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Why planetary defense is looking for asteroids.
A study has shown that dark energy cameras and future space observatories can pinpoint asteroids that pose a threat to the planet. Astronomers say that the inner asteroids are rare, and long-range images are needed because asteroids are faint and you’re fighting the bright twilight sky near the Sun as well as the distorting effect…
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Cuomo, once New York’s No. 1 Democrat, is not doing much to help his party.
Former New York Governor Lee Cuomo has backed Democratic governorship candidate Kathy Hochul, saying that Hochul is “New York’s best alternative in the race”. He added that he hoped that Hochul would win. Cuomo had resigned from his post in August after losing to Hochul in the Republican primary. Hochul is currently New York State’s…
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The failures of Russia’s top brass are being pointed out.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said his country would seize more than a fifth of Ukrainian territory “forever”, declaring that millions of Ukrainian citizens living there would be Russian citizens “forever”. Putin’s statement came after Russia launched dozens of airstrikes on Ukrainian government positions in eastern Ukraine. On Friday, the Ukrainian government said it had…
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Kim talks about the nuclear threat from North Korea.
The South Korean government has confirmed that North Korea launched a ballistic missile into the sea on Thursday. The South Korean Defence Ministry said the missile took off from an undisclosed location and flew for over 30 kilometres before crashing into the sea. This was the first time North Korea had fired a ballistic missile…
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The symptoms, treatment and what parents should know about rsv in children.
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) has been “overwhelming” children’s hospitals in the US after the 2019 H1N1 outbreak, a doctor said. “I’ve been at Connecticut Children’s for 25 years, and I’ve never seen this level of surge specifically for RSV coming into our hospital,” Dr Juan Salazar, the hospital’s executive vice president and physician in chief,…
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How high will interest rates go?
Twitter’s board members, including the company’s former CEO Parag Agrawal and Chairman Bret Taylor, are no longer directors “in accordance with the terms of the merger agreement,” the company’s filing said. This comes after Tesla CEO Elon Musk said he doesn’t want the platform to become a ” free-for-all-hellscape” and that he doesn’t want Twitter…
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Tomorrow’s big jobs report has global implications.
The US economy added 2.3 million jobs in the last six months of the year, the highest amount in the last 20 years, as per data released by the Department of Labor on Friday. The US economy also fell at an annual rate of 1.1% in the same period, its worst year-on-year drop in over…
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Russia is increasing their nuclear war propaganda.
The US would need to use force if Russia used a nuclear bomb in Ukraine, a US-based think tank has stated. It added that Russia is believed to have the largest nuclear arsenal in the world, including 1,000-2,000 tactical nuclear weapons. Russia launched its first nuclear attack against Ukrainian forces in October, saying the attack…
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This November, voters in several states will decide on recreational marijuana legalization.
As many as five states in the US including Arkansas, Maryland, Missouri, North Dakota and South Dakota are going to polls next week to vote on whether to legalise recreational marijuana. Earlier, US President Joe Biden’s administration had pardoned people who had been convicted of federal marijuana possession. Under the 1970 Controlled Substances Act, marijuana…
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The Pennsylvania voter doesn’t feel like something was right in the 2020 vote.
An election official in Georgia’s Spalding County has alleged that the elections board voted to end Sunday voting because it was ” racially motivated”. The elections board had voted to end voting on Sunday and replace it with paper ballots and voting by mail. A grand jury is expected to subpoena the county’s former elections…
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It’s legal to consume magic mushrooms in Oregon but that could change soon.
A PhD candidate at a Dutch medical centre said the fact that there were adverse events related to the drug psilocybin is a good thing. “The fact that there were adverse events associated with the drug is a good thing,” the researcher said. “There were a lot of different reasons (I went on the Jamaica…
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Side effects from the Covid-19 vaccine have links to higher antibody response.
The COVID-19 variant Omicron B.4 accounted for almost one in three new infections in the US last week. The variant BA.5 also accounted for 49.6% of new infections in the country, data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said. Co-circulating Omicron B.4 has been linked to an increased risk of neurological problems…
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‘Weird: The Al Yankovic Story’ review.
British actor Daniel Radcliffe will play the role of singer-songwriter Al Yankovic in the upcoming parody film’Weird: The Alyankovic Story’. The film will also feature Andy Warhol, Divine, and Jim Belushi. Weird is a spoof of the film ‘Weird’, which was released in 2010 and featured Weird Al’s songs like ‘My Sharona’ and ‘My Bologna’.
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Latino voters hope that candidates will also look beyond immigration.
Latino voters will be debating gun policies, education and violent crime issues in the upcoming elections, a study said. However, Latinos who self-identify as “other” ranked immigration among their top issues on par with inflation and just 10 points behind crime or gun violence. The study also said that being Latino has a negative impact…
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Putin has raised the issue of nuclear Armageddon once again.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said, “The use of strategic nuclear weapons is extremely unlikely in my opinion. Russian commanders are able to use tactical nuclear weapons to stave off the loss of Russian territory because of the Soviet doctrine.” This comes after Putin accused the US of trying to provoke Russia into a “full-scale…
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A new book explores how men are struggling.
American economist Rachel Reeves said in her article, “I think our collective cultural failure to do…that is one of the root causes of some of the problems that we now see men and boys having.” She added, “We’ve to work extra hard to try to make those professions seem like they are appropriate to men.”…
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Congress isn’t going to make Daylight Saving Time permanent.
Daylight Saving Time (DST) is observed by the United States as well as other countries. In 1966, Congress passed the Uniform Time Act which established daylight saving time. Franklin suggested Paris could save millions of pounds of candlewax every year if residents woke up early and went to bed early at night, according to US’…
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DOJ calls for six-month sentence for a Trump ally.
The US House Select Committee investigating the January 6, 2021 Capitol attack on Thursday voted to subpoena ex-President Donald Trump to appear before it. The committee had asked Trump to provide documents and testify about his interactions with the Capitol assailants. Earlier, ex-adviser Steve Bannon was sentenced to four months in prison for violating a…
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The GOP should not have placed a bet on Herschel Walker.
Georgia’s Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams said she would accept the results of the upcoming election if she is elected as the state’s governor. “I support law enforcement and did so for 11 years (in state government),” she added. Abrams is up against Republican Secretary of State Brian Kemp for the governorship of Georgia.
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A flood of GOP spending tightens the Senate races.
Democrats would need to win two seats in Pennsylvania to win control of the US House of Representatives in the General Elections. If Democrats take Pennsylvania, Republicans would need to pick up two seats to win control. If Democrats take California, Republicans would need to pick up two seats to win control of the US…
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The takeover continues, and employees of the micro-Blogging platform are bracing for layoffs today.
Facebook Co-founder Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday tweeted, “I feel like I am the luckiest guy in the world.” He also added, “I’m so excited for Twitter. I’ve been a Twitter fan since I was 14.” He added, “I love Twitter…I have no doubt that Twitter will be the most important social media company in the…
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The hype surrounding COP 27 may be overstated, but it does matter for the climate.
The chairperson of the negotiating bloc in the United Nations Climate Summit (UNCWS) has said they would like to create a “dedicated financial facility” to pay countries that are facing the impacts of climate change at the summit. Over a decade ago, the world promised togive $100 billion a year for poorer countries to cope…
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Tomorrow’s big jobs report has global implications.
US Federal Reserve (Fed) said it’ll keep raising rates until the “job is done”, as inflation is too high and it must come down. “Inflation is too high, it must come down, and we’ll keep at it until the job is done,” it added. Further, US employment growth eased slightly in September but remained robust,…
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How high will interest rates go?
Two Twitter employees who worked at the microblogging platform’s HQ in Bengaluru have said the move to charge users for verification is a “risk” to Twitter. “The risk is that within a month or so, there’s just going to be way more misinformation, confusion, hoaxes, and scams on Twitter, because nobody knows who’s who,” one…
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The federal complaint says an intruder attempted to break Speaker Pelosi’s knee caps.
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her husband, Congressman Paul Pelosi, were attacked by a man who broke into the couple’s San Francisco house on October 28. The accused David DePape told police that he planned to “hold hostage” Nancy Pelosi. He said he wanted to restrain Nancy so she could go to sleep, because…