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Heavy rains bring both relief and new dangers to Australia

People shelter under a jumble of umbrellas as rain falls Friday, February 7, 2020. /AP Photo A four-day downpour across Australia's east coast has brought relief after months of devastating bu

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Gunman in custody following two ambushes on NYC officers in 12 hours

A woman walks past New York City police vehicles near the scene of a police involved shooting, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020, in the Bronx borough of New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) A gunman is in

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Mourners hold candlelight vigil for victims of Thai mass shooting

A woman holds a candle light as she prays for victims who died in a shooting rampage by a Thai soldier, in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, February 9, 2020. /Reuters Photo Thousands of people hol

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'The in-tray from hell': The to-do list for the UK's new ambassador to the U.S.

Dame Karen Pierce was named on Friday as the next ambassador to the U.S. after London's previous top diplomat in Washington resigned over comments about President Donal

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2 men fatally shot in Chicago Chinatown robbery, suspect in custody

One person was arrested after two men were shot to death during a robbery that happened early Sunday morning in Chinatown on the south side of Chicago. The men, aged 38 and 39, respectively, were st

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Index Fund’s portfolio is driving long-overdue innovation in femcare

U.K. startup Daye is rethinking female intimate care from a woman’s perspective, starting with a tampon infused with cannabidiol that tackles period pain.It’s also quietly demolishing the retrograde a

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Trump said to propose roughly $3 billion NASA budget boost for 2021

President Donald Trump is set to request a budget of $25.6 billion for NASA for its fiscal 2021 operating year, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. It’s looking for nearly $3 billion mor

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Female NASA astronaut Koch returns to Earth, makes history

00:56 U.S. astronaut Christina Koch returned to the Earth on Thursday after shattering the spaceflight record for female astronauts. Koch spent 328 days in space along with Luca Parmit

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Record-breaking female NASA astronaut returns to Earth

00:49 NASA astronaut Christina Koch, leader of the first all-female spacewalk and record setter for the longest mission in space for an American woman, has returned to Earth.Koch's mis

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Novel coronavirus cases in Taiwan rise to 16

Taiwan confirmed a further three cases of the novel coronavirus infection, raising its total confirmed cases to 16, the island's epidemic monitoring agency said Thursd

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Photos of 'king tides' globally show risks of climate change

Tourists, nature lovers and amateur scientists are whipping out their cameras to document the effects of extreme high tides on shorelines from the United States to New Zealand, and by doing so they a

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NASA seeks Moon rover concepts from industry

NASA is looking for input from industry – including vehicle makers and tech companies not necessarily already in the space business – as to what future lunar rovers should look like. This is part of i

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Daily Crunch: LinkedIn is getting a new CEO

The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe her

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NASA astronaut back on Earth after record-breaking spaceflight

NASA astronaut Christina Koch returns to Earth on Feb. 6, 2020 following a record-breaking mission. (Roscosmos photo) NASA astronaut Christina Koch spent 328 days and 14 hours in space, setting a r

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U.S. judge: Claim against Ronaldo belongs in arbitration

A legal fight by soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo against a Nevada woman who wants more than the 375,000 U.S. dollars she received in a rape case hush-money settlement in 2010 should be decided by an

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NASA astronaut Christina Koch returns to Earth after record-setting stay in space

Astronaut Christina Koch made the return trip from the International Space Station (ISS) early on Thursday, along with ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov. The thr

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Feature: No pet left behind in China's epidemic fight

Humans are not the only species suffering from the novel coronavirus outbreak, as animals have been hit hard as well. The ongoing epidemic has caught many pet owners i