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North Korea continues streak of weapons tests with multiple ballistic missile launches

North Korea on Monday fired multiple ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters, South Korea’s military said, adding to a recent streak of weapons demonstrations that has heightened tensions during a prolonged freeze in diplomacy. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missiles were fired from an area around the North Korean capital of Pyongyang, […]

Gemini North Reveals Pa 30 as the Firework a Medieval Sky Once Held

Photo credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/M. RodriguezEight separate records from Chinese, Japanese, and Arabic observers place a new star in Cassiopeia between August 4-6, 1181. It stayed visible for 185 days, long enough for court astronomers to log it during the Genpei War in Japan and the reign of Henry II in England. One of only […]

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un lauds apparent hypersonic missile test, calls it “incurable headache” for foes

Hong Kong — With his teenage daughter and possible successor by his side, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watched on Sunday as his country tested a purported new hypersonic weapon designed to evade missile defenses. North Korean state media said Kim had lauded the weapon as an “irresistible force” that would be an “incurable headache” […]

North Korea launches missiles as it dials up pressure against U.S.

North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea on Sunday, South Korea’s military said. The launches came just days after Pyongyang reasserted its status as a nuclear-armed state and rejected a United Nations resolution demanding it halt its nuclear activities. They were also the latest in a series of weapons demonstrations even after […]

The North Face Vault Everyday Laptop Backpack Boasts 27 Liters That Stand Ready

North Face priced the Vault Everyday Laptop Backpack in the mid-range ($52.50 [was $70]), and still packed it with the FlexVent harness, a padded 15-inch laptop sleeve, and a frame that lets the bag sit upright on a table or floor. Measuring 11 inches wide, 8.5 inches deep, and 18 inches tall, the 27-liter pack […]

White House says deal to take control of Venezuelan oil will rely on North American Blue Energy Partners

The Trump administration’s plan to take a stake in tens of billions of barrels of Venezuelan oil reserves will hinge on a private company called North American Blue Energy Partners, the White House announced Monday, offering more details on the agreement. Under the deal, the Venezuelan government granted 100-year concessions to NABEP to drill in […]

North Korea launches ballistic missiles as Trump seeks to rekindle nuclear talks with Kim Jong Un

Seoul — North Korea fired several short-range ballistic missiles, Seoul’s military said Thursday, hours after President Trump said he would meet again with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un later this year. The latest launches by the nuclear-armed North came after Mr. Trump ordered a reduction in the ongoing joint South Korea-U.S. Ulchi Freedom Shield military […]

Trump says he expects to meet again with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un​ this year

President Trump said Wednesday that he expects to meet again with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un this year. His comments followed a report by the Wall Street Journal that said he was hoping to have such a meeting organized soon, possibly around the November APEC summit in Shenzhen, China.  Asked by a reporter at the […]

Russia is firing North Korean missiles at Ukraine, Zelenskyy claims, as more overnight attacks kill nine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of using North Korean ballistic missiles in its attacks, as another night of bombardment killed at least nine civilians and injured dozens of others. Zelenskyy said Russian forces used ballistic missiles supplied by North Korea in their attack on the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, where local officials said […]

North American nations reject Infantino’s World Cup investment plan after UEFA’s boycott threat

North America’s soccer body on Thursday rejected FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s plan to sell stakes in the World Cup to private equity investors, joining European nations in opposition. The 41-member Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football held an urgent meeting Thursday after UEFA, the European soccer body, had agreed to boycott the […]