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Facebook Tweet Email Link Hopes are fading that an injured climber who has been stuck on a mountain in Kyrgyzstan for 12 days after rescue efforts had to be terminated because of bad weather. Natalia Nagovitsyna was descending from the top of Jengish Chokusu, or Victory Peak, at Kyrgyzstan’s border with China, when she broke her leg on August 12. A spokesperson for Kyrgyzstan’s Ministry of Emergency Situations told CNN in a message that the experienced mountaineer has been stuck on the mountain ever since despite repeated rescue efforts which also claimed the life of another climber. A group of…

A sign with the company logo sits outside of the headquarters of Eli Lilly in Indianapolis, Indiana, on March 17, 2024.Scott Olson | Getty ImagesEli Lilly’s stock is still recovering after the drugmaker released trial data earlier this month on its closely watched obesity pill that underwhelmed Wall Street.In a key late-stage trial, Eli Lilly’s pill, orforglipron, caused less weight loss and had higher side effects than what analysts were expecting. The pill’s efficacy also appeared to come in slightly below that of Novo Nordisk’s oral semaglutide for obesity, which showed strong data in a separate study.Shares of Eli Lilly fell…

Virgin Voyages’ fourth ship will set sail on its maiden voyage from New York on September 5, 2025. The newest ship draws inspiration from four destinations around the U.S. that include New York’s energy, Miami’s Latin fire, L.A.’s optimism and glamour and Alaska’s spirit of adventure. It adds up to a theme of “Joyful Corners Glow Up.””We asked ourselves: how do we create spaces where strangers become friends and quiet moments become cherished memories?” Erin Barton, Director of Design at Virgin Voyages, said in a statement. “Brilliant Lady’s transformation is our love letter to the social soul of travel, designed…

VILNIUS (AP) — Cute and adorable Welsh corgis, widely known for their association with the British royal family, are in fact a breed of passionate racers.That’s at least according to the 120 teams from around Europe taking part in the Corgi Race Vilnius, in Lithuania’s capital, which drew an international bunch of furballs and their owners from countries including Poland, Latvia, Germany, Austria and Italy. Thousands of Lithuanians gathered in the capital’s largest park on Saturday to watch the events — a solo sprint, a contest for the “mightiest voice,” costume challenges, and group racing.The event culminated Sunday with the…

Facebook Tweet Email Link President Donald Trump has sent a letter of support to Ukraine praising its courage and saying the United States believes in its future as an independent state, as the country marks the anniversary of declaring itself free of Soviet rule. Trump’s letter was shared on X by Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky on his country’s 34th Independence Day, as he delivered his own message: we will not lose. Other world leaders, including Chinese President Xi Jinping, Britain’s King Charles and Pope Leo XIV, also delivered messages to mark the day, which comes as the momentum around peace…

Facebook Tweet Email Link Growing up in Salt Lake City, Utah, in the 1950s and 60s, Mary Dickson was among the millions of American schoolchildren taught to “duck and cover” in the event of a nuclear war. “I just remember thinking, ‘That’s not going to save us from a bomb,’” she told CNN. At that time, Dickson didn’t know that nuclear weapons were being detonated in the neighboring state of Nevada as the US tested its new stockpile. She lived downwind, in the direction much of the radioactive fallout from atmospheric tests traveled. She says she has suffered from thyroid…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Twenty years ago, Hurricane Katrina changed the face of education in New Orleans forever. The school system was utterly destroyed and then utterly transformed, becoming the first and only all-charter school district in the country.Ahead of the storm’s anniversary, The Associated Press asked three survivors to reflect on what it was like to be a student or a teacher during that tumultuous period. For some, connections they developed with educators who helped them through the crisis inspired careers as teachers. Their experiences also offer lessons for teachers and schools going through natural disasters today. What follows…

Facebook Tweet Email Link Two years ago, Gaza’s largest city was sprawling with life. Classrooms brimmed with schoolchildren, markets were full of shoppers and beachside cafes offered respite for those escaping the stresses of a besieged enclave. Gaza City boasts a rich history, inhabited for thousands of years and shaped by successive takeovers from ancient civilizations. It served as a key landing point for Palestinians displaced during Israel’s founding in 1948 and has hundreds of millennia-old sites documenting its past. It was therefore no surprise that Islamist militant group Hamas chose Gaza City as its de facto capital when it…

Facebook Tweet Email Link Tokyo, Japan  —  History was made this weekend. South Korean President Lee Jae-myung made his first overseas trip for bilateral diplomacy, with stops in both Washington DC and Tokyo. But unlike his predecessors, Lee didn’t visit the United States first. Instead, his first stop was Japan — South Korea’s former colonizer. Following a bilateral summit between Lee and Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, Tokyo and Seoul issued their first joint statement in 17 years; pledging deeper cooperation on AI, trade, and denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula. They also announced plans to launch a joint task force to…

“I P 6 8! I P 6 8!,” shouted late-night host Jimmy Fallon, trying and failing to fake excitement about the new Pixel smartphones. Fallon, who likely had never heard the technical term before, didn’t seem to realize that IP68 — a rating that indicates phones can survive being submerged in water — isn’t all that interesting as a selling point, nor is this water-resistance feature new to Google’s Pixel line. It’s been around since the 2018 Pixel 3. We’re on the Pixel 10 now, for reference. In a surreal moment that illustrated the tendency to overhype anything associated with…