ISS astronauts splash down on SpaceX craft
It was the first US splashdown in darkness since Apollo 8’s crew returned from the moon in 1968. A SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying four astronauts back to Earth splashed…
President Joe Biden’s speech to Congress : Government is good, and so are jobs
President Joe Biden returned to the U.S. Capitol, his home for more than three decades. In a historic first, President Biden was flanked by two women — House Speaker Nancy…
SpaceX rocketship launches 4 astronauts on NASA mission to space station
The joint operation between NASA and Elon Musk’s company SpaceX successfully launched a team of astronauts into space to send to the International Space Station. The four-member crew is the…
Biden’s virtual climate summit: Diplomacy sans human touch
There will be no hands to shake or backs to slap, no way to look a foreign leader in the eye. The small human moments that define statecraft will be…
‘Huge’ explosion rocks St. Vincent as volcano keeps erupting
La Soufriere volcano fired an enormous amount of ash and hot gas early Monday in the biggest explosive eruption yet since volcanic activity began on the eastern Caribbean island of…
St. Vincent: Thick ash covers Caribbean island after volcanic eruption
The eruption of La Soufriere, after decades of inactivity, threw massive dark clouds of ash into the air. Thousands of people had to be evacuated. A thick layer of ash…
Conflict and COVID driving record hunger in DR Congo, warns UN
A record 27.3 million people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are facing acute hunger, one-third of the violence-wracked Central African country’s population, largely because of conflict and the…
European countries dash to restrain latest coronavirus surge
No end in sight Europe is struggling to contain the coronavirus and cases have been surging even as vaccination efforts have been ramped up. Poland’s hospitals have been crushed by…
Pope says arms spending amid COVID ‘scandalous’ in Easter message
Pope Francis has urged countries in his Easter message to quicken distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, particularly to the world’s poor, and called armed conflict and military spending during a pandemic…
Easter 2021 : History, significance and celebration
Easter is the day of celebrations. Christians all around the world rejoice this day as it was on Easter that the son of God resurrected after his crucifixion. It is on Easter that…
