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Month: June 2021

New space telescope could spot potentially hazardous asteroids heading for Earth

By Ashley Strickland, CNN A new space telescope that could spot potentially hazardous asteroids and comets heading for Earth is one step closer to reality. The Near-Earth Object Surveyor space telescope, or NEO Surveyor, has been approved by NASA to move forward to the design phase. The 20-foot-long (6-meter-long) infrared telescope would bolster planetary defense

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New space telescope could spot potentially hazardous asteroids heading for Earth

By Ashley Strickland, CNN A new space telescope that could spot potentially hazardous asteroids and comets heading for Earth is one step closer to reality. The Near-Earth Object Surveyor space telescope, or NEO Surveyor, has been approved by NASA to move forward to the design phase. The 20-foot-long (6-meter-long) infrared telescope would bolster planetary defense

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Singapore wants to stop counting Covid cases. Its roadmap could be a model for other countries

By Helen Regan, CNN As countries around the Asia-Pacific region tighten restrictions once again to curb potential breakouts of the Delta coronavirus variant, Singapore has laid out a new vision for life to return to normal. The roadmap, proposed by three members of Singapore’s Covid-19 task force, would scrap lockdowns and mass contact tracing and

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Separan de sus cargos y funciones a policías que agredieron a dos periodistas y a un joven durante disturbios en Bogotá

Mariana Toro (CNN Español) — Varios miembros del Escuadrón Móvil Antidisturbios (Esmad) de la Policía Nacional de Colombia fueron separados de sus cargos y funciones por «cometer un procedimiento irregular» durante los disturbios que se presentaron en Suba, al noroeste de Bogotá, en donde resultaron agredidos dos periodistas y un joven. Así lo informó este

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Rebels in Tigray reject calls for ceasefire after Ethiopian government forces withdraw from regional capital

By Eliza Mackintosh, Bethlehem Feleke and Vasco Cotovio, CNN Rebel forces in the war-torn Ethiopian region of Tigray have rejected a ceasefire offer from the central government, raising fears of further violence a day after the fighters retook the regional capital Mekelle. The recapture of the city by Tigrayan fighters and the retreat of Ethiopian

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