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The Shenzhou-17 crew members aboard China’s Tiangong space station completed their first extravehicular activities on Thursday.Chinese astronauts Tang Hongbo, Tang Shengjie and Jiang Xinlin collaborated to perform planned tasks.The astronauts completed various tasks during the spacewalk, including a repair test of solar panels.The Shenzhou-17 crew members on board China’s orbiting…
Congo entered a second day of voting Thursday after a chaotic rollout and lengthy delays forced officials to extend the balloting in the country’s general election, drawing criticism from some opposition candidates as concerns mount that the logistical hurdles could affect the credibility of the results.At stake is the future…
Human rights group Amnesty International on Thursday called for an investigation into potential war crimes committed by the Burmese military.Among Naypyidaw’s alleged atrocities are indiscriminate killings and the airdropping of internationally-outlawed cluster munitions.Burma has been ruled by military junta since the successful overthrow of elected State Counselor Aung San Suu…
Angola announced Thursday that it’s leaving the OPEC oil producers cartel, coming after it battled with the group over lower production quotas this year.Diamantino de Azevedo, the African nation’s oil minister, said Angola “does not gain anything by remaining in the organization,” according to state news agency Angop. The country…
Catholic bishops in conservative countries are pushing back on the Vatican’s document allowing blessings for individuals in same-sex relationships.Episcopal conferences in African nations have been the most vocal prelates opposed to the implementation of “Fiducia supplicans” — the document which approved pastoral blessings given to people in same-sex relationships under…
Mexico’s army appears to be conducting raids on only a few active drug labs each month, despite U.S. pressure to combat fentanyl trafficking.Data shows that out of the 527 labs raided in Mexico during the first seven months of the year, less than 5% were active.Critics argue that Mexico is…
Indonesian authorities detected at least five boats packed tight with refugees approaching shores of Aceh province, officials said Thursday.The boats are the latest in a surge of vessels that have arrived in Aceh, most carrying Rohingya refugees from southern Bangladesh, where the persecuted Muslim minority fled in 2017 following attacks…
The Albanian Parliament voted Thursday to rescind former Prime Minister Sali Berisha’s legal immunity.Berisha, the 79-year-old leader of the country’s center-right Democratic Party, is accused of abusing his position to help his son-in-law buy land in Tirana.Berisha denies the charges, claiming his prosecution a political hit by incumbent Prime Minister…
A wildfire burning out of control on the outskirts of the Australian west coast city of Perth on Thursday destroyed at least two homes and injured two people, officials said.An emergency warning was issued for the eastern suburb of Parkerville where the fire was sparked by a tree branch falling…
close Video A passenger train on Wednesday struck a group of maintenance workers on the tracks, killing two of them and injuring four others, police said. ICELAND VOLCANO ERUPTS TURNING PART OF NATION INTO FIERY LANDSCAPE The collision happened near the southwestern town of Postojna at around 9 a.m., the…
