Spacex Hoping to Launch Starship Farther in 3rd Test Flight

Spacex Hoping to Launch Starship Farther in 3rd Test Flight

BOCA CHICA, Texas — SpaceX’s Starship, a futuristic vehicle designed to eventually carry astronauts to the moon and beyond, was poised...

Russia Reports Downing 15 Ukrainian Drones Near Border

Russia Reports Downing 15 Ukrainian Drones Near Border

UK Outlines Plan to Ban Foreign States From Owning Newspapers

UK Outlines Plan to Ban Foreign States From Owning Newspapers

london — Britain’s government outlined plans on Wednesday to stop foreign states from owning newspapers, potentially giving ministers the power to...

US House Passes Bill Forcing TikTok to Separate From Chinese Parent Company

US House Passes Bill Forcing TikTok to Separate From Chinese Parent Company

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday that would force short-video app TikTok, used by about 170 million...

Dutch Politician Wilders Says He Is Ready to Forgo Job of Prime Minister

Dutch Politician Wilders Says He Is Ready to Forgo Job of Prime Minister

amsterdam — Dutch politician Geert Wilders said on Wednesday he was ready to forgo the job of prime minister in an...

Austria Expels 2 Russian Diplomats, Says Actions ‘Incompatible With Status’

Austria Expels 2 Russian Diplomats, Says Actions ‘Incompatible With Status’

VIENNA — Austria has declared two diplomats from the Russian embassy personae non grata for actions “incompatible with their diplomatic status,”...

Lithuania Blames Russia for Hammer Attack on Exiled Navalny Aide

Lithuania Blames Russia for Hammer Attack on Exiled Navalny Aide

vilnius, lithuania — Lithuania blamed Moscow on Wednesday for an overnight attack by a hammer-wielding assailant on an exiled top aide...

US Sanctions 3 for Organizing Bosnian Serb ‘National Day’

US Sanctions 3 for Organizing Bosnian Serb ‘National Day’

Washington — The U.S. Treasury Department unveiled sanctions Wednesday against three individuals for undermining the “peace and stability of Bosnia and...

Ukrainian Drone Attacks Target Russian Oil Refineries

Ukrainian Drone Attacks Target Russian Oil Refineries

Japan Private Rocket Explodes Just After Launch

Japan Private Rocket Explodes Just After Launch

Tokyo — A rocket made by a Japanese company exploded just after launch on Wednesday, with public broadcaster NHK showing footage...

Navalny Ally Volkov Hospitalized After Attack in Lithuania

Navalny Ally Volkov Hospitalized After Attack in Lithuania

Vilnius, Lithuania — Leonid Volkov, a close ally of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, was admitted to a hospital on...

Russia Steps Up Spy War on West

Russia Steps Up Spy War on West

Russia has relaunched its spy operations against the West since its 2022 invasion of Ukraine, according to analysts. Henry Ridgwell...

US Providing $300 Million in New Ukraine Military Aid

US Providing $300 Million in New Ukraine Military Aid

pentagon — The United States is providing a new round of military aid for Ukraine valued at up to $300 million,...

Turkey Faces Balancing Act With Somalia, Ethiopia

Turkey Faces Balancing Act With Somalia, Ethiopia

Turkey’s new naval agreement with Somalia places the Turkish navy in a strategically vital region, underlining Ankara’s growing naval ambitions....

US House Expected to Pass Bill Forcing Chinese Company to Give Up TikTok

US House Expected to Pass Bill Forcing Chinese Company to Give Up TikTok

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to approve legislation Wednesday that would force the popular TikTok video app...

Botswana Communities March Against UK’s Anti-hunting Bill

Botswana Communities March Against UK’s Anti-hunting Bill

Gaborone — Scores of people from communities living near wildlife in Botswana marched Tuesday against an anti-hunting bill presented to Britain’s...

Biden Meets Polish Leaders Amid Anxiety on US Support for Neighboring Ukraine 

Biden Meets Polish Leaders Amid Anxiety on US Support for Neighboring Ukraine 

Washington — President Joe Biden is hosting Poland’s president, Andrzej Duda, and prime minister, Donald Tusk at a joint meeting at...

Senior US Official Travels to Kosovo to Revive Kosovo-Serbia Talks After Tensions Over Currency 

Senior US Official Travels to Kosovo to Revive Kosovo-Serbia Talks After Tensions Over Currency 

TIRANA, Albania — A senior U.S. official on Tuesday said he would be visiting Kosovo in the next days to put...

Xi Jinping Sees AI, Unmanned Tech Boosting Military’s Capabilities

Xi Jinping Sees AI, Unmanned Tech Boosting Military’s Capabilities

Taipei — During China’s top legislative meetings this year, which wrapped up Monday, Chinese leader Xi Jinping ordered the military to...

Scientists in Alaska Develop Cloud-Based Data to Predict Volcanic Eruptions

Scientists in Alaska Develop Cloud-Based Data to Predict Volcanic Eruptions

Scientists in Alaska are developing a cloud-based approach to storing and analyzing data about volcanoes, in hopes of increasing the...

On Ukraine’s Front Lines, Ammunition Dwindling

On Ukraine’s Front Lines, Ammunition Dwindling

Ukrainian front-line forces are suffering from a worrying shortage of ammunition. Repeated delays in aid from Western allies, particularly from...

Technology Aids Probe Into Alleged Russian War Crimes in Ukraine

Technology Aids Probe Into Alleged Russian War Crimes in Ukraine

A group of media and research organizations are investigating reported war crimes committed by Russia since its full-scale invasion of...