[Daily Caller] Washington’s Reagan National Airport (DCA) has announced its celebration of 50 Years of Pride amid recent safety concerns following a deadly crash and other incidents.
In the wake of a fatal January crash that killed 67 people and multiple collisions and other incidents, the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) and DCA both made an announcement to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Pride in Washington, D.C.
"Join the momentous celebrations as the nation’s capital is painted with pride, featuring a variety of events to inspire, empower and connect the international LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning) community and their allies," the DCA announcement read.
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[Regnum] Seismologists recorded an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 off the west coast of Mexico. This was reported on May 28 by the US Geological Survey ( USGS ).
The tremors were registered at 01:30 UTC (04:00 Moscow time). The epicenter of the seismic event was located at a depth of ten kilometers and 367 km southwest of the city of Cabo San Lucas, where more than 68 thousand people live.
There were no reports of possible casualties or damage to infrastructure.
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MORE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY: Earth's magnetic field is still reverberating from the impact of a CIR, which produced a strong geomagnetic storm during the early hours of May 29th. The storm is subsiding now, but it might not be over. NOAA forecasters say that minor (G1) to moderate (G2) storms are possible in the hours ahead.
STRONG GEOMAGNETIC STORM: A co-rotating interaction region (CIR) hit Earth on May 29th, sparking a strong G3-class geomagnetic storm with auroras in both hemispheres.
[NYPOST] Venus is concealing at least three city-killer asteroids that could strike Earth in weeks without warning, potentially wreaking havoc upon our planet before we can react.
"Twenty co-orbital asteroids [space rocks in the orbit of two celestial bodies] of Venus are currently known," the authors warned in the arockcalyptic study, which was published in the journal "Astronomy & Astrophysics."
The international research team, led by Valerio Carruba of São Paulo University in Brazil, wrote that at least three of the asteroids — 2020 SB, 524522 and 2020 CL1 — that circle the sun in tandem with our twin planet have unstable orbits that take them dangerously close to Earth, the Daily Mail reported.
If this shaky trajectory is shifted only slightly by a small gravitational change or other force, the asteroids could be set on a collision course with our planet, per the study.
''Co-orbital status protects these asteroids from close approaches to Venus, but it does not protect them from encountering Earth,'' the researchers warned, according to the Daily Galaxy.
Carruba & Co. came to this conclusion by using imitation space rocks to simulate a range of possible outcomes over 36,000 years.
Carruba & Co. came to this conclusion by using imitation space rocks to simulate a range of possible outcomes over 36,000 years, finding that there is a sizable population of low-eccentricity asteroids — those previously thought to be harmless — that could be propelled toward Earth via gravitational shifts and other factors.
To make matters worse, the aforementioned cosmic rocks' orbits make them almost invisible to Earthly detection devices.
While scientists at NASA and other space agencies routinely track potentially hazardous near-Earth asteroids, the telescopes can't spot rocks in a suborbital path with Venus due to the sun's glare, which shields them like a cosmic cloaking device, WION reported.
Due to this interstellar blind spot, the Rubin Observatory in Chile would have only two to four weeks to spot deadly asteroids, leaving us little time if they were on a collision course.
For reference, a mission to engineer something that could deflect a killer space rock generally takes years to formulate.
''Low-e [low eccentricity] Venus co-orbitals pose a unique challenge, because of the difficulties in detecting and following these objects from Earth,'' the authors wrote in their conclusion.
It would be bad news if one of these intergalactic gravelstones hit home.
Asteroids 2020 SB, 524522 and 2020 CL1 measure between 330 and 1,300 feet in diameter, making each one capable of destroying entire cities and causing massive fires and tsunamis, the Daily Mail reported.
An impact would leave a crater over two miles wide and generate 1 million times more energy than the atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945.
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Ugh... so tired of the inflammatory Campi Flegrei stories. Yes, it may erupt again. Yes it matches the data so far for the 1608 eruption which was small. It isn't going to destroy the world. Or even Naples.
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#5, 7, 8 -- adding thousands of tons of CO2 to the atmosphere. How do the climate changers say we should compensate? What do their models reveal? Calling Dr. Mann, Dr. Michael Mann? /sarc
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Yeah, pretty much at any time since the beginning of time.
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[GEO.TV] An explosion at a chemical plant in eastern China on Tuesday killed at least five people, with six more still missing, state media said.
The blast occurred at the Youdao Chemical plant at around 12pm local time in Gaomi, a town in Shandong province around 450 kilometres southeast of the capital Beijing, according to Xinhua news agency.
Videos broadcast by the Beijing newspaper Xinjingbao showed a gigantic column of grey smoke rising into the sky, a fire in an industrial zone and shop windows apparently blown out by the earth-shattering kaboom.
The disaster "left five people dead, six missing and 19 lightly injured", Xinhua said citing local officials.
Clips also showed debris strewn across a road, a car with a smashed windscreen, and dark orange flames devouring installations in the background.
Emergency services dispatched 55 vehicles and 232 first responders to the scene, the national Ministry of Emergency Management said in a statement.
Youdao Chemical manufactures "low-toxicity" pesticides and employs around 300 people on a site of 47 hectares (116 acres), according to the Chinese online media The Paper.
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[Wired] Google, Apple, and Facebook part of data breach affecting login info for 184 million users
A data breach exposed nearly 200 million records, including login credentials for Google, Apple, Meta, and more. The stolen information contains usernames, passwords, and login URLs connected to services like Spotify, PayPal, and Netflix. If exploited, cybercriminals can use this information to commit identity theft.
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[LegalInsurrection] It was only a few, short weeks ago that a sudden and unprecedented power outage struck the entire Iberian Peninsula, plunging nearly all of Spain and Portugal into darkness for several hours.
This weekend, the outages continued as southeastern France experienced two major power blackouts that disrupted daily life in Cannes and Nice, affecting more than 200,000 homes and critical infrastructure. The incidents are being investigated as acts of sabotage and arson, with anarchist groups claiming responsibility.
The first major outage occurred early Saturday, coinciding with the final day of the Cannes Film Festival. It is being reported that a fire broke out overnight at an electrical substation in Tanneron, west of Cannes, leading to a blackout that impacted approximately 160,000 homes. Why do bad things happen to good people?
[Archive-WSJ] Paramount Global in recent days has offered $15 million to settle, according to people familiar with the situation. Trump's team wants more than $25 million and is also seeking an apology from CBS News, one of the people said.
Earlier this month, CBS News CEO Wendy McMahon told staff she is leaving the network, the second high-profile departure from the news unit. One point of tension between McMahon and Paramount was her unwillingness to issue an apology to Trump as part of any potential settlement of the lawsuit, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Personal Comment.
Given the number of Lawsuits Trump has won, exposing the media deliberate bias and defamation, this could get costly for Paramount (CBS).
[ZERO] The big question in recent weeks: Why are House Republicans hesitating to codify the waste and fraud identified by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) into law?
Musk's CBS News interview on Tuesday, where he called the "Big, Beautiful Bill" (BBB) a "disappointment," appears to have kicked off a broader information campaign aimed at pressuring the White House to push House Republicans toward formally codifying some DOGE-related spending cuts.
By Wednesday afternoon, Politico reported, citing two anonymous Republican sources, that the White House plans to send a rescissions bill (appropriations bill) to Congress next week to formally propose the spending cuts.
The package is expected to target funding for NPR, PBS, and certain foreign aid agencies previously reduced under President Trump.
[GEO.TV] Pak automakers comply with only 18 of 200 global safety standards, ignoring 182 entirely, despite vehicle prices being above international levels, officials in a meeting of the National Assembly's Standing Committee on Industry and Production revealed.
The committee members expressed serious concerns over the production of unsafe vehicles and demanded immediate and strict action against companies that ignore global safety standards, The News reported.
Chairman of the committee, Syed Hafeezuddin, said that major traffic accidents are taking place in Pakistain and it is the responsibility of vehicle manufacturing companies to implement safety standards in vehicles.
''Due to the decline in safety standards and quality in vehicles, we are not even able to export vehicles, while in our neighborhood, India and China have become major exporters of vehicles,'' he added.
The Secretary of Industries and Production informed the committee that the facility of two airbags in cars continues to be provided. The chairman of the committee said that the three foreign companies are not complying with rules.
Committee member Muhammad Ali Sarfaraz said that instead of giving more time to the companies that have installed plants in Pakistain for thirty to forty years and are still not following safety standards, action should be taken against them.
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"Do you want to live forever? Be a martyr for Zam-Zam Autos!"
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In a country where following traffic laws is "driver optional"?
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But they really need these car manufacturers so they can train our taxi drivers.
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Liked the nice green and white window stickers, possibly authentic, in Raazi. "CRUSH INDIA" in huge type visible from a block away. Underneath, in little bitty letters: "Pakistan Zindabad"
[GEO.TV] Sharjah authorities raided a residential property operating as a fake Zamzam water factory, arresting the individual behind the illicit operation. The accused was caught bottling ordinary water and fraudulently marketing it as the sacred Zamzam water.
According to officials, the accused was filling ordinary water into attractive bottles and labeling them as Zamzam water, misleading consumers with false claims about its authenticity.
During the operation, authorities seized bottles with Zamzam labels, cartons, and other evidence of fraudulent activity. Investigations revealed that the individual was also using the name of a licensed water trading company to carry out financial fraud.
Following the operation, the company's license was revoked, and the case was referred to Sharjah Police for further legal action.
Authorities have called on the public to remain vigilant and avoid purchasing unlicenced products, particularly those promoted on social media. Residents are urged to report suspicious activities by contacting the municipality's call center at 993.
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Lord knows there's too much counterfeit ZamZam out there.
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[Regnum] The Russian space industry is working on creating a transport system with a nuclear power plant that will be able to deliver up to 10 tons of payload to the near-Mars orbit. This was announced on May 28 by the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Bakanov.
“Russia is working on creating a transport system with a nuclear power plant that will make it possible to deliver about 10 tons of payload to Mars orbit,” Roscosmos’ Telegram channel quotes him as saying.
According to Bakanov, the ninth flight of the Starship rocket demonstrates the complexity of the technological task of delivering a large volume of payload to Mars.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on April 16, Russian President Vladimir Putin noted the potential for using nuclear power plants in space. According to the head of state, Russia needs to make a qualitative step forward in the field of creating electric jet engines and other systems for autonomous operation on space objects.
Earlier it was reported that during the meeting Putin called the space industry the flagship of the development and technological renewal of the Russian economy. Research also allows improving the quality of life of citizens. Plans in this area must correspond to the status of the country, which is an advanced space power.
Designed in Russia? Fine — they grow incredible mathematicians and physicists over there. But how trustworthy is tech made in China?
[GEO.TV] China and Russia have reached an agreement for the construction of a nuclear power plant on the moon.
A contract of cooperation inked by China and Russia states that the Russian reactor will power the International Lunar Research Station (ILRS), which is jointly headed by China and Russia and is expected to be finished by 2036, reported Space.com.
The news was made shortly after Nasa unveiled a budget proposal for 2026 that would eliminate the agency's orbital lunar outpost plans.
The news was made shortly after Nasa unveiled a budget proposal for 2026 that would eliminate the agency's orbital lunar outpost plans.
According to a 2024 interview with Yury Borisov, director general of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, on the Russian state-owned news site TASS, the Chinese-Russian reactor's construction will probably be completed autonomously "without the presence of humans." Although it's still unclear exactly how this may be accomplished, Borisov stated that the technology steps are "almost ready."
"The station will conduct fundamental space research and test technology for long-term uncrewed operations of the ILRS, with the prospect of a human being's presence on the Moon," Roscosmos stated in a notice released on May 8 after the memorandum was signed.
Egypt, Pakistain, Venezuela
...a country in Central America that sits on an enormous pool of oil. Formerly the most prospereous country in the region, it became infested with Commies sniffing almost unlimited wealth. It turned out the wealth wasn't unlimited, the economy collapsed under the clownish Hugo Chavez, the murder rate exceeded places like Honduras and El Salvador. A significant proportion of the populace refugeed to Colombia and points south... , Thailand, and South Africa are among the 17 nations that have joined the initiative thus far. The new research station is a permanent, manned lunar colony situated on the moon's south pole. China's 2028 Chang'e-8 mission, the country's first to land a man on the moon, will lay the foundation for it.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
Due to this interstellar blind spot, the Rubin Observatory in Chile would have only two to four weeks to spot deadly asteroids, leaving us little time if they were on a collision course.
Google, Apple, and Facebook part of data breach affecting login info for 184 million users 
[GEO.TV] Sharjah authorities raided a residential property operating as a fake Zamzam water factory, arresting the individual behind the illicit operation. The accused was caught bottling ordinary water and fraudulently marketing it as the sacred Zamzam water.
