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Nottingham Forest have been rejected by Feyenoord striker Santiago Gimenez ahead of Friday's transfer deadline.

Colombian officials say they are taking emergency measures to ensure flights in the South American country can run on schedule. The announcement comes after two of the nation’s main airlines reported jet fuel shortages over the weekend and said they would suspend ticket sales for some flights this week — and cancel others. Colombia’s national oil company Ecopetrol said it will import 100,000 barrels of jet fuel in the coming days to boost supplies. But Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said on X... Читать дальше...

The DNC showed a party that has successfully metabolized movement energy and insurgent campaigns while distancing itself from demands deemed harmful to its electoral prospects.

1. One of the most adventurous human spaceflights since Apollo may launch tonight  Ars Technica
2. Meet the 4-person crew spearheading SpaceX’s daring Polaris Dawn mission  CNN
3. SpaceX’s historic Polaris Dawn mission: how to watch the launch  The Verge
4. For His Second Trip to Space, Billionaire Has Grander, Riskier Aspirations  The New York Times
5. SpaceX Polaris Dawn astronauts will conduct high-flying research in Earth orbit  Space.com

Liftoff is set for 3:38 am ET in Florida.

1. When it comes to expanding human activity in space, Polaris Dawn is the real deal  Ars Technica
2. Meet the 4-person crew spearheading SpaceX’s daring Polaris Dawn mission  CNN
3. Private astronauts in space  Financial Times
4. For His Second Trip to Space, Billionaire Has Grander, Riskier Aspirations  The New York Times
5. SpaceX to Launch Billionaire on First-Ever Private Spacewalk  Bloomberg

The highly anticipated sixth season of Virgin River may still be several months away, but there are plenty of shows out there to help fans through the hiatus.

NASA has decided that it is safer to keep the astronauts in space until February rather than risk using the Boeing Starliner capsule that delivered them to the international space station.

Recent political developments have stirred considerable discussion. The Prime Minister's push for faster citizen grievance redressal has led to a new 21-day resolution deadline, with a special 3-day timeframe for priority issues. Meanwhile, Haryana’s BJP faces confusion over the October 1 assembly polls, with the state government initially unaware of the election dates. Adding to the political intrigue, Raj Thackeray has been in the spotlight for his humorous imitation of deputy CM Ajit Pawar.

Former Stellenbosch FC striker Iqraam Rayners, who allegedly hit a well-known community activist in the face with a whisky glass, handed himself over to police late last week.

HISTORY MADE.

The eagerly anticipated FESTAC Africa Festival began on a high note in Kisumu County, in Kenya, on Monday, August 26, 2024. The opening ceremony of the weeklong event took place at the Jomo Kenyatta Stadium in Kisumu and was attended by several dignitaries, including a former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo; former Kenya Prime Minister,

Dallas Cowboys star wide receiver CeeDee Lamb is ending his holdout. The 25-year-old athlete had been absent from training camp as his team tried to work out a new contract. CeeDee certainly deserved to be paid with the way he has played the last few years! The contract numbers are now in, and he now [...]

Former Democratic lawmaker Tulsi Gabbard backed Donald Trump.

Beyond 'Ai and the future of work' the time has come to expand our scope and envision ‘AI and the future of Life’.

Nvidia's upcoming RTX 5060 laptop GPU might be a major improvement over the RTX 4060 in one key way.

A BEAUTY fan has shared her straightforward skincare routine that keeps her skin youthful.

The fantasy football impact on CeeDee Lamb's contract extension with the Dallas Cowboys.

A planning application from 2023 shows the building in Dagenham, East London, was covered in “non-compliant” cladding and campaigners have demanded to know how such a fire could happen more than seven years Grenfell

The evening lockdowns are advisory and will not be enforced if residents choose not to comply.

ALL THIS AND MORE by Peng Shepherd (HarperCollins; 480 pages; $37) All This And More is a very strange book. It would be so, even if its premise was not based on quantum physics. Peng Shepherd has a unique perspective for her novel – the book posits that a reality television show could really change […]

Seth Frantzman, Jerusalem Post

Hezbollah doesn't mind waiting for weeks or months to attack because it knows this puts Israel and the US on...

Ryan Pallas, War on the Rocks

There's a story about the dangers of slow, incremental change. The story says if you throw a frog in hot, boiling water, he'll jump right out.