A space capsule carrying the ashes of 166 people, along with a collection of cannabis seeds, was lost after crashing into the Pacific Ocean during reentry. The capsule, part of a mission called “Mission Possible” by German aerospace start-up The Exploration Company (TEC), launched on June 23, 2025. Its cargo, arranged through Texas-based space burial…
A cargo ship that had been delivering new vehicles to Mexico sank in the North Pacific Ocean, weeks after crew members abandoned ship when they couldn’t extinguish an onboard fire that left the carrier dead in the water. The Morning Midas sank Monday in international water off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands chain, the ship’s management company,…
A twin-engine transport aircraft, Cessna 414, carrying six people, crashed in the Pacific Ocean near the coast of San Diego, California on Monday as the US Coast Guard and other rescue teams launched a search operation, news agency Reuters reported. Quoting the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the report said that the plane crashed on…
For decades, fishermen sailing off the coast of Taiwan have sometimes discovered fossils in their trawling nets: the bones of elephants, buffalo and other big mammals that lived tens of thousands of years ago, when the sea level was so low that Taiwan was linked to Asia by a land bridge. But in 2010, a…
More Pacific Palisades residents are piling on a lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP). The lawsuit is a result of a fatal brush fire that raged through the neighborhood in January. Originally filed in January with 23 plaintiffs, the suit added 25 more residents…
NEW DELHI: India and eight other nations are now taking part in a major naval exercise hosted by France around the Malacca, Sunda and Lombok straits between the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean, demonstrating their commitment to a rules-based international order in the maritime domain.India has deployed guided-missile destroyer INS Mumbai for the `La Perouse’…
LEAVENWORTH, Wash.: The scent of bratwurst and pretzels filled the air as horses clopped down the main street, hauling a carriage full of tourists. Nestled in her mother’s arms, a baby reached out to touch a shop window display, peering toward the sequin-covered reindeer behind it, as colorful ornaments twirled nearby. Welcome to Leavenworth, Washington,…