Monday, September 12, 2022

Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket, which has carried space tourists, suffers failure

Blue Origin-Rocket Failure

A Blue Origin rocket veered off course over West Texas about a minute after liftoff. The capsule's launch abort system immediately kicked in, lifting the craft off the top. Several minutes later, the capsule parachuted onto the remote desert floor.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/blue-origin-launch-failure-1.6580008?cmp=rss

Flood-hit Pakistan facing food shortages, PM says

Pakistan Floods

Pakistan is grappling with food shortages after deadly floods left the impoverished country's agriculture belt under water, the prime minister told the Turkish president by phone, as authorities scaled up efforts on Monday to deliver food, tents and other items.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/pakistan-flooding-food-shortages-1.6579701?cmp=rss

In the face of dramatic territorial gains by Ukraine, Russia is saying little

UKRAINE-CRISIS/KHARKIV

The Kremlin said on Monday that Russia would achieve all of its aims in the military operation in Ukraine, its first public response to dramatic Ukrainian gains on the battlefield in the Kharkiv region.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukraine-invasion-day-201-1.6579663?cmp=rss

Sunday, September 11, 2022

In Britain's Jamaican community, a mix of reverence for the Queen and disdain for a colonial legacy

West Indies Association of Service Personnel

Hundreds of thousands of those with Jamaican ancestry live in the U.K. and some weight in on the Queen's death and the transition to a new era.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/london-britain-queen-jamaica-king-charles-1.6579173?cmp=rss

'We will never forget': Biden honours 9/11 victims in sombre ceremony

Sept 11 Anniversary

U.S. President Joe Biden marked the 21st anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, taking part in a sombre wreath-laying ceremony at the Pentagon held under a steady rain and paying tribute to "extraordinary Americans" who gave their lives on one of the country's darkest days.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/we-will-never-forget-biden-honours-9-11-victims-in-sombre-ceremony-1.6579272?cmp=rss