Jan. 1 (UPI) — India’s space agency successfully launched a rocket Monday from Sriharikota spaceport to help scientists improve their “knowledge of black holes.” “2024 lifted off majestically,” the Indian Space Research Organization wrote Monday in a post on X, formerly Twitter. “XPoSat health is normal. Power generation has commenced.” The launch is only the […]
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy believes that in 2024, Crimea and the related battle in the Black Sea will become the war’s centre of gravity. Source: Zelenskyy in an interview with The Economist Details: Zelenskyy says little about what Ukraine might achieve in 2024, noting that leaks before last summer’s counteroffensive helped Russia prepare its defences. But […]
For a long time, Bio-Oil was the affordable beauty secret those in-the-know would use to diminish the look of scars and stretch marks or give skin an extra dose of hydration. It’s a fave among celebs — reality royalty like the Kardashians (especially Kim) and actual royalty like Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle credit this […]
The tradition of Watch Night services in the United States dates back to Dec. 31, 1862, when many Black Americans gathered in churches and other venues, waiting for President Abraham Lincoln to sign the Emancipation Proclamation into law, and thus free those still enslaved in the Confederacy. It’s still being observed each New Year’s Eve, […]
Former San Jose police officer Mark McNamara, who resigned in early November as racist text messages emerged, had his private stockpile of weapons confiscated at the time due to a restraining order for allegedly threatening to shoot a Black lawyer, according to new reporting by the Mercury News. McNamara, who joined the force in 2017, […]
Exports through the Ukrainian temporary corridor totalled around 13 million tonnes as of the end of December, compared to 7 million tonnes at the beginning of this month. Source: Oleksandr Kubrakov, Deputy Prime Minister for Restoration of Ukraine, on Twitter Details: The official said 13 million tonnes of cargo have been exported through Ukrainian ports […]
Several organizations and civil rights activists in North Carolina have taken legal action against members of the North Carolina General Assembly and State Board of Elections over allegations of racial gerrymandering, a nationwide issue where several states have been ordered to redraw congressional and legislative maps. The lawsuit was filed recently in the United States […]
Retired U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson has died, her family said Sunday on social media. She was 88. A towering Dallas political figure — once a nurse, state legislator and congresswoman — Johnson was the dean of the Texas Congressional delegation before retiring from office in 2022. She proved effective at her work due to […]
Two crew members aboard a civilian ship flying the Panamanian flag were injured after their ship struck a mine in the Black Sea, Ukraine’s Southern Defense Forces reported on Dec. 28. The bulk carrier was heading to one of the Danube ports for a grain load. The blast caused the ship to lose propulsion and […]
(Reuters) – A Panama-flagged bulk carrier that was headed to a River Danube port to load grain has hit a mine in the Black Sea, the Ukrainian military said on Thursday. It was the latest incident of a civilian vessel hitting an explosive in the Black Sea in what Kyiv says is stepped-up Russian attacks […]
A civilian vessel flying the Panamanian flag has struck a Russian mine in the Black Sea. Source: State Border Guard Service of Ukraine Details: A bulk carrier reportedly en route to one of the Danube ports to load grain struck a Russian mine. The vessel lost its momentum and control, with a fire erupting on […]
Coming up in the Black and largely Protestant City of Detroit, it felt like a revolutionary act to abandon the church and organized religion as I did as a teenager in the mid-1990s. But I had little recourse: As soon as I developed some adult-adjacent sense, I looked around and realized that the milk was […]