US-bound flight returns to Japan after passenger bites cabin crew

A US-bound ANA plane had to return to Tokyo after an intoxicated passenger bit a cabin attendant mid-flight, the Japanese carrier said Wednesday. The passenger, reportedly a 55-year-old man believed to be American, sunk his teeth into crew member’s arm while “heavily drunk”, leaving her mildly injured, an All Nippon Airways spokesman told AFP. The … Read more

Turkey’s first astronaut blast off embodies Erdogan’s geopolitical ambitions

When Turkey’s first astronaut blasts off for the International Space Station (ISS) this week, he will embody his country’s pride and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s outsized geopolitical ambitions. Alper Gezeravci, a 43-year-old fighter pilot and colonel in Turkey’s air force, is due to take off on Wednesday from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in … Read more

Resilience and Natural Cycles

Highlight the resilience of nature and its ability to recover from disturbances. Explore natural cycles, such as the water cycle and carbon cycle, that regulate the Earth’s systems.