Residents in the Portland area of Oregon report sightings of strange lights streaking across the sky, which turned out to be debris from a SpaceX rocket launched in Florida 22 days ago. The rocke re-entered the atmosphere at the wrong angle, causing it to burn up
Conservative push to recruit election deniers as poll workers causes alarm
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Republicans and other conservative groups are undertaking a huge effort to recruit election workers, a push that could install people with unfounded doubts about the 2020 election in key positions in voting precincts ...
Australian Taxation Office crackdown on family trust rorts causes alarm among tax advisers
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A crackdown by the Australian Taxation Office on rorts involving family trusts has drawn alarm from some advisers as some of the practices under the microscope have become common practice. Tax advisers are also concer...
SpaceX employees fired after writing letter criticizing Elon Musk
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At least five employees were fired by private rocket company SpaceX after drafting and circulating an open letter criticizing founder Elon Musk and calling on executives at the start-up to make the company’s work cult...
Nasa rover sighting reignites fears about human space debris
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Nasa’s Perseverance rover typically beams back evocative images of bleak dusty landscapes, red-hued sandstorms and Martian rock samples. So its operators were surprised to receive an image on Monday of a shiny silver ...
Minimum alcohol price ‘causes poorest to cut back on food’ in Scotland
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Scotland’s minimum alcohol pricing policy has not encouraged problem drinkers to consume less but has prompted some to cut back on food or heating in order to afford rising costs, according to the first evaluation of ...
Ukraine needs many more rocket launchers from west, says adviser
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Ukraine needs 60 multiple rocket launchers – many more than the handful promised so far by the UK and US – to have a chance of defeating Russia, according to an aide to the country’s presidency. Oleksiy Arestovych, a ...
UK to send long-range rocket artillery to Ukraine despite Russian threats
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Britain is to supply long-range rocket artillery to Ukraine, despite a threat on Sunday from Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, to bomb fresh targets if similar weapons from the US were delivered to Kyiv. The UK will...
Biden’s pledge to send rocket systems to Ukraine is no silver bullet
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The US decision to supply Ukraine with high-precision multiple launch rocket systems was marked with some fanfare in Washington including a rare newspaper commentary by Joe Biden himself. The Himars (High mobility art...