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ASpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Florida on Thursday night carrying Israel's first lunar lander on a mission that if successful will make the Jewish state only the fourth nation to achieve a controlled touchdown on the moon's surface....
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Venezuela's Industry Minister Tareck El Aissami will meet Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov in Moscow on Friday, Interfax news agency reported. Venezuela, an ally of Moscow, is in political turmoil and the United State...
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China and Australia on Friday denied reports Australian coal was being blocked from entering the Asian country, with Canberra seeking to quell fears that worsening diplomatic tensions are damaging the nations' crucial trading relationship. Industry...
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President Muhammadu Buhari and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar - are also both over 70 years old and have failed to generate significant excitement from a relatively youthful population. Idayat Hassan, director of the Abuja-based think tank Cen...
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The $100 million joint venture between SpaceIL and state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. was financed mostly by Jewish philanthropists including Morris Kahn, SpaceIL’s president and a founder of Amdocs Ltd., and casino magnate Sheldon Adelson....
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Humanitarian aid should not be forced into Venezuela, lest it cause violence, China's Foreign Ministry said on Friday, warning that Beijing opposed military intervention in the country. Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro threatened to close the bord...
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The accused are Sergei Mikhailov, who worked in the Federal Security Service’s information-security division, and Ruslan Stoyanov, who’s a manager at Kaspersky Lab cybersecurity company. Two other men charged during the investigation, businessman Ge...
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Want to participate in a short research study? Help shape the future of investing tools and receive a $20 prize! China Energy Engineering Corporation Limited (HKG:3996), which is in theRead More...
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced a week's delay to voting in the early hours of last Saturday, just as some of Nigeria's 72.8 million eligible voters were preparing to go to polling stations. In a televised morning addr...
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A Japanese probe that aims to examine a distant asteroid for clues about the origin of the solar system appears to have landed successfully Friday, the space agency said. "We confirmed data communication with the probe recovered after the touchdown,...
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An Israeli spacecraft rocketed toward the moon for the country's first attempted lunar landing, following a launch Thursday night by SpaceX.
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Few people will remember the ‘Cornish Alps’ which once dominated the skyline around St Austell. After the Aberfan disaster of 1969, when the colliery spoil tip slid onto the Welsh village killing 144 people, the huge waste mounds from the England’s c...
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Nearly 100,000 children are suffering from post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) because of severe bullying and violence, researchers have warned. The first comprehensive study of the issue in Britain found 7.8 per cent of people under the age of 18...
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TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese spacecraft touched down on a distant asteroid Friday on a mission to collect material that could provide clues to the origin of the solar system and life on Earth.
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The Japanese moon venture known as ispace says it has recruited new corporate partners and struck a deal to put a commercial payload on its Hakuto-R lunar lander. Ispace has arranged for two spacecraft to be launched to the moon, in 2020 and 2021, as...