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July 18, 2024

NASA nixes moon rover mission due to skyrocketing costs, launch delays

NASA announced it is canceling its Viper moon rover project due to high cost and launch delays, but it plans to study the presence of lunar ice through other projects.

July 18, 2024

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen makes final bid for second term before vote

Ursula von der Leyen is running for a second five-year term as president of the European Union's executive commission. She is popular, but her re-election is not a foregone conclusion.

July 17, 2024

Paraguay finds 4 tons of cocaine hidden in sugar in 'Operation Sweetness'

“Operation Sweetness," Paraguay's largest cocaine seizure, turned up more than 4 tons of cocaine hidden inside a shipment of sugar bound for Belgium.

July 17, 2024

Parliament for new UK Labour government opens with King's Speech, plans for 'national renewal'

Britain’s new Labour Party government set out its plans for "national renewal" at the grand State Opening of Parliament, centering on stabilizing the country's finances.

July 17, 2024

Paris mayor swims in Seine River to prove it's clean ahead of Olympic Games

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo swam in the Seine River on Wednesday, fulfilling a promise to show the river was clean enough to host open Olympic swimming competitions.

July 17, 2024

Bangladesh urges universities to close after 6 die in protests, bombs and weapons found

Bangladeshi authorities urged universities to close after six people died in protests against a quota that reserves some jobs for relatives of Bangladesh’s independence war veterans.

July 16, 2024

4 new Colorado poultry workers have contracted bird flu, health officials confirm

Bird flu was detected in four Colorado poultry workers. All illnesses were relatively mild, with common respiratory infection symptoms like coughing and sore throat.

July 16, 2024

Yemen's Houthi rebels use missiles, drones to attack 2 more ships in Red Sea

Three Houthi vessels, one of which was uncrewed, attacked the Panama-flagged, Israeli-owned MT Bently I as well as the MT Chios Lion off the coast of Yemen.

July 15, 2024

Pickup truck collides with horse-drawn buggy in Virginia, killing 1 and wounding 6

One person was killed and six were injured when a pickup truck collided with a horse-drawn buggy in the Farmville area of Cumberland County, Virginia.

July 15, 2024

Suspect arrested after dismembered bodies of 9 women found in quarry in Kenya's capital

Police in Kenya said they arrested the main suspect after nine dismembered bodies of women were found in a quarry in the capital, Nairobi.