Syria’s government has agreed to open two more border crossings to allow aid into the country devastated by last week’s deadly earthquake. A spokesman for UN Secretary General, António Guterres said that it is going to make a big difference.
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NASA launches mission to Jupiter’s moon Europa in search of signs of life
Marking the latest foray into space exploration, NASA has launched its first mission to explore Jupiter’s moon, Europa, to determine if it harbors conditions suitable to support life. According to the agency, NASA’s Europa Clipper launched on Oct. 14 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carried into orbit on SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket.
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Police Commander Identified in Alleged Torture and Execution of Four Men in Tajikistan
International investigators interviewing survivors of a mountain massacre that occurred in May 2022 in Tajikistan have collected evidence that government security services carried out a planned massacre of peaceful protestors as part of a larger ethnic cleansing campaign targeting the peaceful Pamiri indigenous people of the mountainous eastern region of the country.
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Tigist Assefa beats women’s world record at the Berlin Marathon, Eliud Kipchoge won the men’s race for the fifth time
Tigst Assefa broke the women’s world record by more than two minutes Sunday at the Berlin Marathon, as Eliud Kipchoge won the men’s race for the fifth time but couldn’t break his own record. Ethiopian runner Assefa, the winner in Berlin a year ago, ran the race in 2 hours, 11 minutes, 53 seconds to break the previous women’s record of 2:14:04 set by Kenya’s Brigid Kosgei at the Chicago Marathon in 2019.
