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NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Earth with a soft splashdown off Florida’s Gulf Coast, ending an unplanned nine-month wait to come home after their Boeing Starliner capsule suffered problems that derailed a short test mission to the International Space Station. The pair touched down in a SpaceX capsule on March 18 near Tallahassee, closing a mission that was supposed to last about a week. A NASA photo showed recovery teams working on the spacecraft shortly after it was secured in the water.…

House Democrats release 68 photos from Jeffrey Epstein estate ahead of DOJ disclosure deadline Democrats on the U.S. House Oversight Committee posted 68 images tied to Jeffrey Epstein’s estate on the eve of a federal deadline to release the so-called “Epstein files,” publishing photos that show public figures including Bill Gates, Noam Chomsky, Sergey Brin and Steve Bannon in Epstein’s orbit. The images, made public online, include Gates posing with women whose faces are redacted, and Chomsky seated alongside Epstein aboard…

Gaza’s skyline is being erased — and with it a fragile chance for peace Israel’s campaign in Gaza has entered a new, harsher phase: airstrikes and ground operations that have begun to smash the high-rises that once housed families, businesses and entire neighbourhoods. The intensified demolition of towers in Gaza City — as many as 20 high-rise buildings hit this week — is part of an assault that health authorities say left dozens dead and has pushed the territory further toward a humanitarian abyss. At the same time,…

Out of 197 delegates from 57 different nations attending the event, only 21 were men. Earlier this week, the event's group photo sparked a wave of skepticism online from Somalis. Many argued that women's issues aren't prioritized by the government. Social media brimmed with snapshots from the conference: General Jama appeared alongside his adviser, former MP Abdullahi Godah Barre, and in another image, they conversed with another gentleman, identified by the BBC as an aide. "He wasn't the sole male minister; the…

Amnesty International has conducted new research on violence in the English-speaking west of Cameroon. The English-speaking regions are the scene of a deadly conflict between the Cameroonian army and armed separatists, from the country's English-speaking minority. Satellite images confirm testimonies coming back from the ground of civilian crimes, summary executions and destruction of homes.…