NASA’s acting administrator Sean Duffy’s rebuttal to reality star Kim Kardashian’s remarks that the 1969 Moon landing was fake faced flak on social media, as several users urged Duffy to focus on space expeditions instead. Kardashian made the comments on the latest episode of her TV series The Kardashians, telling co-star Sarah Paulson that she…
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has won a landslide election victory, official results showed Saturday, after key candidates were jailed or barred from a vote that has triggered days of violent protests. The final result showed Hassan won 97.66 percent of the vote, dominating every constituency, the electoral commission announced on state television. A quick…
Bill Gates’s suggestion for a pivot away from emissions reduction and toward lessening human misery makes a kind of sense; it’s easier to get an emotional boost from helping children with malaria than from reducing CO2 emissions by a fraction of a percent (“Bill Gates calls for climate fight to shift focus from curbing emissions…
If you blinked you may have missed this, but the stock of Beyond Meat, the purveyor of meatless burger patties, had a spectacular run a few days ago. The stock had surged by more than 1,400% in the four days through Oct. 22, when shares hit an intraday peak of $7.69, up from a low…
Desperate to get a grip on their fall from grace, Liverpool welcome Aston Villa to Anfield for Saturday evening’s must-win Premier League showdown. The Reds have lost their last four Premier League games in a row. That dismal run is even worse when stretched across all competitions, where they’ve won just one of their last…
It was “humiliating” for a Times reporter to have quoted someone the journalist erroneously believed was former New York City mayor Bill de Blasio, an editor for the London outlet reportedly said in an email to staff. “We should have been on our guard. We should have tried much harder to speak to the people…
NEW DELHI: India continues to keep close tabs on Chinese warships and spy vessels in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR), even as it gears up to host the navies of both the US and Russia, among 55 countries, at the ‘Milan’ maritime exercise and International Fleet Review (IFR) at Visakhapatnam in Feb.“There is a continuous…
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A man is dead after being shot by an off-duty Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputy trying to protect his child, the sheriff’s office said . Deputies say they responded to a weapons disturbance at 2:45 p.m. in the 5300 block of Treewood Drive in Atascocita. They said that the deputy…
Do you often reach for snacks when you feel stressed or down? If your answer is yes, you’re one of those many people who engage in emotional eating. This behaviour is not just about food. It usually comes from a mix of feelings, physical responses, and the body’s need for balance. When faced with stress,…
The billionaire wealth race took a dramatic turn this week as Jeff Bezos’ fortune climbed to $265 billion, thanks to Amazon.com, Inc.’s (NASDAQ:AMZN) stellar third-quarter results, while Mark Zuckerberg’s net worth tumbled by $35 billion following Meta Platforms, Inc.’s (NASDAQ:META) steep stock sell-off. Bezos Rides Amazon Rally To Record Wealth Bezos, founder and former CEO…