NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has traveled to within just 3.86 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) of the sun’s surface — a new record — on Christmas Eve. You can follow Parker’s landmark moment on NASA’s Eyes On The Solar System page. In one of humankind’s most impressive feats of space exploration, Tuesday, Dec. 24 saw…
Brazilian authorities have halted the construction of a factory for Chinese electric vehicle (EV) giant BYD, saying workers lived in conditions comparable to “slavery”. More than 160 workers have been rescued in Brazil’s northeastern state of Bahia, according to a statement from the Public Labour Prosecutor’s Office (MPT). They were allegedly put in a “degrading”…
Cadbury has not been awarded a royal warrant for the first time in 170 years, barring the company from using the Royal Arms on its products for the foreseeable future. The famous chocolate brand — highly regarded for being the late Queen Elizabeth II’s favorite — was one of 100 companies removed from the list…
Core of the Liberals have abandoned Canada’s prime minister after last week’s resignation of his deputy Dozens of MPs in Justin Trudeau’s Liberal party have now agreed that Canada’s embattled prime minister must abandon his post after last week’s catastrophic resignation of his deputy – a sign he has completely lost support from what were…
A chorus of supporters and critics have emerged following the commutation of nearly every federal death row inmate by President Biden, whose decision came at a time when he’s trying to frame a so-far troubled legacy. The president on Monday commuted the sentences of 37 federal death row inmates, reclassifying their sentences from execution to…
At least two people have been killed, according to the head of the state government. Police have taken a Saudi national into custody. A car was driven into a crowd of people at a Christmas market in the central German city of Magdeburg on Friday night. Two people have been killed, according to Saxony-Anhalt’s state premier, Reiner Haseloff,…
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The Biden administration said Friday it has decided not to pursue a $10 million reward it had offered for the capture of a Syrian rebel leader whose forces led the ouster of President Bashar Assad earlier this month. The announcement followed a meeting in Damascus between the leader of Hayat Tahrir…
MOSCOW, Dec 19 (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that he was ready to compromise over Ukraine in possible talks with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on ending the war and had no conditions for starting talks with the Ukrainian authorities. Trump, a self-styled master of brokering agreements and author of the 1987…
Greetings from Tyler, The jangle of X-mas is almost over. We can’t wait. Other than the Rose Parade in Pasadena, the beautiful weather, the Rose Bowl game. The whole thing seemed wholesome. All the people we listen to and read are off, and we’ll have to survive without them. But I’m sure we’ll continue to be…
A Chinese spy who ran a “secret police station” in Manhattan to help Beijing target government dissidents faces up to five years in prison after pleading guilty Wednesday to acting as an illegal foreign agent, federal prosecutors said. Chen Jinping, 60, admitted in Brooklyn federal court to “conspiring” to act on behalf of the People’s…