The U.N. health agency and partners are launching a campaign starting Sunday to vaccinate 640,000 Palestinian children in Gaza against polio, an ambitious effort amid a devastating war that has destroyed the territory’s health care system.
Month: September 2024
NASA has announced that astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will be launching on the SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) no earlier than Tuesday, September 24, 2024. This update comes after changes to the mission’s crew composition. Originally, NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Stephanie Wilson were also part of
For the first time, scientists have successfully detected and measured an invisible electric field enveloping Earth. This field, known as the ambipolar field, was first theorised over 60 years ago and its discovery marks a significant advancement in our understanding of Earth’s atmospheric dynamics. Glyn Collinson, an astronomer at NASA‘s Goddard Space Flight Center, and
The economy could have crashed had the government not found savings by cutting winter fuel payments for pensioners, a minister has said. Lucy Powell told Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips that the loss of the benefit, which will now be means tested, was necessary because of a “£22bn blackhole” left behind by the Conservatives. Politics
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Vermont is the first state trying a new approach to climate policy: charging fossil fuel companies money to cover the damages caused by natural disasters worsened by climate change. Other … Click to Continue »
Palestinian health authorities and United Nations agencies have begun a large-scale campaign of vaccinations against polio in the Gaza Strip, hoping to prevent an outbreak in the territory that has been ravaged by the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
Today is Sunday, Sept. 1, the 245th day of 2024. There are 121 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 1, 1985, a U.S.-French expedition located the wreckage of the Titanic on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean roughly 400 miles off the coast of Newfoundland. Also on this date: In 1715,
The next presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump is scheduled for September 10, and with the election coming in less than 70 days, it has the potential to be a high-stakes moment in the campaign. The last presidential debate between President Joe Biden and Trump proved to be one
When the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and a half-century of settled abortion rights two years ago, Donald Trump said it would be bad for Republicans. He obviously meant himself, as last week he clumsily offered a few different stands on abortion as he tries to find his footing, confounding his supporters. The
A California grandmother was killed when a suicidal man jumped off a highway overpass, crashing into the front windshield of her car as she and her husband were on their way to a weekend getaway. Margarita Novela Galindo sat in the passenger seat next to her husband, Florencio, as the couple drove on the 210
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers approved a host of proposals this week aiming to regulate the artificial intelligence industry, combat deepfakes and protect workers from exploitation by the rapidly evolving technology. The California Legislature, which is controlled by Democrats, is voting on hundreds of bills during its final week of the session to send to
Terrified young children, teachers, and parents in the Mexican state of Chiapas were forced to hide under their school desks while cartel gunmen clashed outside in a fierce shootout. The intense fighting comes as rival drug cartels continue to fight for control of Mexico’s southern border. The shootout occurred outside of the Josefa Ortiz de
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom and California lawmakers in 2020 touted a law to create a “first in the nation” state task force to study and propose remedies to atone for the legacy of slavery. Four years later, their work to deliver reparations is more incremental than recording-breaking, stoking frustration among advocates who filled the Capitol
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico will offer escorted bus rides from southern Mexico to the U.S. border for non-Mexican migrants who have received a United States asylum appointment, the government announced Saturday. The National Immigration Institute said the buses will leave from the southern cities of Villahermosa and Tapachula. It appeared to be an attempt
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