What’s Up: January 2025 Skywatching Tips from NASA Posted: 2024-12-30 16:59 Get ready for an exciting month of skywatching in January 2025! NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has released its monthly skywatching tips, highlighting upcoming celestial events and providing tips on how to best observe them. January 3: Quadrantids Meteor Shower The Quadrantids meteor shower … Read more
Sols 4402-4415: Rover Decks and Sequence Calls for the Holidays By Abigail Fraeman, NASA’s Mars Exploration Program December 30, 2024 As the holiday season approaches on Earth, NASA’s Perseverance rover team is hard at work preparing for a quiet period of operations on Mars. The rover will spend Sols 4402-4415 (December 25, 2024 – January … Read more
FRB Publishes Paper on Trend-Cycle Decomposition and Forecasting Using Bayesian Multivariate Unobserved Components Date: December 30, 2024 Title: Trend-Cycle Decomposition and Forecasting Using Bayesian Multivariate Unobserved Components Authors: Alejandro Badel José-Víctor Ríos-Rull Jaume Ventura Objective: The paper presents a new methodology for trend-cycle decomposition and forecasting of economic time series using Bayesian multivariate unobserved components … Read more
I am unable to access real-time information, including news articles, and my knowledge cutoff is April 2023. Therefore, I do not have information about the article you mentioned from the Department of State titled “Belize – Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution” with a publication date of 2024-12-30 00:00. For the most up-to-date travel information, please … Read more
U.S. Department of State Issues Level 3 Travel Advisory for Guatemala December 30, 2024 The U.S. Department of State has issued a Level 3: Reconsider Travel advisory for Guatemala, effective immediately. This advisory is an upgrade from the previous Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution. Reasons for the Advisory: The level 3 advisory has been issued … Read more
DOD Announces Additional Aid for Ukraine, Assesses 1,000 North Korean Casualties in Russia’s Kursk Region December 30, 2024 – The United States Department of Defense (DOD) announced today a new aid package for Ukraine, including additional military equipment and financial assistance. The package, valued at approximately $2.5 billion, brings the total U.S. aid to Ukraine … Read more
Austin, Biden Laud Former President Carter’s Leadership, Humanity By Defense.gov December 30, 2024 Washington, D.C. – President Joe Biden and Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III lauded the leadership and humanity of former President Jimmy Carter on the occasion of his 99th birthday. In a statement, President Biden praised Carter’s “extraordinary life of service … Read more
Army Lt. Gen. Herbert R. Temple Jr., 21st National Guard Bureau Chief, Dies at 96 Washington, D.C. – Lt. Gen. Herbert R. Temple Jr., who served as the 21st Chief of the National Guard Bureau, passed away on December 29, 2024, at the age of 96. General Temple was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on October … Read more
Biden Administration Announces Additional Security Assistance for Ukraine December 30, 2024 Washington, D.C. – The Biden Administration today announced an additional $1.85 billion in security assistance for Ukraine, bringing the total U.S. commitment to more than $21 billion since the start of the Russian invasion. The new assistance package includes: A Patriot air defense system … Read more
Statement from President Joe Biden on the Plane Crash in the Republic of Korea December 29, 2024 Today, I extend my deepest condolences to the families and loved ones of those who perished in the tragic plane crash in the Republic of Korea. This heartbreaking loss of life has touched the hearts of people around … Read more