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United States astronaut Nick Hague, right, and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin, crew members of the mission to the International Space Station wave as the...
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All the stores, all the restaurants, everything. The storm tore entire neighbourhoods apart, reducing homes and businesses to piles of wood and siding, damagi...
Mushikiwabo poised to win Francophonie seat
Canada has sent a signal that Rwanda's Foreign Affairs Minister Louise Mushikiwabo could win the post of the Secretary General of the International Organisati...
Hurricane Michael toll expected to rise
Fast-moving Michael, a Category 4 storm on the five-step Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale when it came ashore, was about 35 km northwest of Raleigh, North Car...
Greenpeace: Coke, PepsiCo, and Nestlé 'worst plastic polluters
After analysing the waste and carrying out an auditexternal link , the organisations produced a top ten ranking of multinational firms that they say contribute...
Looters Go Through Wreckage of Family Dollar Store After Hurricane Michael
The NHC said: "Michael should continue to weaken for the next 12h or so as the centre moves through SC and into North Carolina". The devastation inflicted by ...
Before and After Satellite Images Show Hurricane Michael's Devastation in Florida
The storm, a Category 4 on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale, tore apart entire neighbourhoods in the Panhandle. Although weaker as it pushed over the southe...
Three companies to develop rockets for national security launches
The Atlas uses RD-180 engines made in Russian Federation. "ORCRP009161-topic.html" class="local_link" >Lockheed Martin, received a $967 million award for its ...
Here's Stephen Hawking's last scientific paper and all about it
The study was groundbreaking revealing that even Hawking's original argument was flawed in some way and most importantly that no-hair black hole theories were u...
Healthy mice born to 2 mothers
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Officials announce five Michael-related fatalities in Virginia
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'Potentially catastrophic' Hurricane Michael strengthens to Category 2, targets Florida
In its discussion, the center said the environment ahead of Michael was conducive to intensification. It expected the storm to turn due north tonight, then nort...
Photos and videos show mass destruction from 'Monstrous' Michael in Florida
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Trouble for Hubble: Gyro Fails on Space Telescope
The Hubble , behind iconic images such as Pillars of Creation (below) has watched the skies for 28 years, having launched in 1990. The Hubble space telescop...
Florida town almost wiped off the map by Hurricane Michael
President Donald Trump pledged to help storm victims. So many families have lost everything. "We will not rest or waver until the job is done and the recovery i...
Beachside town battered by Hurricane Michael
Michael's eye came ashore near Mexico Beach , about 20 miles (32km) southeast of Panama City. Home after home was razed from its foundations in the town of a...
Hurricane Michael before and after photos capture utter devastation
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Astronauts make emergency landing after Russian rocket fails after launch
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Hurricane Michael leads to unimaginable destruction: 17 chilling photos
The storm is now making its way through the Carolinas. Under a perfectly clear blue sky, families living along the Florida Panhandle emerged tentatively yeste...
Astronauts survive emergency landing after booster fails on Russian rocket
But as the Soyuz is now the only way we have to get humans into space, this means new crew can't be sent to the ISS until Roscosmos is confident the issue...
'Monstrous' hurricane Michael powering towards Florida
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Soyuz capsule makes emergency landing after booster failure, Russian media reports
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Michael charges into Southeast after slamming north Florida
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Hurricane Michael Could Be 'One of the Worst' to Strike Florida
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