Astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore of NASA returned to Earth early this morning aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon Spacecraft. Their SpaceX capsule parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico. A splashdown occurred off the coast of Tallahassee in the Florida Panhandle, ending the nine-month ordeal of the two astronauts.
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Lebanon’s Defence Minister Michel Menassa and his Syrian counterpart Murhaf Abu Qasra agreed on a ceasefire, the Lebanese and Syrian defence ministries said in statements on Monday, as cross-border clashes in the last two days left 10 dead.
Three soldiers in Syria’s new army and seven Lebanese were killed in...
Russia has rejected the possible deployment of NATO peacekeepers in Ukraine, suggesting unarmed observers or a civilian monitoring group sent there to oversee a potential peace deal.
Discussions on peacekeeping efforts in Ukraine remain premature and should only take place after a formal peace agreement has been reached, said Russian...
Russian aircraft Superjet made its first flight with Russian engine PD-8 in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, thus beginning flight tests of the engine as part of the aircraft, state corporation Rostec said.
“The prototype of the Superjet aircraft made its first flight with domestic PD-8 engines. It took place in Komsomolsk-on-Amur and marked...
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday (local time) informed Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov about Washington’s decision to use military power against Yemen Houthis rebels. In response, Lavrov emphasised the need for all parties to “immediately” cease the use of force, according to Russia’s Ministry of Foreign...
Russia confirmed the plans for President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump to speak on Tuesday. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that such a conversation is being prepared, however, he refused to go into details of what the two leaders would talk about. Mr. Trump announced the conversation...
A trade war initiated by US President Donald Trump would harm the global economy, including that of the country imposing the measures, European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde warned
“If we were to go to a real trade war, where trade would be dampened significantly, that would have severe...
India and New Zealand on Sunday announced resumption of negotiations for a proposed free trade agreement, after it was stalled in 2015.
India and New Zealand began negotiating the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) in April 2010 to boost trade in goods, services, and investment. However, after nine rounds of...
NASA has revealed that global sea levels have risen faster than anticipated in 2024. The US space agency reported that the rate of sea level rise last year reached 0.59 centimeters per year, surpassing the expected 0.43 centimeters. This acceleration is primarily due to the warming of ocean water,...
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev met with Chairman of the Russian State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin on Friday, with a willingness to expand cooperation between their parliaments.
Mirziyoyev and Volodin addressed the current issues affecting the comprehensive strategic partnership between Uzbekistan and Russia during their meeting, according to a statement from the...
