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US astronaut ends record-long flight in Russian space capsule

A NASA astronaut caught a Russian ride back to Earth on Wednesday after a U.S. record 355 days at the International Space Station, returning with two cosmonauts to a world torn apart by war. Mark Vande Hei landed in a Soyuz capsule in Kazakhstan alongside the Russian Space Agency’s Pyotr… Read More

Twinkle, twinkle: Astronomers discover farthest star yet

Astronomers have discovered the farthest star yet, a super-hot, super-bright giant that formed nearly 13 billion years ago at the dawn of the cosmos. But this luminous blue star is long gone, so massive that it almost certainly exploded into bits just a few million years after emerging. Its swift… Read More

WHO: COVID deaths decline despite huge jump in case counts

The number of people killed by the coronavirus surged by more than 40% last week, likely due to changes in how COVID-19 deaths were reported across the Americas and by newly adjusted figures from India, according to a World Health Organization report released Wednesday. In its latest weekly report on… Read More

Recovering from a stabbing, Brazilian leader leaves hospital… again

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro left the Armed Forces Hospital in Brasilia on Tuesday morning, his office said. Bolsonaro went there on Monday for tests and was under observation after feeling discomfort in his stomach. Brazil’s president has been in and out of hospitals since he was stabbed in his abdomen… Read More

Investigation finds China’s propaganda on TikTok and Facebook

To her 1.4 million followers across TikTok, YouTube, Instagram and Facebook, Vica Li says she is a “life blogger” and “food lover” who wants to teach her fans about China so they can travel the country with ease. “Through my lens, I will take you around China, take you into… Read More

Shark House gets protected status; owner isn’t happy

The 25-foot tall (7.6 meter) sculpture of a shark crashing through the roof of Magnus Hanson-Heine’s house in rural Oxford, England, is now a protected landmark — and he’s not happy about it. Hanson-Heine loves the installation, erected by his father and a local sculptor in 1986 as an anti-war,… Read More

Russian forces retreating from Kyiv?

Russia’s military said Tuesday it would “fundamentally” cut back operations near Ukraine’s capital and a northern city, as talks brought a possible deal to end a grinding and brutal war into view. Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin said the move was meant to increase trust in the talks after several… Read More

[Pic] Critics catch Biden with cheat sheet

President Joe Biden has been fielding questions over his “regime change” remark about Russian dictator Vladimir Putin… but he didn’t even stick to the cheat sheet his staff slipped him. Biden said Sunday, “For god’s sake, he cannot remain in power” — an explosive statement that ramps up already high… Read More

Hong Kong’s COVID spike leads some to eco-friendlier coffins

Hong Kong’s deadliest coronavirus outbreak has cost about 6,000 lives this year – and the city is now running out of coffins. Authorities have scrambled to order more, with the government saying 1,200 coffins had reached the city last week with more to come. Space constraints make cremation a common… Read More

China locks down 26 million people!?

China began its most extensive coronavirus lockdown in two years Monday to conduct mass testing and control a growing outbreak in Shanghai as questions are raised about the economic toll of the nation’s “zero-COVID” strategy. Shanghai, China’s financial capital and largest city with 26 million people, had managed its smaller… Read More