Watch: Astronaut stuck in space station ventures outside NASA astronaut Suni Williams, one of two astronauts stuck on the International Space Station, ventured outside for a spacewalk on Thursday for the first time since arriving on board seven months ago. Ms Williams and fellow astronaut Butch Wilmore were due to return to Earth after a…
Of all the government agencies that President-elect Donald J. Trump has threatened to shrink or eliminate, perhaps none has been a greater target than the Environmental Protection Agency. During the first Trump administration, the nation’s top regulator of air and water pollution and industrial chemicals saw its budget slashed, leading to an exodus of employees…
PA Media Ian Paisley, a long-time friend of the President-elect Donald Trump, will travel to Washington for the official swearing in Former Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) MP Ian Paisley is set to attend the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump next week. He is on the official guest list for the formal swearing-in ceremony in Washington…
Watch: Couple’s fire-resistant LA home survives amid destruction Firefighters battling two fires that have wreaked destruction across Los Angeles for nine days could get some respite on Thursday from the weather. The hurricane-strength winds that initially fanned the flames and hampered rescue efforts have weakened into much lighter gusts. Progress has been made in containing…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that a “last-minute crisis” with Hamas was holding up Israeli approval of a long-awaited ceasefire that would pause the fighting in the Gaza Strip and release dozens of hostages. Israeli airstrikes, meanwhile, killed at least 72 people in the conflict-ravaged territory. Netanyahu signaled there were issues with the deal…
Guy Gilboa-Dalal, 23, attended the festival with his brother. In June, an unnamed released hostage was reported as saying they had been held in a room with Guy after their capture. Eitan Mor, 24, was working as a security guard at the festival. In June, his father told Israeli radio that “the last sign of…
Cuba has started to release the first of hundreds of prisoners it agreed to free following a deal with the United States. Under the agreement brokered by the Catholic Church, President Joe Biden removed Cuba from the US list of state sponsors of terrorism just days before his term ends. In return, the Cuban government…
Prosthetic hands have long struggled to replicate the dexterity and functionality of natural hands, often limiting users to a single grasp function at a time. This limitation has made everyday tasks, such as typing on a keyboard or braiding hair, challenging for those who rely on prosthetics. However, a groundbreaking study from Florida Atlantic University…
Marginal gains, the science of extracting significant athletic advantage from numerous small changes, has long been a mantra in top-class sport. Numerous British competitors, from the velodrome to the track, have the medals to prove it. When it comes to economics, and more specifically to running an economy, this week has provided a lesson that…
Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee are urging Attorney General Merrick Garland to consider dropping the federal charges against Donald Trump’s former co-defendants in the classified documents case, Walt Nauta and Carlos de Oliveira, to ensure that the Justice Department can release the rest of special counsel Jack Smith‘s final report about Trump’s alleged crimes. …
