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SpaceX crew returns to Earth after historic mission

16-09-2024 NEW YORK: SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn crew has returned to Earth after five days in orbit, following a historic mission featuring the world’s first commercial spacewalk. The Dragon capsule made splashdown off the coast of Florida shortly after 03:37 local time (07:37 GMT), in an event stream lived by SpaceX. …

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Venezuela arrests US and Spanish citizens over ‘plot’

16-09-2024 CARACAS: Venezuelan authorities say they have arrested three US citizens, two Spaniards and one Czech citizen suspected of plotting to destabilize the country. Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello said hundreds of weapons had also been seized, and that the detainees were plotting to assassinate Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and other …

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French women rally to support Gisele Pelicot

16-09-2024 PARIS/ AVIGNON: When she walks into the courthouse in the French city of Avignon, flanked by her children and a team of lawyers, Gisele Pelicot cuts an unassuming figure. The 72-year-old mother and grandmother, her hair styled into a neat bob, wears colorful dresses and Breton tops. She looks …

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Russia produces kamikaze drone with Chinese engine

15-09-2024 MOSCOW/ KYIV: Russia started producing a new long-range attack drone called the Garpiya-A1 last year using Chinese engines and parts, which it has deployed in the war in Ukraine, according to two sources from a European intelligence agency and documents seen by Reuters. The intelligence which included a production …

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Biden slams Trump for attacks on Haitian Americans

15-09-2024 WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden has denounced election-season attacks on the Haitian American community in the United States, calling out Republican leaders for fear-mongering. Speaking on Friday at a White House brunch billed as a “celebration of Black excellence”, Biden warned that Haitian Americans were a “community that’s under attack …

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