NASA unveils catalog of 126 exoplanets
A new NASA paper on exoplanets catalogs 126 confirmed and candidate exoplanets beyond our solar system, including some that could possibly support life. The catalog, published May 23 by NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) with the W. M. Keck…
UN chief warns target to limit global warming is slipping away
NEW YORK — The U.N. secretary-general said Wednesday that the world is “at a moment of truth” to reach targets in the 2015 Paris climate accord to limit global warming, as the planet has just experienced the 12 hottest consecutive…
One year after Kakhovka Dam destruction
The Kakhovka Dam in southern Ukraine collapsed on June 6, 2023, flooding hundreds of square kilometers and damaging homes, infrastructure and the environment. Ukraine blames Russian forces, which occupied the dam. Russia denies the accusation. A year later, the impact…
No more chicken Big Macs – EU court rules against McDonald’s in trademark case
Brussels — McDonald’s MCD.N does not have the right to use the term “Big Mac” for poultry products in Europe after not using it for them for five consecutive years, the region’s second top court said on Wednesday, a partial…
UN investigative team hands over key ISIL crime data to Iraq
Thus far, some 28 terabytes (TB) of data have been transferred, representing a majority of the 40TB held by the UN Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/ISIL (UNITAD). Briefing ambassadors at the Security Council, UNITAD acting…
Keep global spotlight on Haiti as millions go hungry, WFP official says
“We now have five million people in Haiti that are acutely food insecure, of which 1.6 million are classified as facing emergency food insecurity conditions,” said WFP Country Director Jean-Martin Bauer, speaking via videolink to journalists at UN Headquarters in…
Orlando Bloom describes ‘devastating impact’ of DR Congo violence on women and children
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom visited the region for the first time this week to see the dire conditions there for himself. “The staggering scale of the conflict in eastern DRC, the horrific level of violence, and its devastating impact…
NASA launches first crewed flight of Boeing Starliner spacecraft to ISS
The new Boeing Starliner has lifted off with NASA astronauts headed to the International Space Station, or ISS. After two previous attempts, the Starliner was launched at 10:52 a.m. local time Wednesday from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral,…
Putin warns Germany on arms supplies to Ukraine
Germany has received a warning from Russian President Vladimir Putin after joining the United States last week and authorizing Ukraine to hit targets on Russian soil along Ukraine’s Kharkiv region border using long-range weapons supplied by Germany. German tanks arriving…
Treasury: the West should stop China from supplying Russia’s war machine
The Ukrainian government continues to find Western-made components in Russian missiles and drones retrieved from the battlefield in Ukraine. Many of the components came through China, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. “Russian intelligence…