When astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore approached the International Space Station (ISS) last year with failing thrusters on their Boeing Starliner capsule, they were unable to…
Category: 2. World
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Astronauts recall tension of troubled Starliner flight
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The noise battle at the heart of the Bernabéu
Kristina VoelkBBC News, Madrid
Xavi Torrent/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights ManagementReal Madrid’s stadium played host to two back-to-back Taylor Swift concerts last May Last year, tens of thousands of ‘Swifties’ – Taylor Swift fans – thronged…
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North and South Korea are in an underground war
Jean MackenzieSeoul correspondent
BBCListen to Jean read this article
The border between North and South Korea is swamped with layers of dense barbed-wire fencing and hundreds of guard posts. But dotted among them is something even more unusual:…
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Norway calls time as school-leavers Russ bus partying gets out of hand
ShutterstockNorweigen school-leavers partying in red overalls is a sight often seen on Norway’s national day on 17 May After 13 years of school, Selma Jenvin-Steinsvag and her classmate Aksel were running to catch the Oslo metro in red overalls….
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Harvard agrees to transfer photos of enslaved people to black history museum
Kwasi Gyamfi AsieduBBC News
ReutersTamara Lanier, pictured in 2018, has waged a 15 year battle with Harvard over the photos Harvard University has agreed to hand over a set of historic photos believed to be among the earliest depicting enslaved…
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Diddy ex-employee tells court he called her after Cassie’s lawsuit
A former employee of Sean “Diddy” Combs, testifying anonymously as “Mia”, took the stand in his sex tracking trial in New York.
During her testimony, she said the rap mogul called her after singer Cassie Ventura filed a lawsuit against him in…
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US to increase steel import tariffs to 50%
President Donald Trump has announced the US will double its current tariff rate on steel imports from 25% to 50%.
Speaking at a rally in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Trump said the move would help boost the local steel industry and the national…
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How killer Joel Cauchi slipped through the cracks
NSW PoliceJade Young’s mother said her daughter’s death was the result of “cumulative failures” For many, Saturdays are something to look forward to – relaxed times, enjoyed with family and friends. But Elizabeth Young “dreads” them. It’s a…
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US-Israel plan to militarize aid in Gaza ‘disastrous’
The disastrous start of the food distribution coordinated by the newly created Gaza Humanitarian Foundation confirmed that the US-Israel plan to instrumentalize aid is ineffective,” Lockyear said in a statement on Friday, according to Press TV.
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Trump says Elon Musk ‘not really leaving’ in Oval Office farewell
Elon Musk’s time in the Trump administration has come to an end with a news conference in the Oval Office in which he and the US president defended the work of Doge – and vowed it would continue, even without Musk.
According to President Trump,…
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