LOS ANGELES– NASA and SpaceX are targeting Aug. 17 to launch the seventh crew mission to the International Space Station (ISS), the agency said on Wednesday. The mission, codenamed "Crew-7", is the seventh rotational mission to the ISS for NASA's Commercial Crew Program. SpaceX's Crew Dragon...
VATICAN CITY, Holy See– A Vatican prosecutor requested a prison sentence of more than seven years for an Italian cardinal on trial for financial fraud related to a disastrous London property deal. Cardinal Angelo Becciu, 75, a former advisor to Pope Francis who was fired from another top...
TOKYO, Japan -- The population of Japanese nationals totaled 122,423,038 across the country in 2022, down by 801,000, marking the biggest drop and the first time all 47 of the country's prefectures have seen a decline, government data showed Wednesday. Kids in costumes enter the theme park "Warner...
LOS ANGELES, United States -- The water temperature around the tip of Florida in the United States has hit hot tub levels, and may have set new world record for the warmest seawater, according to US media reports. People lounge on Daytona Beach, Florida, the United States, Sept. 7, 2020. (Xinhua) A...
PARIS, France–Elon Musk is rebranding his Twitter platform as "X" and wants to create a super-app where users will do all their finances as well as their socialising. His inspiration is China's WeChat, which dominates the Chinese internet with chat, payments, games and a host of other...
Bogotá, Colombia–Colombia said Wednesday it would ask the United States for the extradition of Salvatore Mancuso, a former leader of a feared paramilitary group whom President Gustavo Petro had earmarked to work in his government. Mancuso, 58, has been serving a sentence in a US prison...
WILMINGTON, United States– US President Joe Biden's son Hunter pleaded not guilty to minor tax offenses Wednesday as a deal with federal prosecutors crumbled in a Delaware court. The surprise move came after Judge Maryellen Noreika raised questions over the original deal -- under which...
An injured demosntrator is assisted as they flee after warning shots were fired while gathering to protest the detention of President Mohamed Bazoum by the Presidential Guard in Niamey on July 26, 2023. Niger's Presidential Guard on July 26, 2023 fired warning shots to disperse demonstrators...
UNITED NATIONS, United States– The United Nations secretary-general spoke Wednesday with Niger's President Mohamed Bazoum and offered his "full support" to the leader who has apparently been detained in a coup attempt, a UN spokesman said. "This afternoon @antonioguterres spoke to...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia-- Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said on Wednesday that he would step down from Aug. 22 after serving the post for more than 38 years in the Southeast Asian nation, and would pass the reins of power to his eldest son Hun Manet. Â Â Â "Hun Manet will become...
HANOI, Vietnam-- Two Vietnamese women have been jailed for illegally trading endangered and rare turtles in large quantities in the central province of Quang Nam, Vietnam News Agency reported on Wednesday. The duo from Quang Nam's Thang Binh district and Phuoc Son district were sentenced to 10...
ACCRA, Ghana -- Ghana's parliament late Tuesday voted to amend the country's criminal offenses act to abolish the death penalty. Â Â Â After a third reading of the proposed bill, House Speaker Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin declared the Criminal Offences Amendment Act 2022 duly passed....
