13+ hour, 42+ min ago   (498+ words) Today is Tuesday, Aug. 4, the 216th day of 2026 with 149 to follow. The moon is waning. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Neptune and Saturn. Evening stars are Jupiter, Mercury and Venus. In 1735, the standard of truth as a defense against a…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1332+ words) CASTINE, Maine, July 30 (UPI) -- The new State of Maine has arrived in historic Castine, where Revolutionary War history and maritime tradition converge on the shores of Penobscot Bay, bringing advanced technology to the Maine Maritime Academy as it trains the…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (52+ words) upi.com Japan marks fourth anniversary of Shinzo Abe's assassination (10 images) Visitors pay their respects to former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the Mikasa cemetery in Nara City, Japan, on Tuesday on the fourth anniversary of his assassination....

4+ week, 19+ hour ago   (532+ words) July 6 (Asia Today) -- China launched a strategic missile into international waters in the Pacific on Monday, prompting concern from Japan and other regional powers as a U.S. nuclear and missile expert said the weapon was likely a JL-3 submarine-launched ballistic missile....

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (322+ words) July 2 (UPI) -- A young World War II pilot who disappeared during a flight in1944 has been accounted for, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Thursday. The remains of 1st Lt. Franklin H. McKinney, 21, of the U.S. Army Air Forces were identified May 15, nearly…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (467+ words) SEOUL, June 29 (UPI) -- North Korea on Monday condemned the ongoing Resolute Dragon joint military exercise between Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Marines as a rehearsal for war, directing most of its criticism at Tokyo and accusing it of using…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (693+ words) NEW YORK, June 16 (UPI) -- F1, Better Call Saul and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri star Kerry Condon says she got to know her Pressure co-star Brendan Fraser when they were both on the 2023 awards circuit promoting other films. Fraser was scooping…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1085+ words) June 15 (Asia Today) -- Germany and Japan are moving away from military restraints maintained for more than 80 years since their defeat in World War II as doubts about U.S. security commitments and growing threats from Russia and China drive major defense expansions....

2+ mon, 13+ hour ago   (491+ words) In 1783, the first public demonstration of a hot-air balloon occurred at Annonay, France. In 1784, France's Marie Thible of Lyons became the first woman to fly in a hot-air balloon. In 1896, Henry Ford wheeled his first car from a brick shed…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago   (384+ words) In 1880, the first public pay telephone began operation in New Haven, Conn. In 1958, Charles de Gaulle became prime minister of France with emergency powers amid the collapse of the Fourth Republic. He was elected president of France at the end…...