Here are 5️⃣ things to know for December 12. 1️⃣ Severe winter storm 2️⃣ Artemis I mission 3️⃣ Ukraine power grid 4️⃣ World Cup semifinals 5️⃣ China's Covid-19 trace tracking system
As you scroll through social media this week, there’s a chance you’ll see pictures of your friends, but re-imagined as celestial beings or cartoon-like characters. Perhaps you’ve even seen a few of the eye-catching portraits already – or maybe you’re grimacing at the notion of another viral trend hijacking your feed. Whether you’re a fan or foe, the popular app behind the avatars is Lensa, and some users are voicing concerns about how much the portraits distort body shapes and skin color.
’s Orion spacecraft made a successful splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico’s Baja California. The mission sent the uncrewed spacecraft on a trip around the moon for a little over 25 days to test whether its capsule could make a safe return to Earth. Now that it has cleared that hurdle, officials have said it will include the first woman and first person of color to achieve such a milestone. 3. Ukraine Amid freezing temperatures, Ukraine is working to patch up sections of its power grid faster than Russian missiles can knock them out. “The enemy is hitting the most important facilities and key elements of substations that ensure the output … and transmission of electricity,” the CEO of state power generator Ukrenergo told CNN.
years That’s about how long it’s been since the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. The attack killed 259 people on the New York-bound flight and 11 people on the ground shortly after taking off from London in December 1988. On Sunday, authorities in the US and Scotland announced a Libyan man is now in US custody for his alleged involvement in making the bomb that destroyed the plane.
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