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The first moon launch in the United States in more than 50 years is slated to take off early Monday morning with space burials in tow. Astrobotic lunar lander Peregrine is set to launch at approximately 2:18 a.m. ET on Monday on top of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur Rocket. This launch is also a […]
Dec. 11, 2023 10:06 pm ET WASHINGTON—House Speaker Mike Johnson (R., La.) said Monday he was sticking to his position that any package delivering aid to Kyiv would have to include strict new border-security measures, underscoring the stalemate gripping Congress on the eve of a visit by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The new House speaker […]
“If you are on the sensitive side, please take your Kleenex out,” the Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Holland warned the audience Tuesday at the Toronto International Film Festival. Holland was trying to prepare us for her latest, “Green Border,” a great howl of a movie about the crisis at the border between Poland and Belarus. There, […]
JERUSALEM, Aug 7 (Reuters) – Israel plans to ease travel for Palestinian Americans from the blockaded Gaza Strip next month as part of preparations for Israelis to be able to enter the United States without visas, an Israeli official said on Monday. As a condition for its accession to the U.S. Visa Waiver Program (VWP), […]
The US Supreme Court removed a stay Monday in Ardoin v. Robinson, unblocking a lower court order requiring Louisiana to redraw its congressional map to include a second majority-Black district. Louisiana had been accused of allegedly “packing” the majority of . . .
WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. military aid package for Ukraine that is expected to be announced this week will total up to $300 million and will include additional munitions for drones, U.S. officials said Tuesday. The drone ammunition comes after new attacks by unmanned aircraft targeted Moscow. There has been no suggestion that U.S.-made drones […]
THE annual event of International Tea Day is observed on May 21 every year to celebrate the cultural and emotional significance of tea and chai. It is a day that reflects the importance and benefits of tea as a regular beverage consumed across the globe. The first-ever International Tea Day was observed in New Delhi […]
HIV-preventing PrEP drugs are becoming increasingly popular in the US. (Lane Turner/The Boston Globe via Getty) PrEP has become extremely popular in the US with gay and bisexual men – but only among those who are white, according to new findings. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) – the oral medication used to prevent HIV infections – has been hailed as […]
Epigenetic changes in immune cells from African American women with systemic sclerosis (SSc) may differ from those in patients in of European ancestry, a study reported. The finding “underscores the importance of research in patients with diverse clinical and sociodemographic characteristics, and of integrating genetic and social factors, to enable a thorough understanding” of epigenetics […]
Days after the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) constituted a high-powered committee headed by Minister of State Nityanand Rai to “ensure the protection of land and employment” for the people of Ladakh, political parties of Ladakh today laid four conditions for having the meeting. Kargil Democratic Alliance and Apex Body of Leh, an amalgam of political […]