UAE Plans To Land Spacecraft On Moon In 2024
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced it had launched a new project to explore the moon and would land an unmanned spacecraft on it in 2024. Ruler of the Emirate…
Former IMF Chief Rato Acquitted In Spain Bank Trial
Former IMF chief Rodrigo Rato and all other defendants put on trial on accusations of fraud and falsifying the books in the 2011 stock listing of Spain’s Bankia bank were…
Court Sentenced Chinese Teacher To Death For Poisoning Children
A kindergarten teacher in China has been sentenced to death for poisoning dozens of children in an act of revenge against a colleague that left one toddler dead. A court…
US Election: Trump Won’t Commit To Peaceful Transfer Of Power
US President Donald Trump has refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses November’s election. “Well, we’ll have to see what happens,” the president told a…
Trump’s Son Eric Ordered To Testify In Fraud Probe
A New York judge on Wednesday ordered Eric Trump, the president’s son most involved with running the family business, to be deposed by October 7 as part of an investigation…
About 400 Whales Die In Australia Beach
About 380 whales have died in what is suspected to be Australia’s largest stranding on record, officials say. Since Monday, hundreds of long-finned pilot whales have been found beached on…
To Save Cost, Italy Votes To Remove One In Three Lawmakers
Italians have voted to reduce one-third of the country’s lawmakers in order to save cost. Almost 70 percent of the citizens voted in favour of the move in a referendum…
Ugandan Military Searching For Over 200 Escaped Prisoners
The Uganda military is using aircraft and foot patrols to search for more than 200 inmates who escaped from a prison in north-east Uganda. The Area Army spokesman, Peter Mugisha,…
Just In: Mali Military Approves 18-Month Transition To Civil Rule
The head of Mali’s military junta, Colonel Assimi Goita, vowed to establish an 18-month transition government on Saturday, at the close of talks on returning the country to civilian rule…
U.S. Remembers Sept. 11 Attack With Smaller Events Due To Pandemic
U.S., on Friday remembered the nearly 3,000 people killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, al-Qaeda attacks on New York and Washington with smaller events this year, as part of efforts…
