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India's destruction of a satellite with a missile created hundreds of pieces of "space junk," a potentially dangerous situation that established space powers have tried to avoid for years. India has sought to minimize the threat to orbiting satellites posed by Wednesday's test of an anti-satellite weapon, which experts said was not technically illegal. "Unfortunately, there is no binding international legal rule (yet) which prohibits the wanton creation of space debris," said Frans von der Dunk,... Читать дальше...

Intel recently railed against competitor Nvidia for allegedly copying its self-driving technology. Intel says Nvida's “Safety Force Field” is cribbed from it's "Responsibility Sensitive Safety" paper published in 2017.

May plans watered-down Brexit vote to secure departure delay  Reuters

British Prime Minister Theresa May scrambled on Thursday for a way to secure a new delay to Brexit in the face of parliamentary deadlock by setting out plans ...

1. Responding to college admissions scandal, California lawmakers propose sweeping reforms  Los Angeles Times
2. Bay Area investor charged in college scandal: son didn’t get in ‘side door’  The Mercury News
3. How one wealthy parent is defending himself in college admissions scandal  Los Angeles Times
4. Empower students with information about what their education will produce | TheHill  The Hill
5. Colleges need to start disclosing all their admissions data to the public... Читать дальше...

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The U.S. Army is currently evaluating a new small arms systems that could give their warfighters a serious edge, including squad weapon and sniper rifle.

The U.S. Army is currently evaluating a new small arms systems that could give their warfighters a serious edge, including squad weapon and sniper rifle.

The Army is rolling along on multiple fronts in the small arms department, ranging from area weapons to those with a little more precision- to put it lightly. Читать дальше...

A fraudster who claimed he was displaced by the Grenfell Tower fire has been jailed for five years.

It’s not a coincidence that what little we’ve seen from CBS All Access’ upcoming reboot of The Twilight Zone seems very faithful to Rod Serling’s original series—right down to some familiar stories getting modern updates. The show is purposefully being made with the original show in mind because the original show was…

1. Borderlands 3 Finally Confirmed, Watch the Gameplay Reveal Trailer  IGN
2. Gearbox Announces Borderlands 3  Kotaku
3. Gearbox PAX East Stream + Borderlands 3 Reveal? - IGN Live  IGN
4. Borderlands 3 Official Developer Trailer  Gearbox Official
5. Borderlands 3 Official Reveal Trailer  Borderlands
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Chrissy McKaigue says Derry are not good enough to go into the Division Four Football League Final against Leitrim with a complacent attitude.

Cara Delevingne has a new favorite pastime

Expressing disappointment at Pakistan effectively rejecting India's dossier on Jaish-e-Muhammed's complicity in the Pulwama terror attack, the government on Thursday said Islamabad regrettably continued to be in denial as it even refused to acknowledge Pulwama as a terror attack.

Major League Baseball kicks off the season with opening day games across the country on March 28, 2019.

A Texas law firm sent a letter to Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao calling for an investigation into why Chick-fil-A was banned from an airport.

A new survey by the Israel Democracy Institute shows that the overwhelming majority of Israeli Jews viewed President Donald Trump’s...

Palestinians urged tens of thousands of people to protest near the Gaza border Saturday, a day that marks the first anniversary of the Great March of Return.

PJ Washington, freed from a walking boot, entered the Sprint Center on Thursday afternoon, a day before Kentucky played Houston in the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16. Whether he’ll play Friday … Click to Continue »

Visitors to the National Archives Museum can now see the North Atlantic Treaty, the document that marked the start of the NATO partnership in 1949.

Interior design has gone through something of a reinvigoration over the past decade. Thanks to the envy-worth inspiration, courtesy of Instagram and Pinterest, having a professionally-designed home is more in vogue--and more attainable--than ever. That accessibility is thanks in part to Noa Santos, founder of interior designer service Homepolish, which aims to make interior design...

A Spanish judge issued international arrest warrants for two suspects Spanish authorities say fled to the United States.

Tyrone McCullagh will make the maiden defence of his WBO European super-bantamweight crown against Alvaro Rodriguez in Newcastle on May 3. The unbeaten ‘White Chocolate’ (12-0-KO6) takes on the Spaniard (9-2-1-KO1) on the #MTKFightNight at the Newcastle Eagles Community Arena […]

The toll in the blast at an illegal firecracker manufacturing unit at Gullipalle village in Sabbavaram mandal, which occurred on March 25, has gone up

34 candidates remain in the fray for Lok Sabha seats

Former Rep. John Delaney worries that some of his rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination are moving too far to the left.