As protests erupt anew in Cuba over energy and food shortages, calls are growing for the military to side with the people and for the Communist regime to come to an end after more than 60 years. Hundreds of people on Sunday took the streets in eastern Cuba, primarily Santiago, though there were reports of protests in a number of …
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Russia aborted the launch of three astronauts to the International Space Station moments before they were scheduled to lift off Thursday, but the crew was safe, officials said. The Russian Soyuz rocket was to carry NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, Oleg Novitsky of Roscosmos and Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus from the Russian-leased Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan. The launch was aborted …
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The State Department said Wednesday it is organizing American evacuation flights out of Haiti as the number of U.S. citizens seeking assistance in the Caribbean country, which has been overrun by violent gangs, has nearly doubled. State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel said during a briefing, “As of March 20th, the U.S. government is facilitating the safe departure of U.S. citizens …
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Seven people are dead and two are missing Wednesday after a South Korean tanker carrying acrylic acid capsized near an island in southwestern Japan. Images taken from the scene show the chemical tanker Keoyoung Sun flipped over in the water near Japan’s Mutsure Island. In one photo, a first responder lowered from a helicopter was seen pulling up an individual …
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North Korea successfully tested technology used in its new hypersonic missile on Tuesday, according to its government-run media. On Tuesday, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un guided his military on a ground jet test of the multi-stage solid-fuel engine for its new-type intermediate-range hypersonic missile at the North’s rocket launch facility, the Sohae Satellite Launching Ground, the official Korean Central …
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The U.S. evacuated more than a dozen American citizens from Haiti on Wednesday with a helicopter flight to the capital of the Dominican Republic. The government-chartered helicopter left the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince with 15 U.S. citizens, the State Department said. The helicopter landed in Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic, where U.S. government personnel were present to provide consular …
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Leo Eric Varadkar on Wednesday announced that he is soon resigning as prime minister of Ireland — just days after meeting with President Biden in Washington, D.C. At a press conference, Varadkar said he is resigning as president of the Fine Gael Party effective on Wednesday. He said he will also step down from the prime minister role, known as …
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Rescuers in Russia have yet to contact the 13 miners who have been trapped hundreds of feet underground for nearly two days after a gold mine collapsed, a Russian official said Wednesday. Specialist mine rescuers flew in from Russia’s coastal region and other Siberian regions to help dig through rubble and pump water out of the Pioneer gold mine in …
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Paris Olympics organizers decided to bring intimacy back to the Summer Games with the coronavirus pandemic apparently in the rearview mirror. The Olympic Village is slated to welcome about 9,000 athletes for the event, which will be held from July 26 through Aug. 11. With that, organizers will provide about 300,000 condoms as athletes will be encouraged to interact with …
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A gold mine in far eastern Russia collapsed and trapped at least 13 miners hundreds of feet underground, officials said Tuesday. The collapse occurred at the Pioneer Mine in the Zeysk district in Eastern Siberia’s Amur region, regional officials said. The miners were trapped about 410 feet underground, Russian media reported. Rescuers were trying to reach the miners through a …
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