WASHINGTON — The secretary-general of the United Nations lumped space tourism alongside corruption and loss of freedoms as part of a “malady of mistrust” facing the world, another sign of the backlash in some quarters to private human spaceflight. In an address to the United Nations General Assembly Sept. 21, Secretary-General António Guterres singled out
Award winning: The Golden Ring by Shuchang Dong is the 2021 winner of the Astronomy Photographer of the Year. (Courtesy: Shuchang Dong) Chinese photographer Shuchang Dong has beaten thousands of amateur and professional photographers from around the world to win the 2021 Astronomy Photographer of the Year. The award – now in its 13th year
Passengers wearing protective masks wait to board a Delta Air Lines Inc. flight at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., on Wednesday, April 7, 2021. Elijah Nouvelage | Bloomberg | Getty Images Airlines have banned hundreds of passengers for unruly behavior since the start of the pandemic. Delta Air Lines wants carriers to
Jason Orley’s I Want You Back starring Charlie Day and Jenny Slate will drop on Amazon Prime on Feb. 11, 2022. The pic, written by Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger (Love, Simon and This Is Us) follows Emma (Slate) and Peter (Day). They thought they were on the precipice of life’s biggest moments – marriage, kids, and houses
It’s always challenging to recommend a good smartphone in the sub-Rs. 10,000 segment since manufacturers often have to sacrifice a great deal in order to price their phones this low. However, the Micromax In 2b is one of the very few recent launches that manages to strike a good balance between performance, design, and price.
The House select committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot announced Thursday it issued subpoenas to four of former President Donald Trump‘s closest allies, including his former chief of staff Mark Meadows and his onetime close advisor Steve Bannon. The subpoenas, which were also sent to former White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications Daniel
Universal Music is on the verge of commemorating the 30th anniversary of Nirvana’s “Nevermind” with several multi-format reissues … but the grown-up baby on the iconic album cover has one message — don’t use the damn genitalia pic!!! Spencer Elden — the man who was the naked baby pictured in a swimming pool on Nirvana’s
U.S. government debt prices were lower on Friday morning as market concerns eased since the start of the week. At around 1:30 am. ET, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note was higher by 30 basis points at 1.4406% and the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond was up by 32 basis points at 1.9563%. Yields move inversely
Rihanna has done it again. The singer, mogul, and designer returns with Savage x Fenty Vol. 3, her third multi-faceted runway extravaganza to debut her newest lingerie offering. This year’s show is set to be another visual feat, with breathtaking choreography (thank you, Parris Goebel!), stunning architecture, and conceptual musical performances. It’ll also continue the
A new season means a new case for Stabler and the rest of Organized Crime. Law & Order: Organized Crime Season 2 Episode 1 felt more like another pilot than a continuation of the same series. The new case is compelling, but jumping into it in the middle was slightly confusing, even if the stakes
If you enjoy reading Electric Literature, join our mailing list! We’ll send you the best of EL each week, and you’ll be the first to know about upcoming submissions periods and virtual events. Within the confines of a few hundred pages, it can be difficult for a character to be read as bisexual unless explicitly
Chinese ride-hailing company Didi offers cars for guests of the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2017 (World Economic Forum’s Summer Davos session) on June 27, 2017, in Dalian, Liaoning Province of China. VCG | Visual China Group | Getty Images BEIJING — As overseas investors reel from Beijing’s regulatory crackdown, the rapid fallout in
WASHINGTON — NASA needs to ensure that commercial space stations are ready before the International Space Station is retired to avoid a “space station gap” with geopolitical consequences, industry officials and other advisers warn. NASA’s low Earth orbit commercialization strategy calls for the development of one or more commercial space stations by late this decade,
In this article COST People shop for toilet paper at a Costco store in Novato, California on March 14, 2020. Josh Edelson | AFP | Getty Images Costco Chief Financial Officer Richard Galanti said Thursday the company wants to make sure it has essential items at stores, even as shipping delays and truck driver shortages
Universal joins Disney and 20th Century Studios in planning a theatrical release schedule for 2024, however, the studio didn’t name any titles. The only hardcore titles that has been dated in 2024 is Warner Bros./Village Roadshow’s Mad Max spinoff Furiosa on May 24, Memorial Day weekend, starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and 20th Century
Like its predecessors, Far Cry 6 — releasing October 7 worldwide — is played from a first-person perspective. All you see are the character, Dani Rojas’, arms and legs. But in a change of pace, Far Cry 6 is set to be the first Far Cry game to show the player character’s face. Dani Rojas
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, center, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., arrive for a news conference to announce a framework for President Bidens economic plan in the Capitol Visitor Center on Thursday, September 23, 2021. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Democrats in Congress
News Watch Lizzo Cover BTS’ “Butter” She also did a rendition of her recent song “Rumors” for BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge By Madison Bloom September 23, 2021 Facebook Twitter Lizzo (Still from BBC 1 Live Lounge Performance). Facebook Twitter Lizzo has covered BTS’ recent hit single “Butter” for BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge. The