NEW DELHI / BEIJING (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi traveled to the northern border region on Friday, where Indian and Chinese troops are locked in a clash, saying the army was ready to defend its country. His comments prompted Beijing to call for restraint in the tense border …
Read More »TikTok distances itself from Beijing in response to India’s app ban
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The social media app TikTok distanced itself from Beijing after India banned 59 Chinese apps in the country, according to correspondence seen by Reuters. FILE PHOTO: File photo of the TikTok logo on a mobile phone screen in this image taken on February 21, 2019. REUTERS …
Read More »NASA releases spectacular time-lapse video of the 10-year-old sun
It’s hard to imagine what 20 million gigabytes of data is like, and it’s even harder to imagine it as a decade of photos of the sun. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) took 425 million high-resolution images of the star over a 10-year period. The project resulted in countless discoveries …
Read More »Lunar eclipse: when and where to see the July 4th event
On July 4, just after 11 p.m. ET, the moon will begin its new temporary appearance. For exactly two hours and 45 minutes, the moon will pass through the feathered outer shadow cast from Earth, creating a partial penumbral lunar eclipse. A penumbral lunar eclipse occurs when the moon passes …
Read More »Jusuf Nurkic hopes to play Power Forward minutes for Trail Blazers
As the NBA season resumes in Orlando this month, the Portland Trail Blazers expect an even more significant return. The Jusuf Nurkic Center is practicing on the court and is expected to return to action after missing a year and a half with a broken leg. This happy event leaves …
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