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U.S. arrests Russian businessman after he fled house arrest in Italy

A Russian businessman who made a daring escape from house arrest in Italy where he was nabbed on a U.S. warrant for breaching Western sanctions surfaced in Russia on Tuesday, saying he fled because Italian courts would have given in to American pressure to extradite him. Artyom Uss, the 40-year-old… Read More

NASA assembles 1st moon crew in 50 years

NASA on Monday named the four astronauts who will fly around the moon late next year. The first moon crew in 50 years — three Americans and one Canadian — was introduced during a ceremony in Houston, home to the nation’s astronauts as well as Mission Control. “This is humanity’s… Read More

Richard Branson’s company slashes a whopping 85% of workforce

Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit is letting go of almost its entire work force with the satellite launch company finding it difficult to secure funding three months after a failed mission. The company, headquartered in Long Beach, California, will cut 675 jobs, about 85% of its workforce, according to a Friday… Read More

Spacecraft lands safely after leaking coolant

A Russian space capsule safely returned to Earth without a crew Tuesday, months after it suffered a coolant leak in orbit. The Soyuz MS-22 leaked coolant in December while attached to the International Space Station. Russian space officials blamed the leak on a tiny meteoroid that punctured the craft’s external… Read More

Top GOP senator sees TikTok ban blocked

Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley tried to force a Senate vote Wednesday on legislation that would ban TikTok from operating in the United States, but he was blocked by a fellow Republican as lawmakers in both chambers are still trying to figure out what action, if any, is appropriate against the… Read More

Russians drag U.S. reporter from restaurant, arrest him

Russia’s security service arrested an American reporter for The Wall Street Journal on espionage charges, the first time a U.S. correspondent has been detained on spying accusations since the Cold War. Russian authorities accused him of trying to gather state secrets “biological topics” at a weapons factory. However, it did… Read More

Pope’s condition improving since hospitalization, spokesman says

Pope Francis rested well overnight and was “progressively improving” Thursday, the Vatican said, after he was hospitalized with a respiratory infection that has called into question his participation in Palm Sunday and upcoming Holy Week events. The 86-year-old pontiff, who had part of one lung removed as a young man,… Read More

New deep-sea worm named after West Indian scientist

A new species of deep-sea worm that can live in environments on the ocean floor that are either extremely hot or very cold has been named after a marine scientist from Trinidad and Tobago. Behold the Judiworm, whose official name is Lamellibrachia judigobini. Sponsored: 1 Surprising Food that Feeds Cancer… Read More

Japanese surfer nears 90, talks of catching waves at 100

A busy company owner for the early part of his life, Seiichi Sano began anew at 80 by climbing Mt. Fuji. Apparently not challenged enough by Japan’s highest peak, he almost immediately took up surfing. Sano turns 90 later this year, and after being recognized by Guinness World Records as… Read More