Russia achieved a significant milestone in its space exploration endeavors as it successfully launched the Angara A5 rocket from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Far East. This successful lift-off comes after two aborted attempts earlier in the week due to technical glitches. The launch of the Angara A5, a heavy-lift rocket designed to carry payloads…
Truong My Lan, chair of major developer Van Thinh Phat, has been sentenced to death by a court in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, over her role in the country’s largest financial fraud case on record. The 67-year-old real estate tycoon was found guilty of embezzlement, bribery, and violations of banking rules at the end…
Standing outside the White House, Mohamad Habehh placed his right hand on his face and closed his eyes in a sign of spiritual devotion, reciting the Muslim call for prayer. “Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar [God is greatest, God is greatest].” The words announced the end of a day of fasting as dozens of people gathered…
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron will urge the United States Congress to pass an aid package for Ukraine after he met Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president. Cameron is to meet US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Washington, DC, later on Tuesday to also discuss the war in Israel and Gaza. Cameron said he…
The United Nations has begun distributing food in Sudan’s war-ravaged Darfur region for the first time in months amid warnings of impending famine caused by a yearlong war and lack of access to food aid. The UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) said two aid convoys crossed the border from Chad in late March, carrying food and nutrition…
North Korea’s recent announcement of a successful test-firing of a new hypersonic intermediate-range missile, named the Hwasong-16B, has sparked heightened concerns and condemnation from neighboring countries and the international community. The state news agency KCNA reported on Wednesday that the test launch was overseen by the country’s leader, Kim Jong Un, who hailed the missile…
Uganda’s Constitutional Court has upheld the controversial Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023, rejecting a petition seeking to annul the law. The legislation, which imposes penalties of up to life imprisonment for consensual same-sex relations and includes provisions for the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality,” has sparked outrage both domestically and internationally. In a landmark ruling, Justice Richard…
United States President Joe Biden expressed his outrage and heartbreak over the Israeli airstrike that killed seven humanitarian aid workers in Gaza. The victims, affiliated with the relief organization World Central Kitchen (WCK), were targeted while delivering essential aid to civilians in the war-torn region. “This conflict has been one of the worst in recent…
Taiwan’s eastern coast was rocked by a powerful earthquake, registering 7.4 magnitude on the Richter scale, inflicting widespread devastation and claiming lives. The temblor, the strongest to hit the island in a quarter-century, struck near Hualien, causing buildings to collapse, triggering landslides, and sparking chaos across the region. The earthquake’s impact was swift and severe,…
Senegal’s new president has delegated troublemaker legislator and key sponsor Ousmane Sonko as head of the state in his most memorable go about as the West African country’s chief. Bassirou Diomaye Faye made the declaration soon after he was sworn into office on Tuesday, swearing foundational change following quite a while of destructive unrest under…
