Russia’s military will train Kurdish forces in Syria, the militia’s spokesman said Monday, in Moscow’s first agreement of its kind with the group that controls large parts of the country’s north. His comments at news conference in Ankara came after the Syrian-Kurdish YPG militia said Russian Federation was setting up a military base in northwestern Syria and would help train YPG fighters.
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SpaceX launch heaps new history on top of old in major first
On Sunday morning, SpaceX hoisted a spacecraft, named the Dragon, toward the International Space Station, and the first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket returned to Earth without issue. Missions to the ISS require precise timing and must be attempted only when the space station is directly over the launch site.
Madonna shares sweet video of new twins singing
Earlier this month Madonna confirmed she adopted twin sisters from Malawi and said she is “overjoyed” to have them as part of her family Previously reported, in January, rumor had it that the pop icon had been given the green light to adopt 4-year-old orphaned twins, Stella and Esther Mwale , from Malawi. In the social media post the twins were wearing identical outfits with black-and-white horizontal stripes and dotted black socks as they were seated on a couch, with a woman playing piano in the background.
The Latest: Tornado damages New Orleans NASA facility
An official at NASA’s Michoud facility in New Orleans says it suffered some damage during Tuesday’s tornado but the deep-space equipment being built there does not appear to be damaged. Steve Doering was there when the wind started picking up and says it sounded like a freight train coming down.
Exiting rail safety chief looks to technology to save lives
The February 2015 crash highlighted a problem that has plagued the railroad industry since the invention of the automobile: the potential for danger wherever tracks and roads meet. Feinberg, a 39-year-old former Obama White House adviser whose lack of railroad industry experience initially drew criticism, sought a new approach.
The meteorite that still is fascinating scientists
It may be nearly half a century since the Murchison meteorite fell over the small town in northern Victoria, but it continues to dazzle scientists around the world. Cattle were scared but fortunately no-one was injured when the meteorite broke up and landed over a 13 square kilometre area in the farming district on September 28, 1969.