Bearing two kilograms of lunar rock and soil, China's Chang'e-5 capsule touched down on the frozen steppes of Inner Mongolia early yesterday and vaulted China into the ranks of only three nations that have ventured to the Moon and brought back samples.
It's the week before Christmas but the festive mood is dampened again with grim warnings about the rising spread of Covid-19.
An early winter wallop of snow, sleet and ice slammed parts of mid-Atlantic and north-east America on Wednesday and yesterday, bringing accumulations exceeding 100cm in spots and a slick glaze of ice.
Brazil's supreme court says coronavirus vaccination can be made mandatory, delivering a blow to the nation's nascent anti-vaccine movement.
Among the more than $110 billion in unemployment benefits California has paid this year to people who lost their jobs because of the coronavirus, $21,000 went to an address in … Click to Continue »
Among the more than $110 billion in unemployment benefits California has paid this year to people who lost their jobs because of the coronavirus, $21,000 went to an address in … Click to Continue »
President-elect Joe Biden announced Thursday that he had chosen North Carolina regulator Michael S. Regan as his nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency and New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland … Click to Continue »
