LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – Las Vegas is one of many cities nationwide gearing up for the busiest holiday travel season on record, as millions fly and drive to their destinations. “It was really hectic,” Hailey Gravitt said of her trip from Oregon to Las Vegas. Hectic and packed are two words many used to describe […]
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. reopened two rail crossings between Texas and Mexico on Friday, five days after the key trade routes were closed in order to redeploy border personnel in response to increased migrant crossings, the Biden administration said. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said operations were resuming at 2 p.m. […]
Serbia’s main opposition group on Thursday urged the European Union to help open an international investigation into reported irregularities during last weekend’s election in the troubled Balkan nation seeking EU membership. The Serbia Against Violence group said in a letter to EU institutions, officials and member states that they will not recognise the outcome of […]
NASA’s crewed return to the moon is an international affair, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris reiterated today (Dec. 20). During the third meeting of the National Space Council (NSC), which she chairs, Harris pledged that NASA’s Artemis program will send a non-American to the lunar surface in the relatively near future. “We intend to land […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An international astronaut will join U.S. astronauts on the moon by decade’s end under an agreement announced Wednesday by NASA and the White House. The news came as Vice President Kamala Harris convened a meeting in Washington of the National Space Council, the third such gathering under the Biden administration. […]
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Vice President Kamala Harris announced Wednesday that an international astronaut will be landing on the surface of the moon as part of NASA’s Artemis program. While the United States had previously committed to flying international […]
Ukraine has a “specific action plan” for the beginning of 2024 to build international support in the war against Russia, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated in his evening address on Dec. 18. Zelenskyy reported that he had held several meetings regarding international and internal matters this winter. “From the early days of January, we will start […]
The International Space Station has been orbiting Earth since 1998, serving as a research platform for NASA astronauts and its international partners: the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Expedition 67, the 67th and current long-duration mission to the International Space Station, began in March […]
PENSACOLA, Fla. (WKRG) — The Pensacola International Airport has expanded public parking this weekend. Bill proposed to crack down on Florida panhandling The airport converted the employee parking lot north of the terminal building to public parking on Saturday. The result is the addition of 187 spaces for customer parking. The addition accommodates the heightened […]
Lu’s husband, Liu Sifang, a musician and former teacher, was among a number of Chinese activists and rights lawyers who were either arrested, forced into hiding or self-exiled after attending an informal get-together in 2019 to discuss human rights. Rights groups say the punishment of Liu’s family highlights Beijing’s increasingly harsh crackdown on dissent both […]
Two major conflicts dominated NPR’s international coverage over the past year: Hamas’ attack on Israel and Israel’s fierce response against the Palestinian militant organization; and the war in Ukraine, which is nearing its second anniversary with no clear outcome in sight. But in addition to those big news events, we had some surprises among the […]
Last night Christine Sinclair, the all-time leading goalscorer in international football, played her final minutes on the global stage. With more than 330 appearances for Canada, the 40-year-old stands second in the list of most-capped female players behind the US’s Kristine Lilly. She has featured in six different World Cups, won two bronze Olympic medals […]