Giorno: 13 Febbraio 2023

Russian vessel docked with International Space Station suffers coolant leak: NASA

A Russian ship docked with the International Space Station suffered a coolant leak for the second time since December, NASA announced this weekend. The unmanned Russian vessel, the Roscosmos Progress 82, docked to the ISS with no problems in October and is scheduled to depart full of trash by the end of February. NASA said […]

Video shows dog in Turkey being pulled alive from rubble 5 days after earthquake

A dog has been found alive underneath rubble five days after a devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake rocked Turkey. Elif Polat, a nurse working with a search and rescue team in the hard-hit Hatay province, said the canine was found about 138 hours after the earthquake struck southern Turkey. “It was miraculous because we were removing debris […]

Taiwan Will Shoot Down Chinese Balloon If Poses Threat: Official

Read More Taiwan’s military will take measures to shoot down Chinese balloons if they pose a threat to national security, a defense official said on Feb. 13, amid mounting military threats posed by China’s communist regime. In an interview with Bloomberg, defense ministry spokesperson Sun Li-fang said that Taiwan will adopt appropriate measures to new […]

Chinese foreign ministry says US also flies balloons over China

Read More China’s foreign ministry has accused the US of flying high-altitude balloons over its airspace more than 10 times since the beginning of last year, as the dispute over surveillance between the two countries continues. A spokesperson told foreign reporters at a regular press briefing in Beijing that it was “not uncommon” for the […]

Wayne Couzens pleads guilty to three counts of indecent exposure

Read More Sarah Everard’s killer, Wayne Couzens, has pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to three counts of indecent exposure. The former Metropolitan police officer, 49, entered a guilty plea on Monday to indecent exposure in Kent between November 2020 and February 2021. The offences took place in woodland and at a McDonald’s outlet. He […]

Lawmakers target ‘boyfriend loophole’ in latest gun control push

House and Senate lawmakers are pushing for new gun control restrictions that would permanently prohibit people from buying or owning firearms if they are convicted of domestic abuse while in a dating relationship. The effort to close the so-called “boyfriend loophole” comes less than a year after President Biden signed a law that took a […]

Taiwan says ‘dozens’ of Chinese spy craft cross its airspace as tensions flare with US

Taiwan has accused China of making “dozens” of incursions into its airspace with spy balloons similar to the one shot down over the U.S. last week, further contributing to rising tensions as China surrounds Taiwan with military drills. Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense stated this weekend that China has sent surveillance balloons into its airspace […]

Iran releases filmmaker after arresting him more than 6 months ago for criticizing government

Iran has released an award-winning filmmaker more than six months after arresting him for criticizing the government, a pro-reform newspaper reported Monday. Mohammad Rasoulof, whose 2020 film, “There is No Evil,” won the top prize at the Berlin International Film Festival, is one of several prominent artists, athletes and other celebrities detained in recent months […]