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Three astronauts return from International Space Station
Science Network | Washington, US
Three members of the International Space Station's crew returned safely to Earth on Saturday on a Russian Soyuz craft, Russia's Roscosmos space agency reported.
The Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, a microbiologist who in 2016 became the first person to sequence DNA in space, and Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov landed in Kazakhstan at 0455 GMT.
The t...Astronauts return from International Space Station. Three members of the Expedition 64 team returned safely to Earth on Saturday after ending their mission on the International Space Station and landing in Kazakhstan.‘Godzilla’ shark discovered in New Mexico gets formal name
Odd News | Texas, US
The 300-million-year-old shark’s teeth were the first sign that it might be a distinct species.
The ancient chompers looked less like the spear-like rows of teeth of related species. They were squatter and shorter, less than an inch long, around 2 centimeters.
“Great for grasping and crushing prey rather than piercing prey,” said discoverer John-Paul Hodnett, who was a graduate student when he unearthed the first ...TGA concludes NSW woman's death 'likely' linked to AstraZeneca vaccine
COVID 19 | Canberra, Australia
The death of a 48-year-old woman who developed rare blood clots days after receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine is "likely" linked to the jab, Australia's medicines regulator has found.
The Therapeutic Goods Administration also clarified the timing of the woman's vaccination, saying it took place on the morning of April 8, before the government later that day recommended Pfizer be preferred for A...‘BJP ruled states receiving preferential treatment of medical equipment’, alleges Sonia Gandhi
COVID 19 | New Delhi, India
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage across India, Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi alleged that BJP ruled states have been receiving preferential treatment in terms of medical equipment. “Some of our chief ministers told me that they were left with a few days of vaccines. They had no oxygen and they were running out of ventilators.
But there has been a thund...Modi appeals to keep Hindu festival 'symbolic' amid major surge in COVID 19 Deaths, Infections
COVID 19 | New Delhi, India
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday appealed to devotees to keep a key Hindu festival symbolic as the country reported more than 200,000 new COVID-19 infections for the third straight day.
India reported 234,692 COVID-19 infections over the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases to nearly 14.5 million, second only to the United States. Deaths in the co...Myanmar pardons prisoners, unclear if activists among them
Yangon, Myanmar
Myanmar’s junta on Saturday announced it pardoned and released more than 23,000 prisoners to mark the new year holiday, but it wasn’t immediately clear if they included pro-democracy activists who were detained in the wake of the February coup.
The release was announced on state broadcaster MRTV, which said that the military leader Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing pardoned the 23,047 prisoners, including 137 foreigners who w...Czechia expels 18 Russian diplomats over 2014 ammunition depot blast. Czech police connected two men suspected of carrying out a poisoning attack on Russian spy Sergei Skripal in Salisbury, UK, with a deadly ammunition depot explosion southeast of Prague.Queen Elizabeth II stands alone during Prince Philip's funeral at St George's Chapel. The pair were married for 73 years before the Duke of Edinburgh's death at the age of 99. Football Center: Messi nets 2, Barcelona beats Bilbao 4-0 to win Copa del Rey | Athletic Club vs Barcelona Highlights
Sports Network | London, UK
Lionel Messi scored twice as Barcelona turned on the style in the second half to beat Athletic Bilbao 4-0 in Saturday's Copa del Rey final and win their first silverware under Ronald Koeman.
Barca were beaten 3-2 by Athletic in January's Supercopa de Espana final and they were kept at bay by the Basque club for an hour in this latest encounter at Est...Prince Philip's coffin carried on to church steps. The coffin is held outside the chapel prior to a minute's silence. The royal procession on foot followed Prince Philip’s coffin, which was carried on a green Land Rover which he helped design. The Duke of Edinburgh's casket was covered in his personal standard and carried his sword, naval cap and a wreath of flowers. His children and grandchildren watched as his coffin was carried by a group of Royal Marines into St George’s Chapel for the funer...FA Cup semi-final weekend as Manchester City hunt for quadruple and big game between West Ham and Newcastle in the Premier League
Football Network | London, UK
Newcastle v West Ham is the pick of this weekend's truncated Premier League schedule as Newcastle look to stave off the drop and West Ham search for an unlikely top 4 spot.
We preview all of this weekend's top flight fixtures as well as both FA Cup semi-finals, where Chelsea play a Manchester City side looking to make history this seas...LEADING OFF: Two Twins-Angels games postponed by Minnesota’s COVID-19 woes
Sports Network | Minnesota, US
The Twins’ games against the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday night and Sunday have been postponed due to Minnesota’s COVID-19 problems, including at least four positive tests in the past week.
Kyle Garlick, another unnamed Twins player and a team staff member tested positive in the two days before the postponements, manager Rocco Baldelli said Saturday. Shortstop Andrelton Simmons already h...Four members of Sikh community among dead in Indianapolis FedEx shooting -group
Indianapolis, US
Four members of the Sikh religious community, three women and one man, were killed in a Thursday night shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis that claimed the lives of eight workers, a community group and local leader said on Friday.
"Out of eight, four are Sikh community members," said businessman Gurinder Singh Khalsa, who identified himself as a leader of the local Sikh community and said ...Watch New Video Puts Iconic Image of Black Hole in a Cosmic Context
Science Network | California, US
Two years ago, astronomers acquired the first direct image of a black hole. A coordinated observation campaign of this object is now adding to our understanding of this black hole and its tumultuous surroundings.
Located at the core of elliptical galaxy M87, this supermassive black hole carries the mass of 6.5 billion Suns. In April 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration released...’Dire need of beds, oxygen’: India’s capital under siege from COVID-19, seeks emergency help from federal govt
COVID 19 | New Delhi, India
India’s capital New Delhi recorded 25,500 coronavirus cases in a 24-hour period, with about one in three people tested returning a positive result, its chief minister said, urging the federal government to provide more hospital beds to tackle the crisis.
Less than 100 critical care beds were available in the city of more than 20 million people, Chief Minist...UK warships to sail for Black Sea in May as Ukraine-Russia tensions rise- Sunday Times
War Zone | Kyiv, Ukraine
British warships will sail for the Black Sea in May amid rising tensions between Ukraine and Russia, the Sunday Times newspaper reported, citing senior naval sources.
The deployment is aimed at showing solidarity with Ukraine and Britain's NATO allies, the newspaper reported.
One Type 45 destroyer armed with anti-aircraft missiles and an anti-submarine Type 23 frigate will leave the...
Police declare unlawful assembly in Minnesota's Brooklyn Center after six days of protests
Minneapolis, US
A witness said that the announcement came only after police fired flashbangs into crowd.
President Joe Biden faced increased pressure on Friday to stem gun violence amid a rash of mass shootings across the United States, but he faces an uphill battle to significantly change the country's permissive firearms laws.
Hundreds gather at Fairview High School for a candlelight vigil to remem...MLB Center: Seager’s homer in 12th sends Dodgers to 11-6 win over Padres
Sports Network | San Diego, US
Whew! And still 18 more to go.
Corey Seager hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer on Tim Hill’s first pitch of the 12th inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Diego Padres 11-6 Friday night in a tense, entertaining first matchup this season between NL West rivals who have visions of deep playoff runs.
It took 4 hours, 57 minutes to decide this one, which ended early Saturday morning. Th...Dingo Attack: Toddler suffers significant injuries after being mauled on Fraser Island
Canberra, Australia
A toddler is in hospital with deep puncture wounds inflicted by a dingo which attacked the two-year-old who walked unsupervised from his family’s holiday home on Fraser Island.
The young boy sustained significant injuries to his legs, arms, neck, shoulder and head after being mauled by just one animal, with a paramedic saying he was lucky not to be attacked by a dingo pack.
Neighbours at...The Latest: Worldwide COVID-19 death toll tops a staggering 3 million
COVID 19 | Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
The global death toll from the coronavirus topped a staggering 3 million people Saturday amid repeated setbacks in the worldwide vaccination campaign and a deepening crisis in places such as Brazil, India and France.
The number of lives lost, as compiled by Johns Hopkins University, is about equal to the population of Kyiv, Ukraine; Caracas, Venezuela; or metropolitan Lisbon, Portugal. It is...Russia detains Ukrainian consul over classified information
War Zone | Maslovka, Russia
Russia detained a Ukrainian diplomat for allegedly receiving classified information from a database of the country’s main security agency.
The Federal Security Service, or FSB, said Saturday that Alexander Sosonyuk, Ukraine’s consul in St. Petersburg, was taken into custody on Friday during a meeting with a Russian in which he received “information of a classified nature contained in the databases of law en...AstraZeneca could have COVID-19 vaccine against variant by end-2021 -Austrian newspaper
COVID 19 | Vienna, Austria
A modified version of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine tailored to combat a coronavirus variant first documented in South Africa could be ready by the end of 2021, an AstraZeneca official in Austria said in an interview published on Sunday.
Sarah Walters, AstraZeneca's Austria country manager, told the Kurier newspaper that studies, so far, indicating the existing AstraZeneca vaccin...Putin critic ‘could die at any moment’, Doctor says
Moscow, Russia
A doctor for imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is in the third week of a hunger strike, says his health is deteriorating rapidly and the 44-year-old Kremlin critic could be on the verge of death.
Physician Yaroslav Ashikhmin said Saturday that test results he received from Navalny’s family show him with sharply elevated levels of potassium, which can bring on cardiac arrest, and heightened creatinine leve...Queen Elizabeth and Britain to bid farewell to Prince Philip
London, UK
As military bands played and a procession of royals escorted his coffin to the church, Prince Philip was laid to rest Saturday in a funeral ceremony that honored his lifetime of service to the U.K., the crown and his wife of 73 years, Queen Elizabeth II.
The widowed British monarch, setting an example amid the coronavirus pandemic, sat alone at the ceremony, dressed in black and with her head bowed in prayer.
Philip, wh...Czechs expel 18 Russian envoys, accuse Moscow over ammunition depot blast
Diplomacy | Prague, Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is expelling 18 Russian diplomats over suspicions that Russian intelligence services were involved in an ammunition depot explosion in 2014, its government said on Saturday.
The central European country is a NATO and EU member state, and the expulsions and allegations have triggered its biggest row with Russia since the end of the communist era in 1989.
Two men usin...Biden talks partnership plans with Japan. President Joe Biden unveiled a series of commitments he has agreed to with the Prime Minister of Japan.Football Center: Hakim Ziyech ends Manchester City’s quadruple dream as Chelsea reach FA Cup final
Football Network | London, UK
Chelsea beat Manchester City 1-0 on Saturday to book a place in next month's FA Cup final thanks to a second-half goal by Hakim Ziyech which ended City manager Pep Guardiola's dream of steering his side to an unprecedented quadruple of titles.
Ziyech scored in the 55th minute when he tapped into an empty net from a cross by Timo Werner with City goalkeeper Zack Steff...Britain falls silent in tribute to Prince Philip. Queen Elizabeth II on Saturday led Britain in a one-minute's silence in memory of her late husband, Prince Philip, as she bid him a final farewell at a funeral restricted by coronavirus rules but reflecting his long life of military and public service.CIA planned to assassinate Raul Castro in 1960: declassified documents
Diplomacy | Washington, US
The CIA made its first known attempt to assassinate a leader of the Cuban revolution in 1960, offering $10,000 to a pilot flying Raul Castro from Prague to Havana to arrange an "accident," according to declassified documents published Friday.
Pilot Jose Raul Martinez, who had been recruited by the CIA, asked for -- and received -- assurance from the agency that it would provide university educatio...NBA Center: Celtics win thriller despite Stephen’s Curry’s 47
Sports Network | Los Angeles, US
Jayson Tatum lost his personal duel with Stephen Curry but the Boston Celtics won their battle with the Golden State Warriors on Saturday night, outfinishing the visitors for a 119-114 win in a nationally televised duel of streaking teams.
Tatum scored a driving hoop to break a tie with 48.8 seconds left, and Kemba Walker delivered the dagger with a 3-pointer 24 seconds later, allowing the Celtics to...Knights Templar legacy lives on in Cyprus
Lifestyle | Cyprus
Fables of the Knights Templar are legend, but deep beneath a castle on Cyprus -- an island once owned by the Crusader brotherhood -- lies a legacy historians say still resonates today.
Down steep, narrow and uneven stone stairs in the fort of Limassol is a low-vaulted room lined with tombstones of medieval knights.
Maria Patsalosavvi, curator of the Leventis Municipal Museum in the Cypriot capital Nicosia, displays a crusader sword...UK approves diamond tycoon Nirav Modi's extradition to India
Gujarat, India
Britain has approved the extradition of fugitive Indian diamond tycoon Nirav Modi, a Home Office spokesman said on Friday.
The jeweller fled India before details on his alleged involvement in $2.2 billion bank fraud, India's biggest, became public in 2018. The fraud dented confidence in the state banking sector and New Delhi has since tried to get Modi extradited.
"On 25 February the District Judge gave judgment in ...Podcast: India's Farmer Protest
Farmers Protests | Boston, US
This episode is about India. Currently home to the one of the largest protests in modern history. Tens of thousands of farmers across the country are demanding that the government revoke a series of reforms that will change India's agricultural sector. NPR's Planet Money podcast follows a farmer who jumped into the free market 25 years before these laws were passed, and whose story serves as an example of both the prospects and the p...Japan’s leader urges strong alliance in visit to White House
Diplomacy | Washington, US
Calling democracy the foundation for global prosperity, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga met with President Joe Biden at the White House on Friday in a bid to underscore the two countries’ alliance as a counter to an autocratic and increasingly assertive China.
The visit was Biden’s first face-to-face talks with a foreign leader as president.
Suga and Biden, who wore masks for their meeting in the st...France's Macron says 'clear red lines' should be drawn with Russia -CBS
Diplomacy | Paris, France
World powers should draw "clear red lines" with Russia and consider possible sanctions against Moscow when they're crossed, French President Emmanuel Macron told U.S. news network CBS in an interview.
"We have to define clear red lines with Russia," Macron said, according to a video excerpt of the interview to be aired later on Sunday.
"This is the only way to be credible. Sanctions are not suffi...Oscar-nominated songs to be performed from LA museum roof -- and Iceland
Entertainment Network | Los Angeles, US
The five songs nominated at this year's Oscars will be performed from the top of the Academy's gleaming new film museum -- and a tiny fishing town in Iceland -- as producers aim to shake up the format of the pandemic-hit ceremony.
"Hamilton" star Leslie Odom Jr will be among those performing from the roof terrace of Los Angeles' still-unopened Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, whic...NBA Center: Donovan Mitchell injured in Jazz’s comeback win
Sports Network | Los Angeles, US
Donovan Mitchell scored 22 points before leaving with a sprained right ankle early in the third quarter, and the Utah Jazz rallied in his absence to beat the visiting Indiana Pacers 119-111 on Friday afternoon in Salt Lake City.
Bojan Bogdanovic led the Jazz with 24 points, and Jordan Clarkson returned from his four-game injury absence to help the comeback efforts with 18 points. Rudy Gobert also contr...Fashion industry evolves, as virus forces a rethink
Fashion Network | Paris, France
The pandemic has torn a multibillion-dollar bite out of the fabric of Europe’s fashion industry, stopped runway shows and forced brands to show their designs digitally instead.
Now, amid hopes of a return to near-normality by the year’s end, the industry is asking what fashion will look like as it dusts itself off and struggles to its well-heeled feet again.
Answers vary. Some think the Fashion Week format, in...China says US-Japan actions are stoking division
Diplomacy | Beijing, China
China hit back at the U.S.-Japan show of alliance during talks between President Joe Biden and Japan Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, calling it an “ironic attempt of stoking division.”
China said Suga and Biden’s news conference Friday, in which they issued a joint statement on shared values in democracy and human rights and aired concerns about China’s activities in the Indo-Pacific region, had gone “far beyond the sco...
