Where summer heat hits hard: Mideast and North Africa
Men cool off with a mist dispenser set up in a street in central Baghdad amid soaring temperatures. Climate change has impacted the Middle East and North Africa where summer …
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‘Thanks for the ride,’ Chandrayaan-3’s Vikram lander successfully separates from spacecraft
New Delhi: The Vikram lander module of the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft – which will attempt to make a soft landing on the moon later this month – was successfully separated from …
Khanun: Japan, South Korea issue warnings as storm Khanun moves north
TOKYO: Airlines cancelled several hundred flights and authorities issued warnings Wednesday as tropical storm Khanun barrelled off Japan‘s southern coast towards South Korea. The storm, which has been downgraded from …
Former JNCASR president Prof MRS Rao passes away
BENGALURU: Former Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) president Prof MR Satyanarayana Rao, known for his research in biochemistry, passed away following a cardia arrest at his Tatanagar …
Rupert Murdoch’s year of love now includes oligarch’s ex-mother-in-law
It’s been quite a year for 92-year-old media tycoon Rupert Murdoch in the romance department. In April, the Fox News mogul ended his whirlwind engagement with Ann Lesley Smith, a …
Evacuations ordered as Northern California fire roars through forest near site of 2022 deadly blaze
HAMBURG, Calif. (AP) — Rural areas near California’s border with Oregon were under evacuation orders Wednesday after gusty winds from a thunderstorm sent a lightning-sparked wildfire racing through national forest …
Rocket Lab successfully retrieves its reusable rocket after splashdown
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After separation, the booster began its descent toward Earth at over 9,000kmph (5,592mph), reaching a temperature of 2,400 degrees Celsius (4,352 degrees Fahrenheit) along the way. The rocket deployed its …
This Bold Plan to Kick the World’s Coal Habit Might Actually Work | WIRED
Since South Africa’s pioneering deal, Indonesia has signed an agreement worth $20 billion, Vietnam one worth $15.5 billion, and Senegal one worth $2.75 billion. Discussions are taking place for a …
Sam Bankman-Fried lawyer demands he get Adderall for ADHD in jail
Sam Bankman-Fried’s legal team is asking a U.S. district court judge to grant the former FTX CEO “uninterrupted access” to his daily prescribed medication while he is in jail. That …
Virgin Galactic’s first space tourists finally soar
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M. (AP) — Virgin Galactic rocketed to the edge of space with its first tourists Thursday, a former British Olympian who bought his ticket 18 years ago …