The 23-ton Long March 5B rocket which carried the Wentian laboratory module, took off from Hainan Island at 2:22 p.m. local time Sunday, July 24, and the module successfully docked with China’s orbital outpost. Its job completed, the rocket has gone into an uncontrolled descent toward Earth’s atmosphere and it’s …
Read More »LIV Golf: Donald Trump to play round with Bryson DeChambeau and Dustin Johnson ahead of event
The third event of the controversial Saudi-backed tour is being played at Bedminster, New Jersey, which is a Trump-owned course. A source with LIV Golf told Reuters that Trump and his son Eric will tee up with 2020 US Open winner DeChambeau and two-time major winner Johnson during the Pro-Am …
Read More »Cody Simpson swaps his music career for swimming and is set to compete at the Commonwealth Games
With a big crowd watching on and fans chanting his name, it transported him back to the thick of his music when he was regularly performing in front of thousands of people and making live TV appearances. “I’ve had the experience of having to get up and do things in …
Read More »Live updates: Russia’s war in Ukraine
Firefighters tackle a blaze after the Russian shelling of a house in Bakhmut, Ukraine, on 27 July. (Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) Russian forces have made further incremental progress in the eastern Donetsk region, where they have been bombarding areas south of the town of Bakhmut for several weeks, according …
Read More »Taiwan holds massive Han Kuang military drills as tensions with China build
In response, Taiwan’s military scrambles Indigenous Defense Fighter (IDF) jets and tanks, while ground troops detonate explosives to stop the advancement. The scenes are part of the week-long Han Kuang exercises held across Taiwan and its outlying islands until Friday. The annual event has been running since 1984 and involves …
Read More »War for the south: Ukraine sets its sights on regaining cities and towns lost to Russian troops
Outside, the garden shed is stacked with Javelins and other shoulder-launched anti-tank weapons. The owners of the house, who fled to Poland after the war broke out in late February, are happy in the knowledge that their village is now back in Ukrainian hands. Senior Lieutenant Andrii Pidlisnyi was one …
Read More »US and China on a knife’s edge over Taiwan ahead of Xi-Biden phone call
The latest American showdown with China was sparked by leaked plans for a possible visit by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan — and is particularly dangerous because it is driven by domestic politics on both sides of the Pacific. The spat is worsening already poor relations between the United …
Read More »Uvalde shooting: Robb Elementary School principal Mandy Gutierrez defends actions
In an exclusive interview with CNN, Gutierrez was asked whether she agreed with a legislative report that cited a “culture of non-compliance with safety policies” at the school. “Absolutely not,” Gutierrez said in response. “Anytime that an alert went out, every single teacher on that campus took it to mean …
Read More »Opinion: 4,000 beagles just got a gift from the Justice Department
A seven-month undercover investigation by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) last year found that the dogs had been “warehoused” in “prison-like” conditions. USDA inspectors found numerous violations including “live insects, worms, maggots, beetles, flies, ants, mold, and feces,” in the dogs’ food and said that 300 puppies …
Read More »Facebook parent posts first revenue decline as a public company
Meta (FB), Facebook’s parent company, reported revenue of $28.8 billion for the three months ending in June, a 1% drop from the prior-year quarter and its first year-over-year revenue decline since going public in 2012. The company’s profit fell far more sharply. Net income during the quarter declined 36% year-over-year …
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