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NASA Launches Satellite to Explore 'Mysterious' Region Where Air Meets Space
The satellite called Icon, which will study the region where air meets space, rocketed into orbit following a two-year delay. It was dropped from a plane flying over the Atlantic off the Florida coast.
After Apple Pulls App, Google Removes Game That Let Users Play as Hong Kong Protester
Google said its decision to yank 'The Revolution of Our Times' game from its Play Store did not result from any takedown requests by police or any other party outside the California-based company.
German Gunman Published Anti-Semitic 'Manifesto', Livestreamed Synagogue Attack on Twitch
The assault on Wednesday took place as Jews marked the holy day of Yom Kippur, with the gunman filming the attack and posting a video online in which he launched a diatribe against Jews.
Power Outages Begin in California to Prevent Unprecedented Wildfires Amid Hot, Windy Weather
The utility plans to shut off power in parts of 34 northern, central and coastal California counties to reduce the chance of fierce winds knocking down or toppling trees into power lines during a siege of hot, dry, gusty weather.
Bangladesh Court Orders Arrest of Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus in Labour Law Violation Case
Muhammad Yunus has been at odds with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina since 2007 when he made a brief foray into the country's violent and polarised politics dominated by her family and her arch-rival Khaleda Zia.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei Says Use of Nuclear Weapons is 'Haram' for Tehran
Iran vehemently denies having ever sought an atomic bomb and says its nuclear programme is for peaceful energy production and medical purposes only.
'He Draws Sketches of 93 Women He Murdered': US Killer's Lifetime of Evil Backed By Prodigious Memory
Little, who is 79 and has been behind bars since 2012 for several killings, preyed on prostitutes, drug addicts and other women on the margins, many of them black like Little himself. Some bodies were never found.
Mysterious Oil Spills Appear at 130 Beaches in Brazil and Now it’s the New Environmental Crisis
Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro said the large blots of oil came from outside the country and were possibly the work of criminals.
EU Tells British PM Boris Johnson to Stop Playing 'Stupid Blame Game' over Brexit
In a sign that Johnson's last-ditch proposals to bridge the impasse have failed, a Downing Street source said Merkel and Johnson spoke on Tuesday morning and she made clear that a deal was 'overwhelmingly unlikely'.
After Facing Backlash from China, Tiffany Removes Advertisement Over Hong Kong Protests
The photo posted on Monday showed Chinese model Sun Feifei wearing a Tiffany ring on her right hand as it covers her right eye.
US Blacklists 28 Chinese Entities Over Human Rights Violations, Abuses Against Uighurs in Xinjiang
The US Department of Commerce said the action constricts export to entities implicated in human rights violations and abuses in China's campaign targeting Uighurs in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region.
Pakistan Fares Badly in Terror Financing Report, Likely to Be Retained on FATF Grey List
Pakistan was placed on the grey list by the Paris-based watchdog in June last year and was given a plan of action to complete it by October 2019, or face the risk of being placed on the black list with Iran and North Korea.
White House Says Turkey Will Soon invade Northern Syria, US Troops Will Not Support Operation
Press secretary Stephanie Grisham says US troops 'will not support or be involved in the operation" and "will no longer be in the immediate area.'
'Joe Should Hang it Up': Trump Steps up Attack on Biden. Here's His Response
In a series of Twitter posts, the president advanced widely discredited allegations that Biden interfered improperly to protect his son Hunter from suggestions of corrupt dealings in Ukraine, and that the younger Biden also made $1.5 billion in a question...
Bomb Explosion Kills UN Peacekeeper, Injures Four in Restive Mali
UN peacekeeping and French forces are stationed in Mali to combat jihadist groups seen as threatening security across Africa's Sahel region.
Lawyer for CIA Officer Behind Trump’s Ukraine Complaint Says There Are Now Multiple Whistleblowers
The lawyer, Andrew Bakaj, represents the anonymous intelligence official who accused Trump of using the powers of his office to pressure Ukraine's new president to investigate political rival Joe Biden and his son Hunter.