Headlines

Josh Turek says Kamala Harris should not campaign for him

Iowa Democratic Senate candidate Josh Turek on Wednesday shot down the idea of former Vice President Kamala Harris campaigning for him. When pressed by a reporter at a Wednesday event in Cedar Rapids, Iowa about the topic of working with Harris during his campaign, Turek — a

NASA administrator suggests putting data centers in space

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman on Wednesday suggested housing data centers in space amid mounting controversy surrounding the facilities’ growing presence in the U.S. “Let's take our data centers, put them in Earth orbit, take advantage of that free fusion reactor that's out

America’s lost Chinese students are staying home instead

The most telling number on American campuses this month is the one that didn’t show up. New foreign enrollment at US universities fell 20% this past spring from a year earlier, according to a survey of 149 institutions co-published by NAFSA, the association of international

Asia

Mystery shrouds CIA chief Ratcliffe’s urgent visit to Moscow

There is very little information on CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s visit to Moscow. Even so, there is enough information to make some observations. One reason for Ratcliffe’s visit was to warn Moscow about replacing the Kyiv regime, which Washington fears may be on the verge of

Asia

Nepal rescuers hunt survivors of devastating flood; 162 dead

TRISHULI, Nepal/BEIJING, Aug 27 - Rescuers in Nepal used helicopters on Thursday to scour for hundreds still missing after a wall of mud and rock collapsed into a river on the Himalayan border with China's Tibet, sending catastrophic floods through towns and valleys, killing 162.

Asia