MOSCOW (AP) — Russia will pull out of the International Space Station after 2024 and focus on building its own orbiting outpost, the country’s new space chief said Tuesday amid high tensions between Moscow and the West over the fighting in Ukraine. The announcement, while not unexpected, throws into question […]
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Russia said Tuesday it will withdraw from the International Space Station after 2024, signaling the end of a joint project that has served as a key symbol of post-Cold War cooperation with Washington. The move comes as Moscow and the West clash over the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine, and casts […]
Contact: Deanne PucaJuly 21, 2022 The WMU Advanced Jazz Ensemble received one of three awards granted to Western’s jazz studies program from DownBeat magazine’s 45th annual Student Music awards. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University’s jazz studies program is boasting several wins from international magazine DownBeat, including being named in its 45th […]
The WHO Director-General has the pleasure of transmitting the Report of the Meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) Emergency Committee regarding the multi-country monkeypox outbreak, held on 23 June 2022, from 12:00 to 17:00 Geneva time (CEST). The WHO Director-General concurs with the advice offered by the IHR […]
This week in FP’s international news quiz: Sri Lanka’s president flees, Biden visits the Middle East, and an American tourist falls into a volcano. People play a tabletop game inside the official residence of Sri Lanka’s prime minister People play carrom inside the official residence of Sri Lanka’s prime minister […]
Excerpts of winning projects, Daylight in Buildings category, clockwise from left top: “Spotlight Tree: Self-regulating System in Desert Environment” (Western Europe), “24-HOUR DAYLIGHT: A pavilion that reconnects the city with light” (The Americas), “TIP – Time Indicate Protection” (Eastern Europe & the Middle East), “Lighting up, Neighbourhood Hop” (Asia […]
The experts will meet on June 23 to assess whether the continuing outbreak represents a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, the highest level of global alert, which currently applies only to the COVID-19 pandemic and polio. So far this year, more than 1,600 confirmed cases and almost 1,500 suspected […]