NASA has released some 12,000 unseen photos from the recent Artemis II mission; here are some of the best shots.
James Webb Space Telescope posted a photo:
An addition to our #UnfoldTheUniverse social media campaign by @montevistadesigns. This is a wood slice ornament, hand-painted with the Carina Nebula.
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Image Credit: Maggie Masetti, art by @montevistadesigns
(Background art by Strange Charm Glass and Diane Kovalcin Quilts, and SiderealStickers)
MOSKOU (ANP/RTR) - Rusland heeft een eenzijdig staakt-het-vuren in Oekraïne aangekondigd voor 8 en 9 mei, ter ere van de Dag van de Overwinning. Het Kremlin zei vorige week nog dat de Russische president Vladimir Poetin een eendaags bestand had voorgesteld in een telefoongesprek met zijn Amerikaanse ambtgenoot Trump.
Result in key Indian state is set to have significant implications for the country’s political landscape
Narendra Modi’s party has won a resounding election victory in West Bengal, a state which had been a rare opposition stronghold, expanding his unrivalled consolidation of power across the country.
It is the first time that the Indian prime minister’s Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) has won assembly elections in West Bengal, a large and politically significant state in eastern India.
Continue reading...The announcement of the withdrawal of thousands of US troops from Germany underlines the urgency of a pan-European defence strategy
As Donald Trump’s second term has become overshadowed by plunging poll ratings and an illegal, ill-advised war in the Middle East, European governments have regularly been singled out to bear the brunt of the US president’s growing frustration. Sir Keir Starmer’s refusal to militarily back the attack on Iran led to unfavourable comparisons to both Winston Churchill and King Charles. “Unfriendly” Spain has been threatened with a trade embargo for similar reasons. Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, previously seen as a key political ally, has also been on the receiving end. “I’m shocked by her,” Mr Trump said last month. “I thought she had courage. I was wrong.”
Currently it is Germany’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz, who finds himself in Washington’s crosshairs. In the wake of Mr Merz’s accurate observation that the US has no convincing strategy on Iran, the Pentagon has announced the future withdrawal of 5,000 US troops from bases in Germany. Vital long-range weapons are also to be withheld as American military stockpiles are depleted by events in the Middle East. For good measure, Mr Trump has threatened to raise tariffs on European car manufacturers to 25% – a measure that would hit Germany hardest.
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