Rocket Engine Explodes During Test at Shetland Spaceport
As European countries push to develop more independent space capabilities, a test at one new site produced an explosion.
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Horticulturist Carlos Magdalena Is Saving Rare Flowers From Extinction
Carlos Magdalena, whose botanical adventures have shades of Indiana Jones, was a driving force in saving the world’s smallest water…
Zelensky Says Ukraine Now Controls About 480 Square Miles of Russian Territory
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine seized on the incursion’s success to press allies to lift a longtime restriction: the use…
Middle East Crisis: Blinken Pushes for Gaza Cease-Fire, With Visits to Egypt and Qatar
After meetings in Israel, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will press Hamas leadership through intermediaries to continue talks on…
War Is Draining Ukraine’s Male-Dominated Work Force. Enter the Women.
More and more women are replacing men mobilized in the army. But there are not enough of them to make…
Search Resumes for Passengers of Yacht That Sank Off Palermo, Italy
Divers have been searching the hull of the Bayesian for passengers including the British entrepreneur Mike Lynch. Witnesses said it…
Switzerland Offers Reward for Ideas to Remove Old Bombs From Its Lakes
Switzerland is offering $58,000 in prize money for ideas to remove munitions from the depths, in case they start polluting….
They Ran a Campaign in Hiding. Now They Wait.
The campaign officials for Venezuela’s opposition have sheltered in an Argentine diplomatic residence in Caracas for five months, watching the…
Ukraine Attacks Bridges in Russia’s Kursk Region, Aiming to Encircle Troops
The attacks look to destroy or damage crossings over a river in the Kursk region that are Russian forces’ only…
1 Dead and 6 Missing After Yacht Sinks Off Sicily
Fifteen other people were rescued after the vessel went down in a storm. Expert divers were called in to carry…