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After swinging around the moon on a journey through space, a NASA crew of four astronauts has returned to Earth and splashed down on the Pacific Ocean off California Friday evening, capping the historic lunar return by the U.S.

The Lockheed Martin-built Orion crew capsule carrying the Artemis II crew took a fiery plunge through the planet's atmosphere,

before touching down under parachutes into the much cooler waters of the Pacific.

The return represents the last major test of the 10-day Artemis II mission, which sent the astronauts around the moon, broke human spaceflight distance records, and captured breathtaking images.

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President Trump ramped up pressure on Iran as Vice President Vance traveled to Pakistan for talks to end the war.

With Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon and the Strait of Hormuz as effective closure looming over diplomatic efforts, Trump posted on social media Friday that Tehran's only leverage is short-term extortion of the world.

by using international waterways, a reference to Hormuz, a critical shipping lane for oil and natural gas that remains largely shut, raising global energy prices.

Trump declared that the Iranians don't seem to realize they have no cards.

The semi-official Tasnim News Agency reported an Iranian delegation

Led by Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bashir Ghalibaf has arrived in Islamabad.

He told a Tasnim reporter that talks would only proceed if the opposing side accepts Iran's preconditions for negotiations.

The Federal Reserve is asking major U.S.