moon. Issued on: 19/01/2024 – 07:26 2 min Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander was launched on January 8 under an experimental new partnership between […]
UPDATE: 4:30 p.m. Honolulu Fire Department officials say that they are transferring command of the Mililani Mauka firefighting efforts to the U.S. Fire and Wildlife Service, now that the remote wildfire is 90% contained with only “isolated smoldering pockets.” HFD also said it was suspending firefighting operations for today “due to impending darkness.” “The majority […]
2023 Zero-Carbon Mission International Climate Summit, Opening Forum 2023零碳使命国际气候峰会 “Fostering Global Cooperation for a Sustainable Future” “共绘 共筑 共赢 可持续未来” Wednesday, November 1, 2023 2023年11月1日，周三 AS DELIVERED 已发表 Nicholas Burns (U.S. Ambassador to the PRC) Good morning, everyone. It is a great pleasure for . . .
The cast of Slippery Rock University’s production of “Grecian Burns” rehearses for their performances at the Stoner East Black Box Theater. Oct. 13, 2023 SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. — Slippery Rock University’s Theatre Department will present the world premiere of “Grecian Burns,” with five shows, Oct. 27 to Nov. 2 at the Black Box Theater in […]
By Washington Post Opinions July 7, 2023 at 7:39 p.m. EDT Surrounded by hazy conditions, a bird flies in front of the Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument on June 8 in Arlington, Va. Smoke from wildfires in Canada caused the haze. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post)Comment on this storyComment This essay was adapted from remarks CIA […]
July 1 (Reuters) – Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns said on Saturday that decoupling from China would be foolish given the deep economic interdependence so the United States should try to diversify its supply chains. “China is the only country with both the intent to reshape the international order and increasingly the economic, diplomatic, […]
Vitalii Nosach/Global Images Ukraine/Getty Images/FILE Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at a press conference in Kyiv on June 16. CNN — CIA Director William Burns recently traveled to Ukraine and met with President Volodymyr Zelensky and Ukrainian intelligence officials, according to a US official. The official told CNN . . .
Tom Williams/Pool/Reuters William Burns, nominee for Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director, testifies during his Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 24, 2021. Tom Williams/Pool via REUTERS CNN — CIA Director Bill Burns secretly traveled to China last month, a US official told CNN Friday, amid efforts by the United States to […]