The below is attributable to Spokesperson Matthew Miller: Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell met today with Swedish State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Jan Knutsson in Washington, D.C. Deputy Secretary Campbell and State Secretary Knutsson emphasized the importance of Sweden’s recent entry into the NATO Alliance and the strength of the U.S.-Sweden bilateral relationship. The Deputy Secretary and the State Secretary reaffirmed their support for Ukraine, discussed Indo-Pacific issues, and reaffirmed our intention to work together to contribute to peace and prosperity in Europe and around the world. Source_link
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In late April, farmers in Saskatchewan stumbled upon spacecraft fragments while preparing their fields for seeding. It sounds like the beginning of a science fiction movie, but this really happened, sending a powerful warning: it is only a matter of time before someone is seriously hurt or killed by falling space junk. The Axiom Space private astronaut mission (Ax-3) concluded safely on Feb. 9 when its SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule splashed down off the coast of Florida. Several weeks later, the Crew Dragon’s cargo trunk re-entered the atmosphere over Canada after being abandoned in orbit prior to the capsule’s return.…
I just returned from the NATO summit in Washington, D.C., where there was much talk about the future of the alliance over the next 75 years. As an international affairs expert, I am on the record as being profoundly skeptical that NATO will even survive another four years if Donald Trump becomes president for a second time. Why? Mostly, because I take everything Trump has said about the alliance seriously and literally, and also because NATO relies so much on the American pledge to follow through on “an attack upon one equals an attack upon all,” the heart and key…
Voter engagement with the 2024 election is about as high today it was at similar points during the 2020 and 2016 campaigns. And on various measures of interest in the campaign and voting, there are no significant differences between Biden and Trump supporters. Most voters (71%) say it really matters who wins the election. This is slightly lower than the share who said this about the 2020 election that August (76%) and somewhat higher than the share who said this about the 2016 election that July (67%). Biden and Trump supporters are equally likely to see high stakes in the…
HEALDSBURG, CA – A U.S. Department of Labor investigation has found one of four restaurants owned by popular Sonoma County chef Octavio Diaz willfully denied three workers at its Healdsburg establishment of more than $35,000 in overtime wages.Investigators with the department’s Wage and Hour Division determined Diaz shortchanged three employees at Agave Mexican Restaurant and Bar by depriving them of overtime pay and paying them instead a flat salary regardless of how many hours they worked. The division also found the employer paid one worker less than minimum wage after once missing payroll and failed to produce all required records, such…
While the 81-year-old Democrat quickly corrected himself, the gaffe has fueled speculation about his fitness for office ahead of the U.S. presidential election in November, with dozens of his own allies calling for Biden to step down in favor of a younger candidate. His rival, Republican challenger Donald Trump, has wasted no time mocking the error. Meeting with Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris after landing in County Clare, Zelenskyy thanked Ireland “for hosting a lot of Ukrainian refugees — you were with us from the very beginning of the Russian invasion.” According to the Guardian, the Ukrainian leader will travel…
Of the more than 74,000 known meteorites – rocks that fall to Earth from asteroids or planets colliding together – only 385 or so stones came from the planet Mars. It’s not that hard for scientists to work out that these meteorites come from Mars. Various landers and rovers have been exploring Mars’ surface for decades. Some of the early missions – the Viking landers – had the equipment to measure the composition of the planet’s atmosphere. Scientists have shown that you can see this unique Martian atmospheric composition reflected in some of these meteorites. Mars also has unique oxygen.…
On the night of Sunday 14 July, pubs and bars across England and Wales can keep their doors open until 1am as England bid to become champions of Europe, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has confirmed. Following the Three Lions’ emphatic semi-final win on Wednesday night, the team is set to go head to head with Spain in the final of the 2024 UEFA European Football Championship. The heavyweight clash will kick off at 8pm, with fans up and down the country coming together to show their support. Pub licensing hours can be relaxed to mark occasions of “exceptional national significance”,…
The U.S. Departments of State and Justice convened the third meeting of the Counterterrorism Law Enforcement Forum (CTLEF) in The Hague, the Netherlands on July 10-11. The CTLEF, which focuses on countering the global threat of racially or ethnically motivated violent extremism (REMVE), brought together law enforcement, prosecutors, other criminal justice practitioners, financial regulators, and policymakers from Europe, North and South America, and the Indo-Pacific; alongside specialists from, Europol, INTERPOL, the International Institute for Justice and the Rule of Law, other multilateral organizations, and outside experts. At the CTLEF meeting, participants shared information about the transnational REMVE threat, including how…
Around 5,200 years ago, plague was not just present but common in six generations of one Swedish family, according to a new study. The researchers analysed both the ancient DNA of these people’s skeletal remains and the pathogens that left traces in them. Three different strains of plague were present, of which the latest was possibly significantly more virulent than the earlier two. However, none had the gene that enabled the flea-based transmission behind the spread of the bubonic plague, the Black Death disease that resulted in the loss of half the population in some parts of medieval Europe between…