Greenhouse gas, sea levels hit new highs in 2021
Earth’s concentration of greenhouse gases and sea levels hit new highs in 2021, a US government report said Wednesday, showing that climate
Could US see another civil war? Over 40% Americans think so
About 43 percent of American citizens believe a civil war could happen in the US within the decade, according to a new survey conducted by YouGov and the Economist.
Engine problemL Nasa calls off launch of giant Moon rocket
An engine problem yesterday forced Nasa to postpone for at least four days the debut launch of the colossal rocketship it hopes will one day fly astronauts back to the Moon, more than a half-century after Apollo’s last lunar mission.
World needs to ‘make more babies’
Billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, who has fathered 10 children, said yesterday the world needs to “make more babies” -- and keep digging for oil.
US gunman who killed 3 people nabbed by police
Police in the US city of Detroit on Sunday caught a suspect believed to have shot four people at “random”, killing three of them, authorities said.
Facebook to settle Analytica privacy lawsuit
Facebook has reached a preliminary agreement in a long-running lawsuit seeking damages from the social network for allowing third parties, including the company Cambridge Analytica, to access users’ private data.
US warships transit through Taiwan Strait
Two United States warships sailed through the Taiwan Strait yesterday, the American navy said, the first such transit since China staged unprecedented military drills around the island.
American arrested, charged with trying to provide material support to ISIS
A New Mexico man has been arrested and charged with trying to provide material support to ISIS and shutting down an online platform that could have tied two other men to similar charges.
‘A missed opportunity’
UN member states ended two weeks of negotiations without a treaty to protect biodiversity in the high seas, an agreement that would have addressed growing environmental and economic challenges.
9/11 victims not entitled to seize Afghan bank assets
A US judge on Friday recommended that victims of the Sept 11, 2001, attacks not be allowed to seize billions of dollars of assets belonging to Afghanistan’s central bank to satisfy court judgments they obtained against the Taliban.
