US astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken have docked with, and entered, the International Space Station (ISS). Their Dragon capsule – supplied and operated by the private SpaceX company – attached to the bow section of the orbiting lab 422km above China. After a wait for leak, pressure and temperature […]
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SAN FRANCISCO: In addition to disputing misleading claims made by US President Donald Trump about mail-in ballots this week, Twitter has added fact-checking labels to thousands of other tweets since introducing the alerts earlier this month, mostly on posts about the coronavirus. The company does not expect to need additional […]
Actor Natasa Stankovic and cricketer Hardik Pandya have announced that they are all set to become parents. Actor Natasa Stankovic on Sunday confirmed that she and fiance Hardik Pandya are expecting their first child together. Sharing photos of herself and Hardik, Natasa wrote on Instagram, “Hardik and I have shared […]
BEIJING: Factory activity in China expanded at a slower pace in May as the country attempts to get back on track after the coronavirus, official data showed Sunday (May 31), with the global economic slump making the sector’s recovery difficult. China’s factories have stirred back to life after the lifting […]
Christopher Nolan’s Tenet is still scheduled to be released on July 17, 2020. But few believe the film will see the light of day on that date since the coronavirus pandemic is showing no sign of going away anytime soon. Christopher Nolan has broken his silence about the release of […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.: SpaceX, the private rocket company of billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, launched two Americans into orbit from Florida on Saturday in a landmark mission marking the first spaceflight of NASA astronauts from U.S. soil in nine years. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from the Kennedy Space […]
BANGKOK: Shuffling around their tiny slum home which is too small to stand up in, Thanapat Noidee and his wife Papassorn share donated noodles with their sons and worry about bills, as the coronavirus pushes Thailand’s poor deeper into penury. The wood and breeze-block hut which is their home stands […]
Netflix has tweeted support for the Black Lives Matter movement. The movement aims to highlight the racial violence and systemic racism the African-American community faces in the United States. Netflix has received widespread praise for the stand. Streaming giant Netflix has taken a stand for the Black Lives Matter […]
The players have been nominated as per the guidelines mentioned by the sports ministry, who had sought invitations for the respective awards with the period of consideration beginning January 1, 2016 till December 31, 2019. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Saturday nominated India opener Rohit […]
Shandong is reportedly conducting testing and training missions in the Yellow Sea as China’s Maritime Safety Administration on Friday prohibited the entry of the warship into a vast area till June 2, state-run Global Times reported. China’s first domestically-built aircraft carrier ‘Shandong’ has started conducting sea trials and training to […]