Daily Archives: 02/19/2017


SpaceX Rocket Blasts Off From Historic NASA Launchpad

SpaceX has successfully launched its unmanned Falcon 9 cargo rocket from the Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The cargo rocket is taking food and other provisions to astronauts on the International Space Station. It is the …


IMF Approves Terms for $5 Billion Loan to Mongolia

The International Monetary Fund said Sunday that it and other partners have agreed on terms for a more than $5 billion loan package to the Mongolian government to help get the north Asian country’s economy back on track.    The …


Pinpointing Poison in Kim Case as Difficult as It is Intriguing

A paranoid dictator’s estranged brother. Two young female assassins. A crowded international airport. And a mysterious poison that kills within hours.    It’s the perfect recipe for a thrilling cloak-and-dagger spy novel. Except some, or possibly even all, of this …


Political Statements, Big and Small, at New York Fashion Week

During the most recent New York Fashion Week, several designers took the opportunity to make political statements with their clothing. Others, like Indonesian designer Anniesa Hasibuan, found that remaining true to her roots was a statement in and of itself. …


Toyota Unveils improved Prius

Twenty years ago Japanese carmaker Toyota unveiled the first version of its hybrid gas-electric car called Prius. By the beginning of 2017, counting all subsequent models, Prius became the best-selling hybrid car in the world with close to 4 million …


Dry Tortugas National Park Features Sand, Sea, Turtles

Dry Tortugas is a chain of small islands about 113 kilometers (70 miles) west of Key West, Florida, in the Gulf of Mexico. To get there, national parks traveler Mikah Meyer took a sea plane from the southernmost city in …