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'Into a void': Young US college graduates face employment crisis
AFP, Published on 07/07/2025
» WASHINGTON - Over two years, Rebecca Atkins filed more than 250 job applications, and felt like every one was going into a gaping chasm -- one opened by the highest unemployment rate for recent college graduates in the United States in more than a decade.
Mission over for private US lander after wonky landing
AFP, Published on 08/03/2025
» WASHINGTON - Intuitive Machines' second Moon mission ended in disappointment Friday after its spacecraft tipped over and was left unable to recharge its solar-powered batteries, mirroring the US company's first attempt last year.
Last 2 years crossed 1.5C global warming limit: EU monitor
AFP, Published on 10/01/2025
» PARIS — The last two years exceeded on average a critical warming limit for the first time as global temperatures soar "beyond what modern humans have ever experienced", an agency of the European Union (EU) reported on Friday.
Starship destroyed on re-entry after successful flight
Published on 14/03/2024
» BOCA CHICA, Texas - The SpaceX Starship rocket, designed to eventually send astronauts to the moon and beyond, completed nearly an entire test flight on its third try on Thursday, making it much farther than before with a cruise through low orbit before being destroyed during a return to Earth, the company said.
Spanish giant Ferrovial sells remaining stake in Heathrow
AFP, Published on 29/11/2023
» MADRID - Spanish infrastructure giant Ferrovial announced it is offloading its remaining 25 percent stake in London's Heathrow Airport to a French private equity group and Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund.
Ukraine's Zelensky denies war with Russia at 'stalemate'
AFP, Published on 04/11/2023
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - President Volodymyr Zelensky denied on Saturday that Ukraine's war with Russia had reached a "stalemate", pushing back at suggestions Western leaders were lobbying for peace talks.
Courting votes: a campaign like no other for Defendant Trump
AFP, Published on 03/11/2023
» MIAMI - US presidential elections are described as a 50-state obstacle course, but the hurdles across Donald Trump's path in the coming year look particularly daunting as a crush of court dates competes with campaign commitments in his 2024 calendar.
Indian lunar lander makes history
AFP, Published on 23/08/2023
» MUMBAI: India on Wednesday became the first nation to land a craft near the Moon’s south pole, a historic triumph for the world’s most populous nation and its ambitious, cut-price space programme.
India's historic cut-price Moon mission set for touchdown
AFP, Published on 23/08/2023
» BENGALURU (INDIA) - India readied Wednesday for its latest attempted Moon landing, a historic moment for the world's most populous nation as it rapidly closes in on milestones set by global space powers.
Indian lunar lander passes key test
Published on 17/08/2023
» NEW DELHI: India’s latest space mission completed a key step in the country’s second attempt at a lunar landing, with its Moon module separating from its propulsion section on Thursday.