6 d. ago Agents race to Texas crash site as balloon from space is found in crops

Agents rushed to a West Texas farm after a massive balloon from space crash-landed in a crop field.

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7 d. ago North Lanarkshire Council tenants to benefit from £40m investment in modern central heating systems

Four-year contract with Sureserve Compliance North (Gas Call) and Saltire Facilities Management will see around 1500 new central heating systems installed in first year alone.

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1 week ago Interactive map shows how much pollution is blanketing your city

‘Facilities that burn fossil fuels are the overwhelmingly dominant source of heat-trapping pollution that is driving the climate crisis – by using the sky as if it were an open sewer,’ says Al Gore, whose climate group backed the tool

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2 w. ago See this year's strongest storm from SPACE: Terrifying NASA satellite image shows Super Typhoon Ragasa as it barrels towards China with 177mph winds

A new NASA image shows Typhoon Ragasa as it appears from space - a 1,000-mile-wide mass of warm, moist air, swirling around a central point.

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2 w. ago UN and rights groups condemn reported jailing of Wuhan Covid citizen journalist

Zhang Zhan sentenced to four years for second time on charge often used by China to target government criticsThe UN, human rights groups and media freedom watchdogs have condemned reports that Zhang Zhan, a Chinese citizen journalist, was sentenced to jail for the second time last week.Zhang, 42, is thought to have stood trial in Shanghai on Friday on a charge of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble”, a charge often used in China to target critics of the government. Western diplomats were reportedly turned away from observing the trial. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Nasa bars Chinese citizens from its facilities amid heated space race

Chinese contributors locked out of Nasa systems and barred from in-person meetings

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4 w. ago Nasa blocks Chinese nationals from working on its space programs

Move comes amid escalating anti-China rhetoric under Donald Trump’s administrationNasa has begun barring Chinese nationals with valid visas from joining its programs, underscoring the intensifying space race between the the US and China.The policy shift was first reported by Bloomberg News and confirmed by the US government agency. Continue reading...

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