The CIA has commented on the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. The agency said that a lab-related incident in China is “more likely” than the virus jumping naturally from animals to humans. However, the agency admitted its confidence in this conclusion is low. The announcement is one of the first under new CIA Director John
Another day, another rocket launch—and another fiery explosion. SpaceX’s latest test of Starship, the world’s most powerful rocket, ended dramatically as the upper stage broke apart minutes after liftoff from Texas. Elon Musk’s company described the event as a ‘rapid unscheduled disassembly’—a fancy way of saying it blew up mid-flight. Videos posted on social media
The real-life donkey believed to have inspired the beloved character Donkey from Shrek has passed away at the age of 30. S hort for Pericles, Perry was a miniature donkey born in New York City in 1994. He reportedly served as a model for animators working on the 2001 Oscar-winning film. “If you know Perry
CNN is facing a wave of criticism after airing an emotional segment about a man allegedly freed from a Syrian prison. The man who pretended to be a prisoner turned out to be a notorious intelligence officer under Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Man is Identified The man, initially identified as “Adel Ghurbal,” claimed he had been
President-elect Donald Trump’s Surgeon General pick, Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, is believed to have accidentally shot her father, as reported by the New York Times. At just 13, Nesheiwat accidentally caused a gun to fire while searching for scissors in her family’s Florida home in February 1990. A .380 caliber handgun fell from a tackle box,
(Caution: Video Contains Graphic Scenes) A zookeeper had a heart-stopping encounter with a lion, only to be saved by an unlikely hero: a lioness. Tourists visiting a lion enclosure, believed to be in a Las Vegas hotel, watched in awe as two zookeepers worked near a male lion and a lioness. While the big cats
A Southwest Airlines flight preparing for departure at Dallas Love Field Airport was struck by gunfire on Friday night. The incident involved Flight 2494, a Boeing 737-800 Max aircraft bound for Indianapolis. The bullet hit the right side of the plane under the flight deck which forced the authorities to empty the plane of passengers.
The Turkish Air Force conducted a wave of airstrikes in northern Iraq and Syria in response to a deadly terrorist attack that killed five people. Turkey said the attacks targeted the PKK in the Kurdistan Workers Party hideouts who were blamed for the tragic attack in Ankara, the Turkish capital. A day earlier, the group
A woman from China, Wan Yee Ng, pleaded guilty to attempting to smuggle 29 eastern box species turtles US into Canada. Ng, the 41-year-old woman, was arrested on June 28 after being spotted by US Border Patrol agents at Lake Wallace in Vermont, close to the Canadian border. Each Turtle Are Valued At $1,000 Ng
Scientists have discovered that the asteroid Nadir which wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago did not act alone. Researchers from Heriot-Watt University in Scotland have uncovered evidence of a second asteroid impact around the same time, located off the coast of West Africa. Second Asteroid Was 5 Miles Wide This smaller asteroid was
Scientists have successfully tested a test to nuke any future asteroid that can potentially wipe out life on Earth. The scientists did destroy a small 160-meter asteroid hurtling towards Earth in 2022 by smashing a spacecraft into it. But the latest test focused on potentially larger asteroids that can cause kilometers of sea waves and
The former President Donald Trump has rejected a second debate offer by the Vice President Kamala Harris on 23 October, saying it was already too late. Donald Trump told a rally in North Carolina that Harris was insisting on another debate because she is losing. Kamala Harris on the other hand has accepted an invitation
