By Alana Gandra At the end of last year, researchers from different Brazilian states and institutions published the world’s largest study on the main effects of the Zika virus in children. With data from 12 research centers in the country, the Brazilian Zika Cohort Consortium (ZBC-Consortium) gathered information on 843 Brazilian children with microcephaly born
The U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) said on Sunday that it carried out an airstrike against Islamic State fighters in Somalia last week, in coordination with the country’s federal government. In a statement, AFRICOM said the strike targeted ISIS-Somalia on Jan. 9 in the vicinity of the Golis Mountains, about 33 km (20 miles) southeast of the northern
By Bethany Blankley | The Center Square A multiagency law enforcement operation, Operation Salvo, was launched in New York after an off-duty Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer was shot in New York City last year by Trinitarios gang members. So far, 54 people have been arrested in New York through Operation Salvo; more than
By RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia’s latest attacks on Ukraine amount to “conscious, cynical Russian terror,” as the country continues to face deadly strikes and heavy damage to its energy system amid freezing winter temperatures. Zelenskyy said that over the past week alone, Russia had used nearly 1,100 strike drones, more than 890 guided
By Daniel Apai On Jan. 11, 2026, I watched anxiously at the tightly controlled Vandenberg Space Force Base in California as an awe-inspiring SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried NASA’s new exoplanet telescope, Pandora, into orbit. Exoplanets are worlds that orbit other stars. They are very difficult to observe because – seen from Earth – they appear as extremely faint dots right next
