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Virgin Galactic looks to late September, early October for first commercial crewed flight

Just two months after celebrating its first manned launch to orbit – which is now under investigation with the Federal Aviation Administration – Virgin Galactic wants to return to space.The company wi

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German election: Chancellor candidates square off in TV debate

02:49 The front-runners to succeed Angela Merkel as chancellor have faced off in a prime time election debate in Germany.German voters will next month go to the polls to elect a new gov

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Israeli fighter jets strike Gaza in response to incendiary balloons

Israeli fighter jets late on Saturday attacked posts and facilities belonging to the armed wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in the Gaza Strip, Palestinia

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Israeli fighter jets strike Gaza in response to incendiary balloons

Palestinian protesters burn tyres after a demonstration along the Israeli separation barrier between Israel and the Gaza Strip. /AFP Israeli fighter jets late on Saturday attacked posts and fa

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Confusing move: Cavaliers acquire Lauri Markkanen via sign-and-trade

Lauri Markkanen is traded by the Chicago Bulls to the Cleveland Cavaliers. /CFP The Cleveland Cavaliers reached agreement with the Chicago Bulls and the Portland Trail Blazers on a three-team

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Wing approaches 100,000 drone deliveries two years after Logan, Australia launch

In a blog post this morning, Alphabet drone delivery company Wing announced that it is set to hit 100,000 customer deliveries over the weekend. The news comes on the second anniversary of the service’

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Virgin Orbit to go public via $3.2B SPAC deal

Virgin Orbit is set to go public via a merger with a special purpose acquisitions company (SPAC), the company has confirmed. The deal values the combined enterprise at $3.2 billion, and will provide V

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Baidu unveils 1st fully autonomous robocar prototype

Chinese internet search giant Baidu Inc. unveiled on Wednesday its first L5 self-driving robocar prototype with no steering wheel, and an upgraded autonomous driving se

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Argentines stream through city streets to press for more jobs, food

An Argentine Catholic holds images of San Cayetano (Saint Cajetan), patron saint of labor and bread, during his feast day, at San Cayetano church in Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 7, 2021. /Reut

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Human Interest raises $200M at a $1B valuation, plans for an IPO

Less than six months after raising $55 million in a Series C round of funding, SMB 401(k) provider Human Interest today announced it has raised $200 million in a round that propels it to unicorn statu

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Nina Turner Learns the Hard Way That Democrats Like Joe Biden

Nina Turner compared voting for Joe Biden last year to eating a “bowl of shit,” so it shouldn’t exactly be a surprise that she lost her bid for Congress after the race

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Ohio Democratic primary election: Shontel Brown defeats progressive Nina Turner

The Democratic establishment scored a major victory over the party’s progressive wing on Tuesday when Shontel Brown defeated Nina Turner in a primary election in Ohio.C

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Fleet your last Fleet — the Twitter feature vanishes today

You don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone.After a fittingly fleeting time in the wild, Twitter is banishing its ephemeral stories feature known as Fleets, which debuted in

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Left-wing candidates make a comeback in Latin America

03:21 Pedro Castillo, a socialist and the son of peasant farmers, isPeru's new president afterrisingfrom obscurity to narrowly beat a right-wing rival, the daughter of a jailed former p

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Pedro Castillo, new Peruvian president, is sworn in

02:24 Pedro Castillo, Peru’s new president, pledged on Wednesday to bring economic stability to his country.He was sworn-in after rising from obscurity to narrowly beat a right-wing riv

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Craft Aerospace’s novel take on VTOL aircraft could upend local air travel

Air taxis may still be pie in the sky, but there’s more than one way to move the air travel industry forward. Craft Aerospace aims to do so with a totally new vertical takeoff and landing aircra

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Swarm debuts $499 Evaluation Kit for consumers and tinkerers

Satellite connectivity company Swarm has come out with a new product that will give anyone the ability to create a messaging or Internet of Things (IoT) device, whether that be a hiker looking to stay