Eastern forces allied with renegade Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar have sent thousands of foreign mercenaries to fight in an impending battle for the strategic city of Sirte. Local sources in the city of Kufra, in southeastern Libya, told Al Jazeera that numerous convoys of foreign fighters on Sunday He …

A Minneapolis judge on Monday set a tentative date for the trial of the four former police officers charged in the murder of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died in his custody on Memorial Day. Judge Peter Cahill set a trial on March 8, 2021 for the former …

Months after a pandemic that has caused more than 500,000 deaths worldwide, scientists are still trying to answer crucial questions about the coronavirus. The main one of them: all about asymptomatic patients. People who contracted COVID-19 but did not get sick and had no symptoms have been one of the …

Red Supergiant – Artist impression of Betelgeuse. Its surface is covered by large spots of stars, which reduce its brightness. During their pulsations, such stars regularly release gas into their surroundings, which condenses into dust. Credit: MPIA Graphics Department Betelgeuse, the bright star in the Orion constellation, has been fascinating …

Arizona Diamondbacks right-hander Mike Leake is choosing not to participate in the 2020 season, his agent said in a statement Monday, becoming the first known MLB player to choose not to participate. Leake, 32, was planning to earn $ 16 million for a full season in 2020 and was in …