1971 Space mission ends in tragedy

Three Russian cosmonauts have been found dead in their space capsule after it made what looked like a perfect landing in Kazakhstan.  Lieutenant-Colonel Georgi Dobrovolsky, Vladislav

Pelosi receives Communion in Vatican amid abortion debate

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi met with Pope Francis yesterday and received Communion during a papal Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, witnesses said, despite her position in

EU proposes ban on flavored heated tobacco products

The European Union’s executive branch yesterday proposed a ban on the sale of flavored heated tobacco products as part of its plan to fight cancer. The European

G-7 leaders end summit pledging to hurt Russia economically

Leaders of the world’s wealthiest democracies struck a united stance to support Ukraine for “as long as it takes” as Russia’s invasion grinds on, and said

Russian missile strike hits crowded shopping mall in Ukraine

Russian long-range bombers struck a crowded shopping mall in Ukraine’s central city of Kremenchuk with a missile on Monday, raising fears of what President Volodymyr

Ghislaine Maxwell to be sentenced in Epstein sex abuse case

Ghislaine Maxwell, the jet-setting socialite who once consorted with royals, presidents and billionaires, is set to be sentenced yesterday for helping the wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse

1995 US shuttle docks with Russian space station

American and Russian spacecraft have successfully docked in orbit for the first time in 20 years.  The US shuttle Atlantis delivered a relief crew of two

46 migrants abandoned in trailer in San Antonio found dead

Forty-six people were found dead after being abandoned in a tractor-trailer on a remote back road in San Antonio in the latest tragedy to claim

Germany: former Nazi guard, 101, jailed for aiding murder

A 101-year-old man was convicted in Germany of 3,518 counts of accessory to murder yesterday for serving at the Nazis’ Sachsenhausen concentration camp during World War II.

G-7 leaders confer with Zelenskyy, prep new aid for Ukraine

Leading economic powers conferred by video link with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy yesterday as they underscored their commitment to Ukraine for the long haul with

2004 US transfers power back to Iraq

The United States has handed power back to the Iraqi people at a low-key ceremony in Baghdad.  US administrator Paul Bremer transferred sovereignty to an Iraqi

UK presses on with Brexit rules rewrite; EU calls it illegal

Britain is ramping up a feud with the European Union by pressing on with a plan to rip up parts of the

G7’s development assistance initiative intended to be means of severance

Decades of economic globalization have interwoven countries so tightly together that many matters that could have been tackled by countries individually or in small groups previously now entail

US abortion ruling sparks global debate, polarizes activists

The end of constitutional protections for abortions in the United States on Friday emboldened abortion opponents around the world, while advocates for abortion rights worried it

1991 Yugoslav troops move against Slovenia

Yugoslav tanks, troops and aircraft have swept into the small republic of Slovenia, 48 hours after it declared independence.  Federal forces moved to seize control of

Biden: G-7 to ban Russian gold in response to Ukraine war

President Joe Biden said yesterday that the United States and other Group of Seven leading economies will ban imports of gold from Russia, the latest in

Pope hails families, blasts ‘culture of waste’ after Roe

Pope Francis celebrated families Saturday and urged them to shun “selfish” decisions that are indifferent to life as he closed out a big Vatican rally a day after

WHO considers declaring monkeypox a global health emergency

As the World Health Organization convenes its emergency committee yesterday to consider if the spiraling outbreak of monkeypox warrants being declared a global emergency, some experts say

1983 US astronaut Sally Ride returns

America’s first woman in space has returned safely to Earth in the Challenger space shuttle after a successful six-day flight.  Sally Ride, aged 32, captured the

US coach makes dramatic rescue of artistic swimmer at worlds

Andrea Fuentes prevented a tragedy at the swimming world championships with her quick reaction. The United States coach knew something was wrong when she saw artistic swimmer

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