Russian driver Nikita Mazepin has confirmed that he will race in the Silk Way Rally as he returns to action following a contentious exit from Formula One team Haas. Mazepin was dropped by Haas in March ahead of what was set to be his second season with the US team. …
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German company Siemens has confirmed that Ukraine-related sanctions imposed on Russia have made it impossible for the equipment supplier to return gas turbines to Gazprom after they were repaired in Canada. The Russian energy company was forced to reduce gas supplies to Germany via the Nord Stream pipeline this week …
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Indications that water could be present in the rocks gathered by Chang’e 5 lander on the Moon have been confirmed by testing on Earth, Chinese scientists have reported. They’ve shared their findings in an article, published this week in the magazine Nature Communications. The lunar lander touched down on the …
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US President Joe Biden formally confirmed on Wednesday that Washington will be sending HIMARS rocket artillery systems to Ukraine, as part of the latest “security assistance package” to Kiev. The launchers will come with “battlefield munitions,” as Biden and multiple officials in his administration have insisted that the US doesn’t …
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US President Joe Biden has signed a memorandum designating Colombia as a major non-NATO ally of the United States on Monday, a special status that will grant Bogota multiple defense and trade privileges in its relations with Washington. Although the Biden Administration made a pledge to grant the special status …
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A Massachusetts man has been diagnosed with monkeypox after traveling to Canada, the Centers for Disease Control and Massachusetts Department of Public Health have confirmed on Wednesday. While the agencies are working with the man’s healthcare providers and local health boards to identify anyone who had contact with him, they …
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North Korean officials have confirmed several deaths in a mysterious fever outbreak, including one person who tested positive for Covid-19 – reportedly the country’s first verified coronavirus case since the pandemic began. Hundreds of thousands of North Koreans have fallen ill with an unknown ailment in recent weeks, the state-run …
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Astronomers have confirmed the supermassive object at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy is indeed a black hole and captured the first-ever images of it using a worldwide network of telescopes. The images were unveiled on Thursday at multiple press conferences by a team of researchers known as the …
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Some 100 people have left the sprawling Azovstal steel plant in the Black Sea port city of Mariupol and are heading to territory controlled by Ukrainian forces, President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed in a Twitter post on Sunday. The plant remains the last pocket of Kiev’s resistance in the city otherwise controlled …
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Poland’s state-owned energy company PGNiG confirmed on Tuesday that Russian energy firm Gazprom will halt deliveries on the Yamal contract as of Wednesday. Earlier reports suggested that the supply from Russia had already been cut off. According to a statement from the Polish gas firm, “Gazprom informed PGNiG of its …
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