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This 12-year-old genius has her sights set on becoming a NASA engineer • 9 min read This 12-year-old child prodigy dreams of working at NASA one day Alena Wicker is set to attend Arizona State University, where she’ll double major in astronomical and planetary science and chemistry, to further her dream of becoming a NASA engineer.D. Lacy Photography A gifted 12-year-old is making waves as a soon-to-be college student with plans to work as a NASA engineer. Alena Wicker, who lives in Texas, will be virtually attending Arizona State University this May after she graduates high school. There...

General Motors' Cruise is set to extend operations to Dubai, a media report said. According to CNBC, the majority-owned autonomous vehicle subsidiary has signed an agreement with the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority to be the exclusive provider for self-driving taxis and ride-hailing services to the end of 2029, starting in 2023. Financial details have not been disclosed. CNBC said there was no date yet for when self-driving vehicles were expected to be available to the public in Dubai. But Cruise expected to operate a fleet of up to 4,000 self-driving vehicles in the United Arab Emirates...

From the blog of Sheldon Kirshner at The Times of Israel

04/12/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/11/2021 17:21 This Ramadan, UNHCR calls for solidarity with those hit hardest by the global pandemic 12 April 2021 Somali refugees break the Ramadan fast at the Al Amal Orphan Society in Amman, Jordan. © UNHCR/Benoit Almeras As the Islamic world prepares to welcome the holy month of Ramadan, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, urges greater support for millions of refugees and internally displaced people hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic. People forced to flee their homes must be included on an equal footing in global vaccination programm...

Those looking to annex can expect resistance from Jordan Jordan is not only waging a vigorous battle against coronavirus, but also against the Middle East peace plan proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump. By Birgit Svensson "It was just wonderful to be outside again for one evening," said a happy Susanne Brunner on the phone from Amman. She’d been out reporting in the city first, then she’d sat in a garden and had dinner with friends. "We hadn’t been allowed out for the evening since March, we were on total lockdown," the Middle East correspondent for Swiss national radio and televi...