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The country of Peru has announced a state of health crisis due to an increasing outbreak of dengue fever.

The government of Peru has announced a state of health emergency in response to the surging occurrences of dengue fever in the nation of South America. The Health Minister, Cesar Vasquez, announced on Monday that there have been over 31,000…

At the Nairobi meeting, member states of the United Nations addressed the urgent issue of the global environmental crisis.

Juma Majanga reports from the U.N. Environment headquarters in Nairobi on the ongoing meeting of UNEA-6, also known as the U.N. Environment Assembly. The focus of the assembly is devising solutions to address the threefold challenges of climate change, biodiversity…

The United States’ private lunar landing vehicle will cease functioning on Tuesday.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. —  A privately-owned spacecraft, designed to land on the moon, is anticipated to cease operations on Tuesday due to an unsuccessful landing near the southern pole of the moon. Intuitive Machines, the Houston company that built and…

The government of South Korea has issued a Thursday deadline for striking doctors to return to work.

SEOUL, South Korea —  The government of South Korea has granted a four-day deadline for young doctors on strike to resume their duties. It was announced on Monday that they will not be penalized if they comply with the deadline,…

Japan’s “Hadaka Matsuri” Festival Falls Victim to Changing Demographics

Ōshū, Japan —  Steam rose as hundreds of naked men tussled over a bag of wooden talismans, performing a dramatic end to a thousand-year-old ritual in Japan that took place for the last time. Their fervent shouts of “Jasso, joyasa”…

A research reveals that older individuals find pleasure in using virtual reality technology.

POMPANO BEACH, Florida —  Retired Army Colonel Farrell Patrick taught computer science at West Point during the 1970s and then at two private universities through the 1990s, so he isn’t surprised by the progress technology has made over the decades….

The demise of a stranded whale in Japan sparks concerns about the cause and expenses of its disposal.

TOKYO —  A whale, as long as a train car, died after accidentally entering a Japanese bay and will be buried until its bones can be collected for a nearby museum to use as a skeletal specimen in the future….

The private US lunar lander has successfully landed despite a rough landing and is functioning properly.

According to a statement on the social media platform X, Odysseus, the initial American spacecraft to successfully land on the moon in over five decades, and the first from the private sector, is said to be “alive and in good…

An Army physician and Black Hawk helicopter pilot holds the distinction of completing the longest space mission by a US astronaut.

pentagon —  Colonel Frank Rubio, a member of the U.S. Army and known for completing the longest space mission by an American, described his “amazing” encounter with Earth’s atmosphere at a ceremony held at the Pentagon on Thursday to celebrate…

The President stated that the recent IVF ruling in Alabama is a direct consequence of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision.

On Thursday, President Joe Biden issued a response to the decision made by the Alabama Supreme Court stating that frozen embryos are considered legally as children. Biden stated that the recent outcome can be attributed to the reversal of Roe…