Shortly after midnight there, China launched the spacecraft Shenzhou 13. Its target is the still unfinished Chinese space station, and the ship’s crew will remain on it for the next six months. This is the second group of astronauts to go to Tianjung Station. For the first time, however, a woman is among them. – … Read more
New York, Ukraine, is a city of 10,000 that has recently been shelled by Russian-backed separatists. The origin of its name is a mystery. Some associate it with German settlers from the 19th century, but others point to evidence from the 18th century. 3:17 – – The famous New York has a mysterious namesake. There … Read more
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un admitted at a party meeting that the country is facing food shortages due to low agricultural yields. Last year, strong typhoons hit the country, followed by floods. “The food situation of the people is becoming tense,” the leader said. In addition to the weather, international sanctions and North Korea’s dependence … Read more
In the coming months, the vehicle should photograph the terrain around the landing site in the Utopia Planitia area to see if the conditions are safe. Utopia Planitia is a plain in the northern hemisphere of Mars, probably formed by the impact of a large body. It occupies an area with a diameter of about … Read more
The Chinese space module successfully landed on Mars. This was announced on Saturday by the state agency New China with reference to the Chinese National Space Agency CNSA. The module contains a robotic vehicle that should examine the surface of the planet. “China has left its mark on Mars for the first time,” the New … Read more
George Blake, a former British spy who passed information to the Soviet Union, died at the age of 98. He was unveiled in 1961 and sentenced to 42 years in a London prison, but managed to escape to Russia, where he spent the rest of his life. “George Blake, a legendary member of the intelligence … Read more
The capsule will be sought by several helicopters as well as ground teams. However, the area is relatively well known because it served as the landing site of the Chinese spaceship Shenzhou. The capsule is expected to have transported about two kilograms of lunar rock to Earth. The probe obtained the samples both by drilling … Read more
Between 2016 and 2018, more than twenty American diplomats and some staff at the Canadian Embassy in Cuba complained about health problems whose origins were unclear. Similar problems were noted by the staff of the US Consulate in Canton, China. “The committee finds these cases (diseases) quite worrying,” said David Relman, chairman of the committee … Read more
Mansky is a Russian documentary filmmaker of Ukrainian descent, currently living in Latvia. In the East, he is also looking for themes for his films, which are often created with the co-production support of Czech Television and are also screened at domestic festivals. Czech viewers could thus see his view of life in the DPRK … Read more
The Ministry of Defense of the unrecognized Karabakh Republic announced on Wednesday morning that Azerbaijani forces had resumed shelling from rocket launchers and cannons. “We are taking measures to suppress enemy activity,” the ministry said, according to Interfax. The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense, on the other hand, claims that during the night on Wednesday, Azerbaijani … Read more