Maduro says to send first Venezuelan to the Moon 'soon'
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has said his country could soon send its first astronauts to the Moon in a Chinese spacecraft following a scientific cooperation agreement reached with President Xi Jinping.
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Vietnam orders apartment block checks after deadly blaze
Vietnam on Thursday ordered nationwide checks on small apartment buildings after a fire tore through a block in Hanoi, killing 56 people in the country's deadliest blaze in two decades.
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Midnight strike deadline looms large for Detroit car giants
There is a long history of labor strikes at US car plants, but an emboldened auto workers union is poised to announce Thursday the first simultaneous strike of Detroit's "Big Three."
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NASA to publish long-awaited UFO report
NASA is set to release on Thursday the findings of a long-awaited study on unexplained flying objects in Earth's skies.
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Women to referee at men's Asian Cup for first time
Women including Japanese trailblazer Yoshimi Yamashita will referee at the men's Asian Cup for the first time next year in Qatar, officials said Thursday.
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Interest rate cliffhanger as ECB mulls hike or pause
Eurozone interest rate setters face the toughest call of their long battle against red-hot inflation Thursday, when they decide whether to raise borrowing costs again or finally pause the unprecedented hiking campaign.
Read moreGlobal aid effort intensifies for flood-stricken Libya
A global effort to assist stricken Libya gathered pace Thursday after a tsunami-like flood killed nearly 4,000 people and left thousands missing.
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Meet the UK influencer who wants curves on the catwalk
Felicity Hayward will not miss a single show at London Fashion Week, which starts on Friday, watching each model and counting the number of plus-size women on the catwalks.
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North Korea set to end years-long sporting isolation at Asian Games
North Korea has 191 athletes signed up for the Asian Games starting next week, according to organisers, suggesting the country is poised to end its more than three-year isolation from the global sporting arena.
Read moreTop-seeded Jabeur sent packing in San Diego, Garcia advances
Anastasia Potapova surprised top-seeded Ons Jabeur of Tunisia to reach the quarter-finals of the WTA San Diego Open on Wednesday as second-seeded Caroline Garcia made it safely through.
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