Teacher suspended after holding minute’s silence for Gaza victims
Teaching unions say the teacher’s students had requested the minute’s silence
Day: May 23, 2025
Omani mediator says Iran-US talks made ‘some but not conclusive progress’
Iran said US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff left early to catch a flight.
Italy: Space station gateway sent into the moon’s orbit
More than 50 years after the first steps on the moon, astronauts are again preparing to return to the lunar surface. The Gateway space station will be launched into the moon’s orbit, in a project bringing together ther several national space agencies…
NGA hopes to award up to 10 Luno commercial analytics task orders this year
NGA’s goal is to get through the bulk of the tasking under the $500 million Luno programs by early next year, NGA Director of Commercial Operations Devin Brande told Breaking Defense.
Iran-U.S. talks made ‘some but not conclusive progress,’ mediator Oman says
Iran and the United States made “some but not conclusive progress” Friday in a fifth round of negotiations in Rome over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program, the talks’ Omani mediator said.
Inmate manages to escape from a Louisiana jail for the second time in a year
Authorities say a Louisiana jail inmate who escaped from a parish jail about a year ago has accomplished the same feat again.
After 16 years, Joe Rogan reveals the worst guest he’s ever had on his podcast
Rogan has interviewed over 1,800 guests on his show, but slated the worst guest as ‘a close-minded fellow who’s been in charge of gatekeeping all the knowledge’
Twenty-year term sought for French surgeon in mass patient abuse trial
A French prosecutor on Friday requested the maximum 20-year sentence for a former surgeon who admitted to sexually abusing almost 300 mostly child patients.
Russia, Ukraine Each Free First 390 Prisoners In Start Of War’s Biggest Swap
Russia and Ukraine each released 390 prisoners on Friday and said they would free more in the coming days, in what is expected to be the biggest prisoner swap of the war so far.
‘World’s loneliest dolphin’ dies alone in tiny tank at abandoned theme park
The “world’s loneliest dolphin”, who spent her life in captivity, has died after spending two years alone in a tiny tank at an abandoned aquarium.