Airplane makers Boeing and Airbus have renewed their warnings that 5G cell phone signals – supposed to be rolled out in earnest in early January – may threaten the ability of aircraft to operate safely in low visibility areas. The CEOs of both plane manufacturers warned US Transportation Secretary Pete …
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After breaking for Christmas, jurors returned to a federal court in Manhattan on Monday to decide the fate of Ghislaine Maxwell. Accused of grooming and abusing four young women, Maxwell faces 80 years behind bars if convicted. The jurors requested transcripts of witness testimony, as well as a definition of …
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President Joe Biden has apparently backed down from his pre-election pledge to stop Covid-19 in its tracks, telling governors that it’s up to state governments to end the pandemic. “There is no federal solution,” Biden said on Monday in a teleconference with governors. “This gets solved at the state level.” …
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Covid testing providers are “alphabet hacking” the UK government’s list of approved firms by using punctuation and numerals to beat the site’s filters and promote their products as the preferred choice, an investigation has found. Around one in eight (or 13%) of the private PCR testing firms currently on the …
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Had Moscow not reabsorbed Crimea in 2014, radical groups from Ukraine as well as Western private military soldiers would have made it their stronghold, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has claimed. Speaking as part of an interview with Moscow newspaper Argumenty i Fakty published on Monday, the senior official said …
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There is no intention to remove the body of former Bolshevik revolutionary Vladimir Lenin from his mausoleum on Red Square, and such a move won’t take place in the foreseeable future, the Kremlin has revealed. Speaking on Monday, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said there are “no such plans” to …
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Delta Air Lines halted service to Shanghai so suddenly that it turned back a flight from Seattle that was already halfway to China, reportedly leaving some passengers stranded with expiring Covid-19 tests and visas. The recent midair reversal was prompted by new pandemic-related cleaning rules at Shanghai Pudong International Airport, …
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The Chinese government has filed a complaint with the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs, claiming that its space station had to take evasive action to dodge starlink satellites on two occasions this year. The complaint, lodged with the UN earlier this month, alleges that a Starlink satellite in April …
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Speaking during a briefing for military attachés and other foreign diplomats, in Moscow, on Monday, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin accused NATO of readying up for an all-out war with Russia. “The military development of the bloc has been redirected in full to prepare for a large-scale, high-intensity armed …
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Astronomers have found dozens of ‘rogue’ exoplanets roaming the Milky Way without a parent star to hold them in orbit. At least 70 such cosmic nomads have been confirmed, but the number could be as high as 170, a new study says. Only a few such planets, which have masses …
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