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May 25, 2021

Nikki Haley calls for Beijing Olympics boycott, urges Biden diplomats to create COVID probe alliance

Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on Tuesday called on the United States to boycott the 2022 Winter Olympics set to take place next February in Beijing.

May 25, 2021

Who gets to be an astronaut during the private spaceflight boom?

As more companies start selling tickets to space, a question looms: Who gets to call themselves an astronaut?

May 24, 2021

Cosmic 2-for-1: Total lunar eclipse combines with supermoon

The first total lunar eclipse in more than two years coincides with a supermoon this week for quite a cosmic show.

May 22, 2021

Mount Everest COVID outbreak: Climbing guide says at least 100 virus cases

An expert climbing guide said Saturday that a coronavirus outbreak on Mount Everest has infected at least 100 climbers and support staff, giving the first comprehensive estimate amid official Nepalese denials of a COVID-19 cluster on the world’s highest peak.

May 22, 2021

Kim Jong Un bans mullets, skinny jeans fearing their capitalist allure: reports

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un recently banned mullets and other "non-socialist" haircuts – as well as skinny jeans – over fears the fashions would lead to capitalistic urges among the closed-off nation’s young people, according to reports. 

May 21, 2021

Largest container ship on East Coast docks in New Jersey

The largest container ship ever to dock on at an East Coast port arrived at New Jersey's Elizabeth-Port Authority Marine Terminal on Thursday.

May 17, 2021

US military out of Kandahar Airfield in southern Afghanistan, official says

The U.S. military this week has pulled out of Kandahar Airfield, a sprawling base located outside Afghanistan’s second-largest city, a U.S. official based in Kabul confirms to Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ.

May 17, 2021

Burma junta attacks western town that resisted coup

The U.S. and British embassies in Burma expressed concern about reports of fierce government attacks on a town in western Chin state, where the ruling junta declared martial law because of armed resistance to military rule.

May 16, 2021

Vietnam vets killed during secret Pacific mission get Maine memorial nearly 60 years later

On Saturday, families of more than 20 fallen soldiers were on hand for the unveiling of a memorial to honor those who perished over the Pacific Ocean.

May 15, 2021

Rare orange-eyed owl spotted for the first time in more than 125 years

For the first time since its discovery more than 125 years ago, scientists have documented the Bornean subspecies of the Rajah Scops-Owl (Otus brookii brookii) in the montane forest of Malaysia's Mount Kinabalu.