Thursday, September 12th, 2024
Russia can end war now, says PM as Putin warns West
Russia started the conflict in Ukraine and can end it “straight away”, Sir Keir Starmer has said after Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested Moscow would regard Western missiles being fired into Russia as a serious escalation of the war. The PM is in Washington for talks with US President Joe Biden on Friday, as allies of Kyiv discuss giving Ukraine permission to fire their missiles at targets inside Russia. Putin told Russian state television that this would “mean nothing other than the direct participation of Nato countries – the USRead more
Trump says he won’t debate Harris again before election day
Republican nominee Donald Trump said on Thursday he would not participate in another presidential debate against Kamala Harris ahead of the U.S. Nov. 5 election, after several polls showed his Democratic rival won their debate earlier this week. “THERE WILL BE NO THIRD DEBATE!” the former president wrote on his social media site Truth Social. Although Trump touted his performance on Tuesday against Harris, six Republican donors and three Trump advisers who spoke to Reuters earlier this week said they thought Harris had won the debate largely because Trump was unable to stay on message. The debate attracted more than 67 million television viewers, according to early Nielsen data. Harris, speaking atRead more
SpaceX Polaris Dawn crew successfully complete first commercial spacewalk
A tech billionaire and one other crew member stepped out for the first private spacewalk Thursday, teaming up with SpaceX on an endeavour hundreds of miles above Earth that’s been reserved until now for professional astronauts. Entrepreneur Jared Isaacman and his crew waited until their capsule was depressurized before popping open the hatch. “Back at home, we all have a lot of work to do. But from here, it sure looks like a perfect world,” said Isaacman. This spacewalk was simple and quick — less than two hours — compared withRead more
How Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Kamala Harris might impact the U.S. presidential election
Taylor Swift is nobody’s idea of an opening act, and she followed Kamala Harris’s first U.S. presidential debate performance minutes later by endorsing the Democratic nominee. Swift made the endorsement for the Nov. 5 presidential election in an Instagram post to her 283 million followers, calling Harris a “steady-handed, gifted leader.” “There were people this morning on my TikTok page who were literally crying because of this news, just crying out of joy and relief,” said Brian Donovan, a University of Kansas professor who teaches a course called The SociologyRead more