The launch was scheduled between 2:02 am and 7:02 am (Dutch time), because the rocket was not on its way to the International Space Station,... Read More
Harold Manning
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The fall of Kabul last month led to a chaotic evacuation of Western civilians, but apparently could have been avoided. Khalilzad said it was agreed... Read More
35 years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, Ukrainian and German specialists are again mapping the radioactivity in the “forbidden zone”. A full measurement like this... Read More
“Never before have so many dolphins and pilot whales been killed in the Faroe Islands massacre”
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The Danish Faroe Islands may never have seen so many dolphins and pilot whales killed in the annual massacre. More than 1,400 marine mammals were... Read More
The Chinese Ambassador to the UK has been told he is not welcome in the UK House of Commons until China ends sanctions against some... Read More
The senior US military officer has twice called his Chinese counterpart to ensure that the US military does not attack China, even if President Trump... Read More
These are extreme temperatures, which also occurred before 2010, but much less. Between 1980 and 2009, there were an average of 14 such days per... Read More
The Maori party has launched a petition to officially change New Zealand’s name to Aotearoa, which means “land of the long white cloud”. The party... Read More
More evacuations on the Costa del Sol on the fifth day of the Spanish forest fires | Abroad
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Earlier in the week, some 1,000 people in the area were displaced from their homes by suffocating clouds of smoke created by the forest fires.... Read More
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet accused the Taliban of murdering former Afghan government employees and their families. Her office received credible... Read More