The funeral pyres at Kathmandu’s riverfront temple have been burning constantly. But instead of bodies, what they have burned are effigies, fashioned from sacred grass, as if to evoke something tangible of the loved ones who disappeared in Nepal’s devastating floods. Nine days after walls of mud and rubble swept through a Himalayan valley along … Read more
Battle lines drawn as Missouri court blocks Trump-backed US House map Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. Your Kansas City-based district had been dismantled under the redrawn map. “Despite the cynical and deeply shameful attempt to silence many of our neighbors, the people fought back and won,” Cleaver said in a social … Read more
If you’re just joining us, there is a renewed sense of hope in Nepal today after two workers were pulled from beneath a damaged hydroelectric plant. Dozens of rescuers have been digging outside the Trishuli 3A hydropower plant for several days, in an attempt to find 42 missing workers there. Following the disaster more than … Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Diesel hit a new record price in the United States on Friday, rising to an average of $5.85 a gallon for the first time in history, as the six-month war with Iran disrupts the global flow of fuel. This could add to Republicans’ political challenges ahead of November’s midterm elections, at a … Read more
For Mars missions, those navigation points may include asteroids, Holt says. “We would say [to the astronaut]We expect the asteroid to be halfway between the two main stars in Gemini, so look there, find that asteroid between those two stars, take its readings, then compare it to expectations and do the calculations. “If the readings … Read more
Alpine Formula 1 driver Pierre Gasly has lost his Monaco Grand Prix podium after all, as his pitlane speeding penalties stand, the FIA’s International Court of Appeals (ICA) has ruled. Gasly was one of several drivers who were pinged for speeding in the pitlane during the race in the principality, but it turned out that … Read more
Mechanical watches have accompanied astronauts and cosmonauts into space for decades, but few contemporary watches can claim to have been developed specifically around the demands of extravehicular activity, like Konstantin Chaykin’s new SC02C. Born from the manufacturer’s collaboration with Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, the chronograph has been tested during four spacewalks and is now … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Chicago resident has died from West Nile virus, marking the city’s first death linked to the mosquito-borne illness this year, according to the Chicago Department of Public Health.Several other cases have been reported throughout Illinois.The virus is most commonly spread to people through the bite of … Read more
Nvidia has become one of the world’s largest corporate backers of technology companies as the value of its equity investments more than increased tenfold in the past year to $99 billion, and the chip giant is increasingly looking to tap into its huge capital reserves to boost the AI sector. compared to about $7 billion … Read more
Missouri Supreme Court rules on redistricting referendum: Map must be put to voteState Supreme Court reverses circuit court decisionThe Missouri Supreme Court has made a decision on the validity of a referendum related to the redrawn congressional map. The state’s highest court ruled unanimously in favor of the map’s opponents, determining that the map must … Read more