Essay: Space tourism – 20 years in the making – is finally ready for launch
In an article first published on The Conversation, WENDY WHITMAN COBB, professor of strategy and security studies at the US Air Force School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, looks at the gathering impetus for space tourism…
Global COVID-19 death toll more than double official estimates – IHME
Reuters The COVID-19 pandemic has caused nearly 6.9 million deaths across the world, more than double the number officially recorded, a new analysis from the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation estimated. Deaths go unreported as most countries only record those that occur in hospitals or of patients with a confirmed infection, […]
Postcards: Dwindling Armenians show Easter faith in Romania
ANDREEA ALEXANDRU and VADIM GHIRDA, of Associated Press, report from Bucharest…
Vatican denounces UK laws regulating immigration, calls for “a wider we”
Vatican CityRNS The Vatican presented its plans for the 107 World Day of Migrants and Refugees during a news conference Thursday. The event will take place on 26th September with the theme “Toward an Even Wider We.” The Migrants and Refugee section at the Vatican will spearhead this year’s campaign. Speakers at the news conference […]