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On April 25, a Long March 2F rocket briefly lit up the dark desert sky above Jiuquan Spaceport in northwest China, carrying three Shenzhou-18 astronauts to the Tiangong space station. Such missions, including crew handovers, have become remarkably routine for China. China launched just six crewed missions between 2003—which saw its first with Shenzhou-5, making China only the third country capable of independent human spaceflight—and 2020. It has since launched seven, with the Shenzhou-18 crew taking over from the outgoing Shenzhou-17 crew for a new six-month stint in orbit. Just over a week later, at the Wenchang Space Launch Site…

REmidas of One A world of evil proliferates in Stockholm’s Alffursten Palace, the imposing home of the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. RWhas stood outside the main entrance for several years. It pays tribute to Raoul Wallenberg, the young diplomat who saved thousands of Jews in Nazi-occupied Hungary by creating a Swedish “protection pass” before disappearing into a Soviet prison. These days, the stone-floored foyer has also been decorated with four large flags. Three reflect Sweden’s proud self-image as a champion of free trade, development aid and international cooperation. These are the Swedish flag, the European Union flag and the…

A Marmite Margarita? A Porcini Punch? You won’t know until you try it, but flavoursome cocktails are all the rage right now. The world’s best bartenders are experimenting with unusual combinations, fusing the worlds of food and drink and pushing the boundaries of cocktail menus. Drinks trends for 2024: Flavourful cocktails Of course, this isn’t an entirely new trend: The Bloody Mary, made with tomato juice, Tabasco, and Worcestershire sauce, has been a staple on cocktail menus for decades. Egg whites have long been used to add foamy texture to drinks like the Pisco Sour. And who can forget a…

Politics by Isabel Keane Published June 6, 2024 8:33am ET Jen Psaki, President Biden’s former press secretary, made a shocking admission on Wednesday that her former boss’ executive order on the besieged southern border was intended to address “political vulnerability” ahead of the 2024 election, after the president refused to answer questions about the timing of the action. The order, announced Tuesday, will close the US-Mexico border if the number of migrants crossing the border exceeds 2,500 per day for seven consecutive days. Officials said the order will be in effect for up to two weeks after the seven-day average…

To learn more about Apollo for Business, visit ApolloNeuro.com (Photo: Business Wire)Combining Apollo’s wearable and AI technology with scientifically validated research, Apollo for Business aims to help organisations solve the stress and burnout crisis.Pittsburgh, June 6, 2024–(BUSINESS WIRE)–A recent Gallup study found that poor sleep is linked to more than $44 billion in lost productivity, and Cedars-Sinai Hospital has shown that poor sleep leads to increased stress, frustration, depression and anxiety. To help organizations proactively address employee mental health head-on by improving sleep and reducing stress, Apollo Neuroscience is launching Apollo for Business. This new corporate program provides organizations of…

06:23:08 PM IST, 06 June 2024Election Results 2024 Live Updates: Here’s what newly elected Independent MP Haji Hanifa Jaan said after winning from Ladakh parliamentary seatElection Results 2024 Live Updates: “We will meet by this evening to decide about the strategy forward. I will be raising our issues in the Parliament. The government will address the four-point agenda of ours. Our first priority will be Kargil Airport. People through their mandate showed BJP that if a government does not perform, they can change the government. There will not be a BJP government this time, they will face difficulty if they…

The University of Wisconsin football program missed out on the final three schools to sign 2025 defensive lineman Brad Fitzgibbon on Thursday.The Chicago, Illinois native had his top three picks over Kansas, Iowa and Michigan State.Related: Here’s where each Big Ten team ranks in ESPN’s 2024 College Football Power IndexThe Badgers offered Fitzgibbon in January when Greg Scruggs was the team’s defensive line coach, who is now EJ Whitlow after Scruggs left for Michigan.Whatever the reason for the Badgers’ failure to qualify, the 6-foot-4, 280-pound lineman could have a shot at a Big Ten Conference contender.The three-star recruit is ranked…

Flats – Intention Josh Okogie Will he pick up his player option with the Suns? … Pelicans have a decision to make. Jose Alvarado … Marcus Georges Hunt He continues to lead the Kuwaiti club into the FIBA​​ WASL playoffs… More on this in this week’s #ProJackets report.Will Okogie pick up his player option with the Suns?Another interesting case is that perhaps no Suns player has seen his stock drop as much. Josh Okogie Last season, Okogie started in the season opener but played fewer than five minutes in two of the team’s four losses to the Minnesota Timberwolves before…

President Biden and key U.S. allies were in Normandy on Thursday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings, when U.S.-led Allied forces invaded Nazi-occupied France. The daring air and sea invasion marked the beginning of the end of World War II and led to the defeat of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi German forces in Europe less than a year later. Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron, British Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau came together to commemorate the Western allies’ most significant victory in the war and the largest naval invasion in history. Biden is in France…

In an April phone conversation, Chinese leader Xi Jinping issued a stern admonition to President Joe Biden. Washington’s ban on the export of American advanced microchips and other sanctions designed “to suppress China’s trade and technology development” are “creating risks.” If Biden “is adamant on containing China’s high-tech development,” the official Chinese readout went on, Beijing “is not going to sit back and watch.”Biden has been robust in his response. The ban, he told Xi, was necessary to protect American national security. “He said, ‘Why?’” Biden recently recounted. “I said, ‘Because you use it for all the wrong reasons, so…