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SpaceX launches another Starship rocket after back-to-back explosions, but it tumbles out of control

SpaceX launches another Starship rocket after back-to-back explosions, but it tumbles out of control

After back-to-back explosions , SpaceX launched its mega rocket Starship again on Tuesday evening, but fell short of the main objectives when the spacecraft tumbled out of control and broke apart.

Bear attack leaves woman in critical condition in Slovenia

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — A woman was in critical condition on Wednesday after a bear attack in a forested area outside Slovenia's capital, Ljubljana, police said.
Slightly radioactive soil from Fukushima will be used in the prime minister's flower beds

Slightly radioactive soil from Fukushima will be used in the prime minister's flower beds

TOKYO (AP) — Japan said Tuesday it plans to use some slightly radioactive soil stored near the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant on flower beds at Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s office to show it is safe to reuse.
What is Manhattanhenge and when can you see it?

What is Manhattanhenge and when can you see it?

NEW YORK (AP) — Twice a year, New Yorkers and visitors are treated to a phenomenon known as Manhattanhenge, when the setting sun aligns with the Manhattan street grid and sinks below the horizon framed in a canyon of skyscrapers.

Iranian pleads guilty to ransomware attacks that affected Baltimore, other cities

WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — An Iranian national pleaded guilty on Tuesday in North Carolina federal court for his role in a ransomware and extortion operation that prosecutors say targeted computer networks for Baltimore and other U.S.
Hoarding covering Sir John A. Macdonald statue at Queen's Park to be removed

Hoarding covering Sir John A. Macdonald statue at Queen's Park to be removed

TORONTO — Hoarding that has covered a statue of Sir John A.
Telus announces five-year $70B funding plan to bolster networks, open AI data centres

Telus announces five-year $70B funding plan to bolster networks, open AI data centres

VANCOUVER — Telus Corp. has announced it will spend more than $70 billion over the next five years to enhance connectivity, including through improvements to its network infrastructure and by building artificial intelligence data centres.
South Africa denies trying to bend the rules to give Musk's Starlink preferential treatment

South Africa denies trying to bend the rules to give Musk's Starlink preferential treatment

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s communications minister Tuesday denied accusations that a draft policy watering down Black ownership requirements for tech firms was proposed to benefit the Starlink business of white South African-born billionaire
Amid measles outbreak, Texas is poised to make vaccine exemptions for kids easier

Amid measles outbreak, Texas is poised to make vaccine exemptions for kids easier

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas this year has been the center of the nation's largest measles outbreak in more than two decades, as a mostly eradicated disease has sickened more than 700 in the state, sent dozens to hospitals and led to the death of two c
Data analysis complete in New Brunswick's mystery brain disease; results in summer

Data analysis complete in New Brunswick's mystery brain disease; results in summer

FREDERICTON — The office of New Brunswick's chief medical officer says it has completed the first step of data analysis in its investigation into an undiagnosed neurological illness that has affected more than 400 people. Chief medical officer Dr.