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Artemis Launch Will Lead to ‘Footprints on the Moon Dust,’ Then Mars Journey: Astronaut
NASA will take a giant leap towards putting “footprints on the moon dust” for the first time since 1972 with launch of the Artemis 1 mission on Monday (August 28), astronaut Stanley Love told Reuters....
Families of US troops killed in Kabul blast mark first anniversary with military ceremony
The families of U.S. troops killed in a Kabul explosion during last year's operation to evacuate Americans and at-risk Afghans marked the first anniversary of their deaths with a military ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery....
Fed’s Powell: ‘Pain’ of tight policy, slow growth needed ‘for some time’ to beat inflation
The U.S. economy will need tight monetary policy "for some time" before inflation is under control, a fact that means slower growth, a weaker job market and "some pain" for households and businesses, Federal Reserve...
California Board Votes to Phase Out Gasoline-only Cars in State by 2035
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) voted Thursday (August 25) to adopt sweeping regulations to require all new cars sold in the most populous U.S. state to be electric or plug-in hybrid by 2035, a...
‘Turn in your badge’: Uvalde School Board Fires Police Chief Criticized for Shooting Response
The Uvalde, Texas, school board on Wednesday (August 24) fired the school district's embattled police chief for his much-criticized handling of the shooting rampage that killed 19 children and two teachers in the city three...
Islamic State Terrorist Who Beheaded Americans Gets Life in Prison
A member of an Islamic State cell involved in a hostage-taking plot that led to the beheadings of American journalists and aid workers was sentenced to life in prison by a U.S. federal court on...
NASA’s Giant US Moon Rocket Debuts on Launchpad
NASA's gigantic Space Launch System moon rocket, topped with an uncrewed astronaut capsule, made its launchpad debut on Tuesday (Aug. 16) ahead of the behemoth's debut test flight this month. The 322-foot-tall (98-meter) rocket is...
Beijing Releases White Paper on ‘Taiwan Question’
Mainland China withdrew promises to not send troops to Taiwan if it took control of the island, according to a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) white paper released on Aug. 10 titled "The Taiwan Question and...
Over Seven Million in Desperate Need of Aid as Somalia Famine Risk Worsens
Parts of Somalia could be experiencing famine this September, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), has warned. The UN agency warns that eight regions in the country could be affected if livestock continue...
Pro-Beijing Sing Tao Daily Ends Print in Canada
Sing Tao Daily, a Chinese-language newspaper known for its backing of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), will end its print version in Canada late August, laying off 83 employees in Toronto, Vancouver, and Calgary. Headquartered in Hong Kong,...
Freedom Convoy Leader Tamara Lich Granted Bail Again
Following a new bail hearing on July 26, a Superior Court judge granted Tamara Lich bail again and sent the accused “Freedom Convoy” leader home to Alberta. The judge overturned a lower court decision and...
In Ominous Move for Independent Media, Twitter Labels All Epoch Times Links as ‘Unsafe’
The founders of The Epoch Times, who originally set up the outlet as a means of circumventing the censorship of Communist China, probably never guessed in 2000 that they would face challenges to their freedom...