On the Screen: The extraordinary story of a quest for a king
DAVID ADAMS watches ‘The Lost King’…
NASA formally retires Mars InSight lander after four-year mission
Los Angeles, USReuters NASA has formally retired its Mars InSight lander, the first robotic probe specially designed to study the deep interior of a distant world, four years after it arrived on the surface of the red planet, the US space agency announced on Wednesday. Mission controllers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory near Los Angeles […]
Gambia foils alleged coup attempt, arrests four soldiers
Banjul, GambiaReuters Gambian authorities have foiled a military coup attempt and arrested four soldiers plotting to overthrow President Adama Barrow’s administration, the government said on Wednesday. The Gambian Armed Forces High Command arrested four soldiers linked to the alleged coup after a military operation on Tuesday, it said in a statement. President of The Gambia […]
UN council demands end to Myanmar violence in first resolution in decades
United NationsReuters The UN Security Council adopted its first resolution on Myanmar in 74 years on Wednesday to demand an end to violence and urge the military junta to release all political prisoners, including ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Myanmar has been in crisis since the army took power from Suu Kyi’s elected government […]
From monthly to missing: In the US, Sunday school looks different since pandemic’s start
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, reports on the challenges facing Sunday schools after the coronavirus pandemic shuttered churches…
In Italy, parliamentary inquest eyed for missing ‘Vatican Girl’
Rome, ItalyAP Opposition lawmakers in Italy are seeking a parliamentary commission of inquiry into three cold cases that have consumed the Italian public’s imagination for decades, including the 1983 disappearance of a 15-year-old that was highlighted in the Netflix documentary, Vatican Girl. The aim of the inquest, said Senator Carlo Calenda, would be to pressure […]
Essay: Nuclear fusion may still be decades away, but the latest breakthrough could speed up its development
JUSTIN WARK and GIANLUCA GREGORI, professors of physics at the University of Oxford, assess – in an article published on The Conversation, the latest breakthrough in the development of nuclear fusion as an unlimited and clean energy source…
Alongside Zelenskiy, Biden urges solidarity on Ukraine to continue in 2023
Washington DC, US/Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters President Joe Biden stood with Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the White House on Wednesday during the Ukrainian leader’s first wartime visit to urge Americans and the world to keep backing Kyiv in 2023, when congressional approval for aid will be harder. The United States has sent about $US50 billion in assistance […]