What is NASA’s Artemis II moon mission, and when will it launch?
For the first time in more than 50 years, humans will travel around the moon to test deep-space life-support systems.

For the first time in more than 50 years, humans will travel around the moon to test deep-space life-support systems.





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Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, US President Donald Trump says US could leave Iran “in two or three weeks.”
The Trump administration says protections would diminish US energy competitiveness amid the ongoing war on Iran.

The EU’s energy commissioner has warned oil and gas prices will not return to normal any time soon.
Plea comes hours after sheriff’s report said the golfer showed signs of impairment at the scene of last week’s crash.
In an eight-to-one decision, the high court ruled against a law banning the discredited practice on free speech grounds.
Former agents say that they were fired for work on probe into Trump’s efforts to stay in power after 2020 election loss.

UN aid chief Tom Fletcher has warned of a potential new Israeli occupation in southern Lebanon.

Slavery declared the gravest crime against humanity.

Pakistan has emerged as a global crisis mediator amid the US war on Iran.

The US president is threatening to take over Iran’s oil export hub or destroy it.