by on August 17, 2025
NASA astronauts on readjusting to life on Earth: ‘It’s hard to sit’ Three of the astronauts who were unexpectedly hospitalized after returning from the International Space Station in late October discussed the SpaceX Crew-8 mission during a NASA news conference on Friday. The trio revealed some anecdotes about the trials of readjusting to life on Earth after spending more than 230 days in space. The astronauts remained tight-lipped about the nature of the medical issue that had left an as-ye...
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by on August 13, 2025
A rebel group that claimed to have captured the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last week has called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, after fighting with the Congolese military has left hundreds of people dead. In a statement on Monday, the rebel coalition, Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) – which includes the M23 armed group – said it had declared the truce, kra36.cc starting Tuesday, "in response to the humanitarian crisis caused by the Kinshasa regime," referri...
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by on August 13, 2025
"Remarkable resilience" The ecological impact is also something to celebrate. Within a few days of the final dam being removed, chinook salmon (the largest of the Pacific salmon species) were seen swimming past the former location of Iron Gate Dam in northern California — a spot where no fish had passed in 60 years, said Dave Coffman, director of northern California and southern Oregon for Resource Environmental Solutions (RES), the company working on the Klamath’s restoration. Since the rem...
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by on August 8, 2025
President Donald Trump told U.S. steelworkers on Friday that he will double tariffs on steel imports to 50%. "We’re going to bring it from 25% to 50%, the tariffs on steel into the United States of America," Trump said during remarks at U.S. Steel’s Irvin Works in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania. Trump is visiting U.S. Steel after indicating last week that he will clear a controversial merger with Japan’s Nippon. Investors and union members are listening for answers from the president on what s...
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