NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA

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Virgin Galactic rocket ship ascends from New Mexico

11:59 pm May 22, 2021

Santafe: Virgin Galactic on Saturday made its first rocket-powered flight from New Mexico to the fringe of space in a manned shuttle, as the company forges toward offering tourist flights to the edge of the Earth’s atmosphere. Virgin Galactic announced the firing of VSS Unity’s rocket motor to hurtle the ship and two pilots toward space. A live feed […]

Subtropical storm Ana forms in Atlantic Ocean near Bermuda

11:38 pm May 22, 2021

Miami: The first named storm of the season is posing no threat to land and is expected to dissipate in a few days. The National Hurricane Center in Miami says Subtropical Storm Ana is drifting east over the Atlantic Ocean after bringing rain to Bermuda. Ana was located about 175 miles (280 kilometers) northeast of Bermuda with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (75 kph), […]

Police: 2 dead, 8 wounded in downtown Minneapolis shooting

11:32 pm May 22, 2021

Minneapolis: Two people were killed and eight more were wounded, one seriously, in a shooting in downtown Minneapolis early Saturday, police said. Police spokesperson John Elder said the gunfire stemmed from two men in a crowd who got into an argument near the Monarch nightclub, pulled out guns and started shooting, KMSP-TV reported. No arrests were immediately announced. Five men and five women […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

White House, GOP infrastructure talks hit crucial stage

11:08 am May 21, 2021

Washington: Negotiations between the White House and Senate Republicans over President Joe Biden‘s $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan are hitting a crucial stage ahead of talks Friday after the latest GOP offer left some dismay in the administration that there wasn’t more movement off the Republicans’ initial $568 billion proposal. Republicans did increase their offer and have been working in good […]

Biden directs US to mitigate financial risk from climate

11:04 am May 21, 2021

Washington: President Joe Biden is directing federal agencies to develop a comprehensive strategy to identify and manage financial risks to government and the private sector posed by climate change. An executive order Biden issued Thursday calls for concrete steps to mitigate climate risks, while protecting workers’ life savings, spurring job creation and helping the United States lower greenhouse gas emissions that […]