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Private Japanese lander rockets toward the moon atop UAE rover

It will take nearly five months for the lander and its experiments to reach the moon; with a science satellite already around Mars, Abu Dhabi wants to expand its exploration

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Yair Netanyahu says state should cover NIS 420,000 he needs to pay in libel suit

Former PM’s son argues failure of Prime Minister’s Residence staff to deliver court papers denied him right to defend himself; prosecutor’s office says letter properly delivered

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Suspect in 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 taken into U.S. custody

A Libyan intelligence official accused of making the bomb that brought down Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988 in an international act of terrorism has been taken into U.S. custody and will face federal charges in Washington,

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Suspect in 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 taken into U.S. custody

A Libyan intelligence official accused of making the bomb that brought down Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988 in an international act of terrorism has been taken into U.S. custody and will face federal charges in Washington,

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Ukraine regional official says strike hits Wagner group headquarters

(Reuters) – A senior official in eastern Ukraine said on Sunday that Ukrainian forces had attacked a hotel where members of Russia’s private Wagner military group were based, killing many of them. The account in a television interview by Serhiy

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Keystone pipeline shuts down after oil spill in Kansas creek

An oil spill in a creek in northeastern Kansas shut down a major pipeline that carries oil from Canada to the Texas Gulf Coast, briefly causing oil prices to rise Thursday.

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WATCH: NASA holds press conference after successful end of Artemis 1 mission

NASA’s Orion capsule made a blisteringly fast return from the moon Sunday, parachuting into the Pacific off Mexico to conclude a test flight that should clear the way for astronauts on the next lunar flyby.

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Behind New York City’s Shift on Mental Health, a Solitary Quest

The psychiatrist E. Fuller Torrey has been advocating tougher involuntary psychiatric treatment policies for 40 years. Now it’s paying off.

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Prince Heinrich XIII and the Plot to Overthrow Germany’s Government

Prince Heinrich XIII was arrested last week as the suspected ringleader of a plan to overthrow the German government. Nostalgic for an imperial past, he embraced far-right conspiracy theories.

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Overdetention Keeps Prisoners Behind Bars Despite Being Deemed Free

About 200 to 250 inmates are held beyond their legal release dates on any given month, with the average additional time lasting around 44 days in 2019.

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