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US and Iran race to find missing crew member from downed military plane
Senegal limits foreign trips for officials as the fallout from Iran war deepens
Russia and Ukraine trade deadly strikes as Zelenskyy travels to Istanbul for talks
'Wow!' The eye surgery marathon that restored sight for some South Africans
Artemis II astronauts are more than halfway to the moon
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) – Congo on Thursday declared the end of a two-year outbreak of the mpox disease that’s believed to have caused more than 2,200 deaths in the country. Health Minister Roger Kamba told journalists that the government had made the determination that the outbreak was over and no longer a national emergency.
For generations, human beings have wondered: What would alien life from another planet be like? But we rarely ask the opposite: What would they think of us? It’s a question that can produce some, well, uncomfortable answers if you happen to be an earthling. “If I were looking at Earth from a distance, I would be pretty disappointed,” theoretical physicist Avi Loeb says.
CAIRO (AP) – Sudan ‘s paramilitary forces killed at least 10 people on Thursday in a drone attack that hit a hospital, said a medical group. Doctors Without Borders, also known as MSF, said the Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, RSF, launched two drone strikes on al-Jabalain Hospital in the White Nile province, hitting an operating theater and a maternity ward.
LOS ANGELES (AP) – The economic fallout from the war with Iran is driving up the cost of buying a home, even as other housing market trends in many parts of the country favor home shoppers this spring.
The finance ministers of Spain and four other European countries are urging the European Union to impose a bloc-wide windfall tax on energy companies, concerned that surging oil and gas prices driven by the war in Iran will fuel inflation and strain households.
WASHINGTON (AP) – American employers added a surprisingly strong 178,000 new jobs last month, rebounding from a dismal February. And the unemployment rate dipped to 4.3%. The Labor Department reported Friday that hiring marked a turnaround from the loss of 133,000 jobs in February.
The search is on for one missing U.S. service member while another was rescued after two U.S. warplanes went down in separate incidents including the first shoot-down since the Iran war began nearly five weeks ago. The incidents occurred just two days after President Donald Trump said in a national address that the U.S. has “beaten and completely decimated Iran.”
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump did not equivocate in his first live address to Americans about the war in Iran. “We’ve beaten and completely decimated Iran,” he said in a prime-time speech from the White House on Wednesday. “They are decimated both militarily and economically and in every other way. We are unstoppable as a military force.”
Now more than halfway to the moon, the Artemis II astronauts were toasted by Canada on Saturday as they prepared for their historic lunar fly-around to push deeper into space than even the Apollo astronauts. The three Americans and one Canadian will reach their destination Monday, photographing the mysterious lunar far side as they zoom around.
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump did not equivocate in his first live address to Americans about the war in Iran. “We’ve beaten and completely decimated Iran,” he said in a prime-time speech from the White House on Wednesday. “They are decimated both militarily and economically and in every other way. We are unstoppable as a military force.”
Artemis II astronauts are more than halfway to the moon
Artemis II's moonbound astronauts capture Earth's brilliant blue beauty
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Artemis II astronauts bound for moon after first lunar voyage in decades
NASA begins countdown for humanity's first moon launch in 53 years
NASA is shooting for the moon. A guide to the Artemis II mission
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