Japan successfully launches H3 rocket after back-to-back failures | Space News

Japan successfully launches H3 rocket after back-to-back failures | Space News

The H3 flagship rocket is designed to replace the H-IIA after more than two decades in service. Japan has successfully launched its next-generation rocket into orbit, the country’s space agency has announced, after two failed attempts cast a pall over Tokyo’s space ambitions. The H3 had a “successful liftoff” at…

Old ways survive in Bali despite mass tourism, but for how long? | Arts and Culture News

Old ways survive in Bali despite mass tourism, but for how long? | Arts and Culture News

Bali, Indonesia – At dawn, as the first shards of light dance over the rice fields in the seaside village of Seseh on Bali’s west coast, Putu and her husband Made, who like many Indonesians go by one name only, spend an hour reciting prayers and distributing small palm leaf…

Ukraine signs French security pact after similar agreement with Germany | Russia-Ukraine war News

Ukraine signs French security pact after similar agreement with Germany | Russia-Ukraine war News

Deal with France promises $3.23bn in military aid to Ukraine, while pact with Germany secures $1.22bn support package. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed a new long-term security pact with France, hours after securing a similar deal and aid from Germany. France and Ukraine signed a bilateral security agreement seeking…

Thorny question of presidential ‘age limit’ grows in US political discourse | Joe Biden News

Thorny question of presidential ‘age limit’ grows in US political discourse | Joe Biden News

The question of whether there should be an age limit for US presidents was raised in a particularly high-profile public forum this week when Congresswoman Katie Porter said in a televised debate that such restrictions “are a conversation for all elected officials that we ought to be having”. Porter’s acknowledgement…

ICJ demands implementation of Gaza measures, but no new action on Rafah | Israel War on Gaza News

ICJ demands implementation of Gaza measures, but no new action on Rafah | Israel War on Gaza News

Top UN court notes ‘perilous’ situation but rejects South African request to order urgent measure to safeguard civilians. The top United Nations court said that it notes the “perilous” situation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, but has declined South Africa’s request for urgent measures to safeguard Palestinians being…

Trump ordered to pay 4.9m by New York court in civil fraud case | Donald Trump News

Trump ordered to pay $354.9m by New York court in civil fraud case | Donald Trump News

Former US president loses case; banned from serving as officer or director of any New York corporation for three years. Donald Trump must pay $354.9m in penalties for fraudulently overstating his net worth to dupe lenders, a New York judge has ruled, handing the former US president another legal setback in a civil…

Satellite photos show construction on Egypt’s border with Gaza | Israel War on Gaza

Satellite photos show construction on Egypt’s border with Gaza | Israel War on Gaza

NewsFeed Satellite images show Egypt levelling land and building a wall along its border with the Gaza Strip near the Rafah crossing. The construction suggests Egypt is preparing for a possible influx of displaced Palestinians, amid fears that Israel’s planned ground invasion of Rafah could push thousands across the line….

At Rio’s Carnival parades, Yanomami activists fight ‘genocide’ with samba | Indigenous Rights News

At Rio’s Carnival parades, Yanomami activists fight ‘genocide’ with samba | Indigenous Rights News

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Yellow and green feathers radiating from his headdress, Davi Kopenawa strode onto the parade route with a mission in mind. All around him, the city of Rio de Janeiro was pulsing with music and merry-making: It was February 12, and the world’s largest Carnival celebration…

How likely is a regional conflict in the Middle East? | Israel War on Gaza News

How likely is a regional conflict in the Middle East? | Israel War on Gaza News

Israel has ramped up attacks in Lebanon – and Hezbollah has promised to retaliate. The Israeli military has been exchanging almost daily fire with Lebanese group Hezbollah since the war on Gaza began on October 7. Hezbollah says it is acting in solidarity with its ally in Gaza, Hamas, and that…

Kremlin critics: What happens to Putin’s most vocal opponents? | Politics News

Kremlin critics: What happens to Putin’s most vocal opponents? | Politics News

Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny is just one of many Kremlin critics to have fallen foul of the government under President Vladimir Putin’s rule. Navalny, 47, who Russian prison authorities said had died on Friday, was jailed in early 2021 after returning from Germany, where he was recovering from a…