WAO ART #201

India has successfully launched its first mission to the Sun, named Aditya-L1. The spacecraft will travel 1.5 million km from Earth to reach Lagrange point 1, where it will orbit the Sun at the same rate as the Earth. The mission aims to study the solar corona, photosphere, and chromosphere.

The Nobel Foundation has withdrawn its invitation to Russia, Belarus, and Iran to this year's awards ceremony. The decision comes after criticism from Ukraine and others over Russia's invasion of Ukraine and Iran's human rights record. The foundation wants to reach out with the values and messages of the Nobel Prize.

The union representing Hollywood actors in the US is considering a second strike against major video game companies. Talks between SAG-AFTRA and companies like Activision and Electronic Arts have reached a stalemate, particularly on wage increases and artificial intelligence.

Gabon's new military leader, Gen Brice Oligui Nguema, has stated that the suspension of democracy in the country is only temporary and that state institutions will be made more democratic. However, he has not provided a timeline for fresh elections.

Australia has launched a mission to rescue a researcher with a "developing medical condition" from the remote Casey outpost in Antarctica. The icebreaker RSV Nuyina is traveling thousands of miles to reach the station after an air rescue was ruled out due to harsh conditions.

The total value locked on Base, a L2 Ethereum network incubated at Coinbase, has doubled to over $380m following the launch of DEX Aerodrome. Base has become the fourth most valuable L2 blockchain in terms of TVL, following networks like Arbitrum One, Polygon, and OP Mainnet.

Libertarian candidate Javier Milei's victory in Argentina's PASO elections was not as significant as initially thought, with all three main political parties being only 2.58% apart. Milei received 29.86% of the votes, followed by Juntos por el Cambio with 28% and Unión por la Patria with 27.28%.