Obama Pledges Greater U.s. Engagement In Asia

A rare Israeli airstrike on central Beirut killed Hezbollah’s chief spokesman on Sunday, an official with the militant group said. Earlier, Israeli strikes killed at least 12 people in the Gaza Strip, officials said, where Israel has been at war with the Palestinian Hamas for over a year. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The latest in a series of targeted killings of senior Hezbollah officials came as Lebanese officials were considering a United States-led cease-fire proposal.

37,000-year-old saber-toothed 'kitten' found in Arctic permafrost, revealing new species insights The Jerusalem PostMummy of a juvenile sabre-toothed cat Homotherium latidens from the Upper Pleistocene of Siberia | Scientific Reports Nature.comWorld First 35,000-Year-Old Saber-Toothed Kitten Found Mummified In Permafrost IFLScience

In June 2020, a bloody border clash broke out between India and China in the Ladakh region—the deadliest since a 1962 war. Relations between the nuclear-armed neighbors plunged to their lowest level in decades. But, after four years of icy ties, the relationship is finally beginning to thaw. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] India and China struck a border deal last month that calls for resuming patrols in Ladakh, and for disengaging troops that restore positions to pre-crisis locations.

US Health officials report first known case of new, more severe strain of monkeypox New York Post First U. S. Case of Severe Form of Mpox Reported in California The New York TimesUnited States’ first known case of more severe strain of mpox confirmed in California CNNUS health officials report 1st case of new form of mpox in a traveler The Associated PressFirst known US case of person infected with new mpox strain reported The Guardian

Leak On Board International Space Station: NASA Warns Of Catastrophic Failure Strategic News Global‘Possibility of a catastrophic failure’: Inside the space station leak problem that has NASA worried CNNNASA and Roscosmos disagree on cause and severity of ISS air leak SpaceNewsThe ISS has been leaking for 5 years. NASA and Russia disagree on how to fix it Space.comNASA Complains That Its Spacesuits Are a Decrepit Mess Futurism

CDC warns of measles surge and decline in vaccinations as Trump nominates vaccine-skeptic RFK Jr to head healt Daily MailWHO warns: Measles outbreak spreading alarmingly The Jerusalem PostMeasles is debilitating and deadly, and cases are surging, WHO and CDC warn CNNMeasles cases rose 20% worldwide in 2023, per new report STATMeasles cases surge worldwide, infecting 10.3 million people in 2023 World Health Organization