China’s space station gets new crew as Beijing advances President Xi’s “space dream”

Three Chinese astronauts, including the country’s only woman spaceflight engineer, entered the Tiangong space station Wednesday morning following an early morning launch into orbit. The Shenzhou-19 mission took off with its trio of space explorers from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, state news agency Xinhua and state broadcaster CCTV reported. Among the […]

World falling “miles short” of emissions goals to curb climate change, U.N. says, sounding the alarm

Paris — Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere reached record highs in 2023, the United Nations warned on Monday, saying countries are falling “miles short” of what’s needed to curb devastating global warming. Levels of the three main greenhouse gases — heat-trapping carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide — all increased yet again last year, said […]

How close were hospitals to collapse in Covid?

BBC Five times Prof Kevin Fong broke down in tears in a nondescript hearing room in West London, while giving evidence to the Covid inquiry. The 53-year-old has the kind of CV that makes you pay attention: a consultant anaesthetist in London who also works for the air ambulance service and specialises in space medicine. […]