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Fuel leak delays preparations for NASA rocket launch
As NASA on Saturday resumed its second effort to get its new 30-story rocket off the ground and send its uncrewed test capsule toward the Moon, engineers detected a fuel leak that potentially could lead to a new delay.
With millions around…
Former Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev is dead
Mikhail Gorbachev, the former leader of the Soviet Union (Russia), has died.
Gorbachev was reported to have died on Tuesday at a central hospital in Moscow, Russia.
"Gorbachev died this evening after a serious and long illness," the…
Greece dismisses Erdoğan’s 1922 war comments
Following Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoan's references to the 1922 war and "despicable Greeks," government spokesman Giannis Oikonomou responded that the Turkish leader "has chosen to distort history in order to serve his revisionist…
Japan national police chief resigns over Abe assassination
The head of Japan’s National Police Agency announced his resignation on Thursday after an investigation confirmed “shortcomings” in the security plans for assassinated former prime minister Shinzo Abe.
“There were shortcomings in the…
First Lady Jill Biden tests positive for COVID-19
The White House announced on Tuesday that US First Lady Jill Biden tested positive for Covid-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms, two weeks after her husband Joe Biden contracted the virus for the second time.
The president's wife, 71,…