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NASA Launches DART Mission Aboard SpaceX Rocket to Kick an Asteroid Off Course

NASA is preparing a mission to deliberately smash a spacecraft into an asteroid — a test run should humanity ever need to stop a...

Man who spent 43 years in jail for three murders after being wrongfully convicted released

A Kansas City man who spent 43 years in jail for three murders has been released from prison after a judge ruled he was...

Man convicted of raping author Alice Sebold cleared after film producer began questioning memoir script

A rape conviction at the centre of an award-winning memoir by Alice Sebold has been overturned amid concerns the wrong person was sent to...

World

New Zealand to finally open its borders without quarantine to fully vaccinated travellers

Fully vaccinated travellers will finally be able to enter New Zealand from 30 April 2022, easing border restrictions that have been in place since...

Technology

Several hundred Google employees sign manifesto against widened Covid vaccine mandate

Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google Anindito Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Getty Images Several hundred Google employees have signed and circulated a manifesto opposing the...

Sports

Former Leeds captain Kevin Sinfield runs gruelling 101 miles in 24hrs for motor neurone disease charity

10:52 AM GMT Kevin Sinfield, the former captain of Super League side Leeds Rhinos, returned to the Headingley ground on Tuesday to reach the...

Child becomes sixth victim of parade crash – as charged suspect rocks back and forth in court

A man has appeared in court charged with multiple homicides after a car plowed into a Christmas parade in the US – as a...

Politics

Chancellor’s Universal Credit changes come into force today – but charities issue warning

Universal Credit claimants will begin to be told how changes to the benefits system will bolster their incomes ahead of Christmas – but there...

Business

Football club-owners face new licensing regime in bid to avert future collapses

Professional football club-owners in England will be overseen by a new licensing regime forcing them to demonstrate fully-funded three-year business plans under proposals to...

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Tesla employees are reportedly organizing a union at Gigafactory Berlin

Some Tesla employees are reportedly organizing a union at Gigafactory Berlin, and IG Metall – one of Germany’s most powerful unions – is behind...

Environment

GE’s renewables unit makes zero waste pledge for wind turbine blade production

In this article GE SGRE-ES HOL.N-CH GS VOW3-DE A wind turbine blade manufactured by LM Wind Power arrives at the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult...

Jon Batiste leads artists including Bieber and Eilish for 2022 Grammy Awards tonight

After winning an Oscar earlier this year, Jon Batiste now leads the nominations for the 2022 Grammy Awards – with Justin Bieber, Billie Eilish,...

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Jon Batiste leads artists including Bieber and Eilish for 2022 Grammy Awards

After winning an Oscar earlier this year, Jon Batiste now leads the nominations for the 2022 Grammy Awards – with Justin Bieber, Billie Eilish,...

Harper’s Law: Government to bring in mandatory life sentences for criminals who kill emergency service workers

Those who kill emergency service members will face mandatory life sentences after the government decided to back a law change prompted by the death...

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‘Men have to shut up and listen’: Benedict Cumberbatch on toxic masculinity and championing women

“We need to fix the behaviour of men,” Benedict Cumberbatch has told Sky News. “You have to kind of lift the lid on the...

Sports

Pound-for-pound rankings: Where does Terence Crawford land after his TKO win over Shawn Porter?

7:45 AM ET Terence Crawford finally got the signature victory that was missing from his résumé, defeating Shawn Porter by 10th-round TKO in a...

Technology

Palantir CEO says companies working with U.S. adversaries should justify their position

In this article PLTR Palantir Technologies CEO Alex Karp arrives at the “Tech for Good” Summit in Paris, France May 15, 2019. Charles Platiau...

Business

Levelling-up: Where is the money going and how effective will it be?

It’s been two years since this government was elected with a mandate to level up the left-behind parts of the UK. Now that the...

NASA launches first ever asteroid deflection mission

A spacecraft has been launched from California this morning carrying with it humanity’s greatest hopes of being able to protect our planet from a...

Business

US, China and UK among nations joining forces in bid to ease oil prices

So bombarded are we now with talk of higher inflation, at least due in part to higher energy prices, it may have escaped some...