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Since the inception of the International Criminal Court more than a decade ago, only Africans have been brought to trial. That fact has led to frequent accusations of bias by the first permanent tribunal set up to prosecute the worst atrocities on earth — war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity. Last week, South Africa […]
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Aboard HMCS Ottawa CNN — A nighttime transit through the Taiwan Strait is a test of nerves, seamanship and political awareness in an environment where a slight miscalculation could potentially lead to an international conflict. It’s the first night in November. It’s dark – ink black before the moonrise – and Royal Canadian Navy Cmdr. […]
Aboard HMCS Ottawa CNN — A nighttime transit through the Taiwan Strait is a test of nerves, seamanship and political awareness in an environment where a slight miscalculation could potentially lead to an international conflict. It’s the first night in November. It’s dark – ink black before the moonrise – and Royal Canadian Navy Cmdr. […]
Rahul Rao reports via Space.com: On Nov. 14, NASA picked up a laser signal fired from an instrument that launched with the Psyche spacecraft, which is currently more than 10 million miles (16 million kilometers) from Earth and heading toward a mysterious metal asteroid. (The spacecraft is at more than 40 times the average distance […]
HANOI, Oct 25 (Reuters) – The United States is ready to help Vietnam in preparing auctions for rare earths mines, the U.S. State Department chief economist Emily Blanchard on Wednesday. “If Vietnam chooses to ask for assistance in developing an auction, we would be happy to provide assistance to do so,” she said in Hanoi […]
After manufacturing crystals of an HIV drug in space, the first orbital factory is stuck in orbit after being denied reentry back to Earth due to safety concerns. Gizmodo reports: The U.S. Air Force denied a request from Varda Space Industries to land its in-space manufacturing capsule at a Utah training area, while the U.S. […]
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNN: Human actions have pushed the world into the danger zone on several key indicators of planetary health, threatening to trigger dramatic changes in conditions on Earth, according to a new analysis from 29 scientists in eight countries. The scientists analyzed nine interlinked “planetary boundaries,” which they define […]
A new study has revealed that black holes could be lurking much closer to Earth than anticipated. A black hole in space is when “gravity pulls so much that even light can not get out,” NASA explains. “The gravity is so strong because matter has been squeezed into a tiny space. This can happen when […]
Vincent Frank Wendt June 28, 1948 – Aug. 16, 2023 CROSS PLAINS – Vincent Frank Wendt, age 75, of Cross Plains, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023, at St. Mary’s Hospital. He was born on June 28, 1948, in Baraboo, Wis., the son of Oscar and Rena (Fink) Wendt. Vince graduated from Wisconsin […]