A volcano has erupted following a 7.0-magnitude earthquake that struck off Russia’s east coast, spurting a column of ash miles into the air, according to state-run media. The Shiveluch volcano is around 280 miles from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, a coastal city with a population of about 180,000 that lies in Russia’s eastern region of Kamchatka. “According to visual evaluations, the ash column ...
Paetongtarn Shinawatra, a scion of Thailand’s most famed and divisive political dynasty, won the endorsement of the king on Sunday to officially become the country’s new prime minister. Her appointment follows a series of twists and turns in Thai politics over the past week, during which the Constitutional Court ousted Srettha Thavisin, her predecessor from the same Pheu Thai party. The country’s ...
More than 20 people were injured after a Ferris wheel at a music festival in Germany caught fire on Saturday evening. Images show two carriages of the ride on fire as smoke billows into the air at the Highfield Festival near the city of Leipzig. According to a statement from Saxony police, the ride caught fire shortly after 9 p.m. ...
The first UK military satellite which can capture daytime images and videos of the Earth’s surface has successfully launched into space. The “cutting-edge” satellite – named Tyche – is part of a Ministry of Defence (MoD) programme that aims to support military operations as well as natural disaster and environmental monitoring, mapping information development, and tracking the climate change impact. ...
A supermoon will rise over the horizon on Monday night. Supermoons occur when a full moon rises during its closest point in its orbit to the Earth. They look huge, bright… and very photogenic. So where do you start if you want to begin snapping the night sky? Welsh astrophotographer Dafydd Wynn Morgans has been photographing the universe for years, ...
Social media company X says it will close its operations in Brazil, after claiming a judge on the country’s supreme court threatened to arrest its legal representative in Brazil if the company did not comply with his orders. X, formerly Twitter, said it was removing its remaining staff in Brazil “effective immediately” though the service will still be available there. ...
Two months into his presidency, Joe Biden confronted a political crisis: The number of migrants illegally crossing the southern border into the United States was soaring. So he asked Vice President Kamala Harris to lead the administration’s diplomatic efforts to reduce problems at the border. That assignment included working with three Central American countries — El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras ...
The San Francisco district attorney needed support from key unions and different parts of California when she launched her first statewide campaign. So almost 15 years ago, Kamala Harris connected with another rising star, Laphonza Butler, then the Los Angeles-based leader of the fast-growing home-care workers union. Harris wanted the local union’s backing in her bid for state attorney general. ...
One month ago, Democrats watched with envy and dismay as Republicans demonstrated their energy and unity with a lively party convention that showcased Donald Trump’s dominant position in the race against President Joe Biden. Now, after one of the most momentous shifts in political atmospherics in modern history, Democrats have been buoyed by a new standard-bearer and sense of optimism ...
The campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris announced Saturday that it will reserve at least $370 million in television and digital advertising between Labor Day and Election Day, a massive investment in the fall that roughly matches a similar investment by outside groups supporting her campaign. The new Harris plan includes $170 million in traditional national and local television advertising, ...