The University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute is offering free public tours this summer to showcase some of its science facilities. Two different guided tours are available. One consists of a visit to four sites in the Geophysical Institute home base in the Elvey Building on UAF’s Troth Yeddha’ Campus. The other is an […]
“The ‘no more foreign wars’ president just threatened to attack yet another country,” said one critic. President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to “blow up” Oman if the US ally works with Iran to reopen and jointly manage the Strait of Hormuz. Responding to reporting by Iranian state media that Iran and Oman were negotiating an […]
“Ken Paxton embodies the broken political system that we’re running against,” said James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for the Senate seat. Ken Paxton, the scandal-plagued Texas attorney general backed by President Donald Trump, handily won a Republican US Senate primary runoff on Tuesday, ousting incumbent Sen. John Cornyn and setting up a critical race with Democratic nominee James Talarico—who […]
An ex-Israeli diplomat said Israel was “moving to bury not only the supposed ceasefire in Lebanon but also talks on Iran” because its policy “is an endless and wide regional war.” As Israel launched a new bombardment of Lebanon on Tuesday, its far-right security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, suggested that it was trying to derail ongoing peace […]