an ariane 5 rocket launches from french guiana in july 2021, rising into a darkening sky atop a widening pillar of flame The Ariane rocket family has a storied history that dates back to the 1970s. Commissioned by the European and French space agencies (ESA and CNES, respectively), the family’s […]
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“Senegal is more than me, and is full of capable leaders,” Macky Sall has said Senegal’s President Macky Sall has ruled out seeking re-election in 2024, ending widespread speculation that he would run for a third term. “The 2019 term was my second and last term,” he said in a […]
The Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has backed the Australian cricket team after criticism of Jonny Bairstow’s dismissal at Lord’s on Sunday, declaring both the men’s and women’s teams are “always winning”. The comments on Tuesday come after the UK prime minister, Rishi Sunak, weighed into the controversy, declaring the […]
13. Lovell was Neil Armstrong‘s backup for Apollo 11, and then he was put on the schedule for Apollo 14, but he and his crew were bumped up in line. “I went home and I told my wife, ‘We’re gonna go on 13, not 14,’ and she said, ’13?'” Lovell recalled in an […]
Our warmest June on record has caused unprecedented deaths of fish, environmentalists said. It also meant Britain’s insect populations were starved of food supplies as many flowering plants wilted in the scorching heat. The warning came as the Met Office confirmed last month’s average temperature of 15.8C was the highest […]
During an Anime Expo interview, I spoke with creators Yoko Taro (NieR Automata), Atsushi Ohkubo (Fire Force), Hiroyuki Seshita (Ajin), and the mononymous Jin (Kagerou Project) about how they came together to make the upcoming anime sci-fi death-game anime, KamiErabi GOD.App. One Piece Game’s New Trailer Is Gonna Have Me […]
ByANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press This cover image released by Simon & Schuster sows “President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier” by C.W. Goodyear. (Simon & Schuster via AP) The Associated Press Writing a book about James Garfield is no easy task. The 20th president who served the second shortest amount of […]
CNN — Seven people were injured on a Hawaiian Airlines flight to Sydney, Australia, on Friday when the plane was buffeted by severe turbulence, the airline confirmed. The turbulence struck about five hours after the plane departed from Honolulu Friday afternoon, a Hawaiian Airlines spokesperson told CNN. When the nearly […]