4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (433+ words) Sept. 9 (UPI) -- NASA announced Wednesday that it has named Artemis II astronauts Victor Glover and Reid Wiseman to the agency's emeritus program at Johnson Space Center in Houston. The agency said the program allows those "with a high degree of…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (48+ words) upi.com Venice Film Festival: Ben Affleck, Casey Affleck promote 'Company' (14 images) Ben and Casey Affleck attend the "Company" screening during the 83rd Venice International Film Festival at Sala Grande on Tuesday in Venice, Italy....

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (212+ words) Sept. 4 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump on Friday said the Iran war was "small potatoes" and "not a big thing." Trump was responding to questions about comments by Vice President J.D. Vance, who had said a day earlier that the conflict wasn't…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (551+ words) Sept. 4 (Asia Today) -- South Korea is considering a range of options for contributing to international efforts to ensure freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, including possible combat and noncombat military roles, Cheong Wa Dae said Friday. A senior…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (431+ words) Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Cuba has taken another step in its economic opening by authorizing private companies and other non-state operators to run travel agencies, while also easing rules for tourist transportation and foreign investment. The change was made possible by a…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (397+ words) Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Rescuers pulled two workers alive from hydropower project tunnel in Nepal nine days after devastating flash foods in the central Bagmati region and across the border in Tibet killed thousands of people, with as many 4,000 still unnaccouted for....

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (340+ words) Sept. 3 (Asia Today) -- South Korea's main opposition People Power Party postponed adopting a sweeping election commission reform bill as official party policy Thursday, saying additional discussions were needed over proposed changes affecting about 81 legal provisions. The legislation was drafted by…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (199+ words) Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Get your dancing shoes on to relive your childhood pretending you were grooving through the Soul Train line with the Soul Train Awards. The awards show, which has been on hiatus for three years, is returning to BET…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (327+ words) Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Bolivia's government ordered an intervention of state oil company Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos, or YPFB, because of the persistent diesel and gasoline shortage affecting the country. The government intervention announced Wednesday is intended to audit and reorganize the…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (400+ words) Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva met with actor and environmental activist Leonardo DiCaprio at the presidential palace to discuss climate change, Indigenous territories and financing for tropical forest conservation, Lula said. The first meeting between the…...