SpaceX delays Starship megarocket launch in latest setback
SpaceX delayed a planned test flight for its Starship megarocket by 24 hours until Monday, saying it needed time to troubleshoot problems, in the latest setback for Elon Musk's behemoth after a series of explosive failures.
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'Restoring dignity': Kenya slum exchange offers water for plastic
Using a crutch to bear her weight, 85-year-old Molly Aluoch trudges from her mud-walled room on the outskirts of a sprawling Nairobi slum, shouldering a sack of used plastic to exchange for a shower or a safe toilet.
Read moreSabalenka, Djokovic into US Open round two as fuming Medvedev exits
Aryna Sabalenka launched the defence of her US Open crown with victory Sunday while Novak Djokovic made a successful start to his latest bid for a record 25th Grand Slam singles title -- but a raging Daniil Medvedev exited.
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Human ancestor Lucy gets first European showing in Prague
The 3.18-million-year-old bone fragments of human ancestor Lucy, which rarely leave Ethiopia, will go on display in Europe for the first time Monday at the Czech National Museum in Prague.
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China Evergrande Group delisted from Hong Kong stock exchange
Shares in heavily indebted China Evergrande Group were taken off the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Monday, capping a grim reversal of fortune for the once-booming property developer.
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A healer and a fighter: The double life of UFC star Shi Ming
By day Shi Ming heals patients as a traditional Chinese medicine doctor. By night she trains to deliver brutal knockouts in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
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US Open chaos as Bonzi ousts raging Medvedev
France's Benjamin Bonzi sent Russian 13th seed Daniil Medvedev crashing out of the US Open early Monday in a stormy late-night thriller that boiled over into chaos following an extraordinary third-set flashpoint.
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Bleak future for Rohingya, as Bangladesh seeks to tackle crisis
The rain was relentless the night Mohammad Kaisar fled for his life from his home in Myanmar's Maungdaw township.
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Cambodia MPs pass law allowing stripping of citizenship
Cambodian parliamentarians passed on Monday legislation allowing people who collude with foreign countries to be stripped of citizenship, a law rights groups fear will be used to banish dissent.
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What to look for at the Venice Film Festival
Frankenstein's monster, Vladimir Putin, vindictive bosses, nuclear war and at the end a Golden Lion. The 82nd Venice Film Festival begins on Wednesday.
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