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India announces moon lander days from touching down – as Russian craft crashes | World News
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India could be about to take one giant leap ahead of Russia in the space race – with its latest lunar mission just days away from attempting to land. India’s space agency ISRO announced via X, formerly known as Twitter, on Sunday that it will attempt to land its Vikram robotic lander on Wednesday. The…
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Russia’s Luna-25 spacecraft crashes into moon | World News
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Russia has reported that its Luna-25 spacecraft has crashed into the moon. The unmanned robot lander, which launched earlier this month, crashed after it spun into uncontrolled orbit, Russia’s space corporation Roscosmos reported on Sunday. It comes after the country reported an “abnormal situation” that its specialists were analysing on Saturday. The mission was the…
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Bank of Ireland glitch ‘allowed customers with no money to withdraw funds from ATM’ | World News
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A glitch with Bank of Ireland’s online app reportedly allowed customers with no money to transfer funds and withdraw it from an ATM. The technical blunder meant people were able to put money into a Revolut digital account and then withdraw it from a cash point. Some claimed that they were able to access as…
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Perseid meteor shower in pictures – how annual event peaked around the world | Science & Tech News
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Stargazers were treated to the peak of the annual summer Perseid meteor shower over the weekend. Bright meteors lit up the night sky around the world, caused by debris from comet Swift-Tuttle slamming into Earth’s atmosphere at 130,000mph. Parts of the UK were let down by the weather, though, as cloudy conditions spoiled the view.…
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Mark Zuckerberg says ‘time to move on’ from Elon Musk cage fight | World News
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Mark Zuckerberg has accused Elon Musk of not being serious about the pair having a cage fight – and says it is time to “move on” from the saga. The Facebook co-founder said his tech billionaire counterpart did not appear to want to go through with the highly-anticipated clash after failing to even agree on…
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COVID-19: New strain spreading across UK designated ‘variant of interest’ by WHO | World News
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A new fast-spreading COVID strain has been designated a “variant of interest” by the World Health Organisation. EG.5 is descended from the Omicron variant of coronavirus and is growing in prevalence globally, including in the UK, US and China. It has been detected in 51 countries in total, including South Korea, Japan, Canada, Australia, Singapore,…
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Virgin Galactic space flight has opened a new chapter in the story of aviation | World News
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It is just 120 years since the Wright brothers strapped themselves to a rickety powered glider and flew all of 36 metres. Now flying is so routine we barely give it a thought. But Virgin Galactic has opened a new chapter in the story of aviation, taking its first tourists into space in a plane…
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Why billionaires are drawn to ‘extreme tourism’ – and does money change our relationship with risk? | World News
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Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic spaceflight will today fly the first ever paying customers to the edge of space. Taking off from New Mexico, Galactic 02 will take three passengers – an 80-year-old former Olympian with Parkinson’s disease and a mother and daughter duo who won their tickets in a sweepstake – 50 miles (80km)…
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LK-99: Could this superconductor ‘discovery’ really change the world? | Science & Tech News
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An extraordinary claim by scientists in South Korea has sparked wild hopes of a utopian future where no health condition goes undiagnosed, trains float above their tracks, and – most importantly – your phone’s battery life is incredible. LK-99 may sound like little more than a Star Wars extra, but has been tipped as a…
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Chinese regulators propose two-hour phone limit per day for under 18s | World News
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Chinese regulators have proposed rules that would limit under 18s to a maximum of two hours a day on their smartphones. The country’s cyberspace regulator said it wanted providers of smart devices to introduce a so-called ‘minor mode’ which would bar users under the age of 18 from accessing the internet on their mobiles from…