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UAE's 'Hope' probe sends home first image of Mars

The first image of Mars taken by the UAE's Hope probe. /UAE Space Agency The UAE's "Hope" probe sent back its first image of Mars, the national space agency said Sunday, days after the spacecr

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UAE's 'Hope' probe poised to enter Mars orbit

The Arab world's first space mission is set to carry out a tricky manoeuvre to enter Mars' orbit and if successful will reveal the secrets of Martian weather. /AFP Monday witnessed the genesis

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United Arab Emirates successfully inserts probe into Mars orbit

The space probe, named Hope or Amal in Arabic, is the first of three which are due to reach the Red Planet this month.

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Heavy snowfall disrupts transport across Europe as Storm Darcy hits

00:53 Strom Darcy and its accompanying heavy snow and freezing temperatures has disrupted several countries across Europe.The conditions have hit transport links and coronavirus testin

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Has pause button been pressed on China-CEEC cooperation amid COVID-19?

Has the pause button been pressed on China-CEEC cooperation amid COVID-19? The answer is no, even though the whole world experienced a severe collapse in economy in 2020. According to the latest data

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Icebreakers in action

00:24 Two icebreaking ships have arrived at Vanino port in southwest Russia. The “Novorossiysk” and “Moskva” will break through 1.5 meters of thick ice to pave way for shipping lanes.T

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River Seine overflows, new infection numbers stabilize in France

The River Seine in Paris is overflowing Thursday following days of heavy rain. Residents can be seen enjoying a break in the weather ahead of a 6pm curfew. The French government said Thursday that

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Tesla to recall 135,000 U.S. vehicles

FILE PHOTO: A Tesla sales and service center is shown in Costa Mesa, California, U.S. June 28, 2018. /Xinhua Tesla Inc. has agreed to recall 134,951 Model S and Model X vehicles with touchscre

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Snow storm: New York City reschedules COVID-19 vaccine appointments

FILE PHOTO: A snowstorm in New York, USA, workers in Times Square were shoveling snow. /VCG Image New York City was forced to reschedule all COVID-19 vaccination appointments due to take place

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Protests in Paris over draft legislation that bans filming police

Bad weather didn't stop demonstrators in Paris from coming out Saturday to protest the French "global security" draft legislation banning the filming and posting of police activities. People were

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Icy Yellow River in north China begins to thaw after warm spell

00:34 The Hukou waterfalls section of the Yellow River located in north China's Shanxi Province began to thaw on Thursday as a warm spell caused the ice to disintegrate

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Tornado strikes U.S. city, killing at least one

A tornado with a peak wind speed of around 241 kph struck Fultondale, a city in the state of Alabama, U.S. on Monday, killing one person and injuring at least two dozen others, local authorities said

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SpaceX rocket deploys record-setting cargo

A framegrab of video of the SpaceX launch on January 24, 2021. /AFP SpaceX on Sunday launched its Falcon 9 rocket carrying a record number of satellites on board, the private space company sai

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SpaceX rocket deploys record-setting cargo

A framegrab of video of the SpaceX launch on January 24, 2021. /AFP SpaceX on Sunday launched its Falcon 9 rocket carrying a record number of satellites on board, the private space company sai

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Heavy snow hits London

(Scroll to the right to see more)Heavy snow hits London on Sunday. Conditions are set to become more hazardous going into the final week of January with weather warni

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Watch SpaceX’s first dedicated rideshare rocket launch live, carrying a record-breaking payload of satellites

SpaceX is set to launch the very first of its dedicated rideshare missions – an offering it introduced in 2019 that allows small satellite operators to book a portion of a payload on a Falcon 9 launch

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SpaceX delivers 60 more Starlink satellites in first launch of 2021, and sets new Falcon 9 rocket reusability record

SpaceX has launched its seventeenth batch of Starlink satellites during its first mission of 2021, using a Falcon 9 rocket that was flying for the eighth time, and that landed again, recording a recor