Police in Australia have dismantled what they believe is a smuggling ring that was attempting to export native lizards and reptiles worth more than 1.2 million Australian dollars ($800,000) to Hong Kong. Three men, aged …
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First US moon landing mission in decades launches with NASA science, humans remains on board
by adminA towering new rocket has taken flight, carrying what could be the first commercial lander to touch down on the moon — and the first lunar landing mission to launch from the United States since …
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‘It’s still within our power to change the world’: Across-the-globe voyage is following in Charles Darwin’s footsteps
by adminDocked in the South Atlantic port of Stanley, in the Falkland Islands, is an unusual vessel making a very special voyage. The 106-year-old, three-masted sailing ship “Oosterschelde” is on a two-year journey retracing the footsteps …
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Residents flee Russia’s Belgorod region amid deadly cross-border attacks from Ukraine
by adminRussia has begun to evacuate residents from the border region of Belgorod following a surge in deadly Ukrainian strikes. Approximately 300 residents of Belgorod city “decided to temporarily move” to accommodation centers in cities elsewhere …
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Anders Behring Breivik, the far-right fanatic who killed 77 people in a bombing and shooting rampage in Norway in 2011, appeared in a court set up in his prison on Monday to launch a legal …
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Pope Francis has called for a universal ban on surrogacy, calling the practice “deplorable” in a speech in Vatican City on Monday. “I deem deplorable the practice of so-called surrogate motherhood, which represents a grave …
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About one in every 100 people in Gaza has been killed since the war between Israel and Hamas erupted on October 7, according to Palestinian statistics. The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Ramallah announced in …
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First on CNN: NASA expected to announce ‘months-long delay’ for crewed Artemis moon mission
by adminNASA leadership is expected on Tuesday to announce a “months-long delay” to the first crewed mission of the agency’s flagship Artemis program, according to one current and one former NASA employee. The delay affects NASA’s …
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Odd radio circles in space have mystified astronomers since the cosmic objects were first discovered in 2019. Now, scientists think they may understand what forms these mysterious celestial structures, and the answer could provide insights …
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Lunar lander suffers ‘critical’ fuel loss in major setback while en route to the moon
by adminAstrobotic Technology, the company that developed the first lunar lander to launch from the United States in five decades, said its spacecraft has suffered “critical” propellant loss attempting to correct itself after running into a …