Operation to Empty Decaying Oil Tanker Set to Begin in Yemen, UN Says
Operations to salvage 1.1 million barrels of oil from a decaying tanker moored off Yemen’s coast will soon begin after a technical support ship arrived on site on Tuesday, the United Nations sai...
Cholera Catastrophe Looming at Kenya Refugee Camp, Aid Group Warns
Health care providers in Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camp say an ongoing cholera outbreak is becoming a looming catastrophe. Doctors Without Borders has described the six-month-long cholera outbreak ...
IAEA Team in Japan for Final Review Before Planned Discharge of Fukushima Nuclear Plant Water
An International Atomic Energy Agency team arrived in Tokyo on Monday for a final review before Japan begins releasing massive amounts of treated radioactive water into the sea from the wrecked Fukush...
China’s Shenzhou-16 Mission Takes Off Bound for Space Station
China sent three astronauts to its Tiangong space station on Tuesday, putting a civilian scientist into space for the first time as Beijing pursues plans to send a manned mission to the Moon by the en...
UAE Unveils Groundbreaking Mission to Asteroid Belt
The United Arab Emirates unveiled plans Monday to send a spaceship to explore the solar system’s main asteroid belt, the latest space project by the oil-rich nation after it launched the success...
China Says Will Land Astronauts on Moon Before 2030, Expand Space Station
China’s burgeoning space program plans to place astronauts on the moon before 2030 and expand the country’s orbiting space station, officials said Monday. Monday’s announcement comes against...