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Vladimir Putin congratulates 'courageous' Donald Trump on election victory - as new US President-elect says: 'I think we'll speak'
Vladimir Putin has congratulated 'courageous' Donald Trump on his election victory,  as the US President-elect says: 'I think we'll speak.'  Read More.
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Biden announces $3B to reduce carbon emissions at US ports, ‘the linchpin to America’s supply chain’
The Biden administration is awarding nearly $3 billion to boost climate-friendly equipment and infrastructure at ports across the country, including Baltimore, where a bridge collapse killed six construction workers in March and disrupted East Coast shipping routes for months. Read More.
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Netflix sued for ‘outing’ fertility doctor’s secret children without consent in ‘Our Father’ documentary
The documentary details the life of Indiana fertility doctor Donald Cline, who secretly fathered 94 children. Read More.
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Biden Admin Urges Israel to Improve Gaza’s Humanitarian Situation
The Biden administration has previously warned U.S. policy toward Israel may be impacted by humanitarian conditions in the Gaza Strip. Read More.
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Polaris Dawn: SpaceX Launches Billionaire Into Space for First-Ever Private Spacewalk
Dragon spacecraft was delayed several times due to unfavorable weather, but conditions cleared enough for takeoff on Tuesday. Read More.
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US National Security Adviser Holds Rare Meeting With Senior Military Official in China
The last time a U.S. national security adviser met their counterpart in China was in 2016, when Susan Rice held the role in the Obama administration. Read More.
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Crewed SpaceX Mission Delayed After Leak in Ground Equipment
The launch of SpaceX’s four-person Polaris Dawn mission will be delayed by at least a day because of a helium leak in ground equipment at Kennedy Space Center, the company said on Tuesday, hours before the scheduled liftoff of its Crew Dragon capsule. The highlight of the five-day mission is expected to come two days […] Read More.
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US Slaps Sanctions on Network It Accuses of Moving Billions for Iran’s Military
WASHINGTON—The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on nearly 50 entities and people it accused of moving billions of dollars for Iran’s military. The U.S. Treasury Department in a statement said those targeted on Tuesday constitute a “shadow banking network” used by Iran’s Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL) and Islamic Revolutionary Guard […] Read More.
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China’s Satellite Fleet Poses Threats to US Troops in Potential Pacific Conflict: Space Force Intel Chief
With China’s boosted military intelligence gathering ability in space, the U.S. military no longer holds a monopoly. Read More.
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NASA Wants to Come Up With New Clock for Moon, Where Seconds Tick Away Faster
WASHINGTON—NASA wants to come up with an out-of-this-world way to keep track of time, putting the moon on its own souped-up clock. It’s not quite a time zone like those on Earth, but an entire frame of time reference for the moon. Time there moves a tad quicker—58.7 microseconds every day—compared to Earth. So the […] Read More.
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Elon Musk’s Neuralink Moves Legal Home to Nevada After Delaware Judge Invalidates His Tesla Pay Deal
Elon Musk’s brain implant company Neuralink has moved its legal corporate home from Delaware to Nevada after a Delaware judge struck down Mr. Musk’s $55.8 billion pay package as CEO of Tesla. Neuralink, which has its physical headquarters in Fremont, California, became a Nevada company on Thursday, according to state records. Delaware records also list […] Read More.
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Lawsuit Alleges Social Media Giant Meta Put Growth Ahead of Young Users Safety
Newly released sections of a lawsuit against Meta allege the company did not prioritize the safety of its younger users, an allegation the company denies. Read More.
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Cancer Leading Cause of Disease Burden in 2023, Study Finds
‘When considering individual diseases, coronary heart disease was the leading cause of burden for every reference year in the study,’ the authors noted. Read More.
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