General Atomics and NASA have successfully tested a new type of nuclear thermal propulsion reactor fuel at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama. The new fuel could help power propulsion systems capable of taking humans to…
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Houthis condemn US decision to reclassify them as terrorist organization
Houthi rebels claim the US decision to reclassify them as a Foreign Terrorist Organization is an attempt to "demonstrate bias towards Israel in the ongoing Gaza conflict."
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Edit wars over Israel spur rare ban of 8 Wikipedia editors — from both sides
Eight Wikipedia editors accused of disruptive behavior have been barred from making changes to articles on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, pending the anticipated approval of a ruling by the crowd-sourced encyclopedia’s…
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Mike Bloomberg steps in again to fund UN climate body in response to Trump’s moves
Jewish billionaire and former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg pledged on Thursday to help cover U.S. financial commitments to the United Nations climate body after President Donald Trump said he would eliminate the funding and…
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‘Living in a cage’: West Bank checkpoints proliferate after Gaza truce
Father Bashar Basiel moved freely in and out of his parish in the occupied West Bank until Israeli troops installed gates at the entrance of his village Taybeh overnight, just hours after a ceasefire began in Gaza.
“We woke up and we were…
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Trump orders release of JFK, RFK and MLK assassination documents
Trump signs executive order to declassify government records concerning the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
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‘No Other Land’ Palestinian-Israeli documentary comes to theaters
For months, the international film community has rallied behind a documentary about the Israeli military’s destruction of a Palestinian village in the West Bank that has failed to land a US distributor despite widespread acclaim.
Now,…
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Louisville Orchestra stages opera rehearsed in concentration camp
Paul Kling was 14 when he played violin for a newly written opera, surrounded by sickness and death, in the Czech concentration camp of Theresienstadt.
He was rehearsing his part in “Der Kaiser von Atlantis” (“The Emperor of…
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This is your last chance to see the January planetary conjunction
Reports of a “great planetary alignment” have been making the rounds on the internet. And while these reports are greatly exaggerated, you still have a little time to head outside and see January’s rare six-planet planetary…
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Poll: Likud gains strength, Smotrich wins four seats
The implementation of the hostage deal helping Likud party gain strength. Naftali Bennett’s possible return to politics continues to change the balance of power.
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