Iran Hangs Two Women as Surge in Executions Intensifies, Says NGO Iran on Saturday hanged at least seven people, including two women, while a member of its Jewish minority is at imminent risk of execution as Tehran further intensified its use of capital punishment, ... 05/18/2024 - 5:54 am | View Link
Brazil's Porto Alegre: a flood disaster waiting to happen Porto Alegre, the Brazilian metropolis left submerged after torrential rains, had been lulled into a "false sense" of security by a vast but aging system of flood defenses, an urban drainage engineer ... 05/16/2024 - 5:19 am | View Link
1969: How three aeronautical milestones in one year changed how we travel by air Three aeronautical milestones in 1969 changed the world of aviation forever - the first flights of the 747 and Concorde and the first Moon landing. 05/10/2024 - 4:01 pm | View Link
NASA’s Plans for Next-Generation Mars Helicopters Are Up in the Air After the spectacular success of the first-ever “Marscopter,” mission planners have soaring ambitions for follow-up flying machines ... 05/8/2024 - 5:30 am | View Link
Vladimir Putin begins a fifth term as Russian president in an opulent Kremlin inauguration President Vladimir Putin began his fifth term at a glittering Kremlin inauguration Tuesday, embarking on another six years as leader of Russia after destroying his political opponents, launching a ... 05/7/2024 - 6:18 am | View Link