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Chandrayaan-2 enters Moon's orbit, just days for landing
The Times of India 20 Aug 2019
BENGALURU. India’s second Moon mission, Chandrayaan-2, has entered Moon's orbit early on Tuesday (August 20). Confirmations about the successful Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI) are just trickling out of the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), whose chairman K Sivan will hold a press briefing about this at 11am in Bemgaluru ... Top Videos ... ....
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Nasa preparing for arrival of ‘God of Chaos’ asteroid Apophis
Metro UK 19 Aug 2019
The space rock due to buzz Earth is big enough to destroy a city (Photo. Getty). A monster asteroid named after an Egyptian God of Chaos is due to travel so close to Earth that billions of people will be able to see it with the naked eye ... Advertisement. Advertisement. In a piece of cosmic irony, Apophis will fly past on Friday, April 13, 2029 ... By 7 p.m ... ....
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Twitter, Facebook Suspend Accounts Linked To Chinese Efforts To Undermine Hong Kong Protests
WorldNews.com 20 Aug 2019photo: AP / Iranian Presidency Office via AP
'Dismay' As Iran Upholds 10-Year Spying Sentence For British Council Worker
WorldNews.com 19 Aug 2019
An Iranian court has dashed hopes that the 10-year sentence given to a British Council worker on spying charges could be reduced, The Independent reported.Aras Amiri, a London-based Iranian citizen, was detained in March 2018 while traveling to Tehran to visit her sick grandmother....
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Russian Nuclear Monitoring Stations Went Offline After Missile Test Explosion
WorldNews.com 19 Aug 2019
Two Russia-based nuclear monitoring stations went quiet after an August 8 explosion at a Russian missile testing facility, according to a spokesperson for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization on Monday, according to The Moscow Times ... U.S ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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Kamal Nath's Nephew Ratul Puri Arrested by ED in Rs 354 Crore Bank Fraud
News18 20 Aug 2019photo: AP / Andy Wong
Families of missing Uighurs use Tiktok video app to publicise China detentions
The Guardian 20 Aug 2019
Many of those posting the videos are crying .......
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Noel Gallagher releases video for latest single ‘This Is The Place’
NME 20 Aug 2019
The High Flying Birds make good use of green screenNoel Gallagher performs live. Noel Gallagher has dropped a video for ‘This Is The Place’, his latest single with the High Flying Birds. The video, which was directed by Dan Cadan and Jonathan Mowatt, was released Monday (August 19), two weeks after the song’s release ... ....
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Indian Islamic preacher apologizes to Malaysians for racial remarks
Reuters 20 Aug 2019
Controversial Indian Islamic preacher Zakir Naik apologized on Tuesday for making racially sensitive remarks in Malaysia, a day after he was questioned by police for hours over the comments ... ....
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Discovery Of New Exoplanet Offers Clues To Formation Of Planetary Systems
WorldNews.com 20 Aug 2019
Like its big sister b Pictoris b, discovered by Lagrange and her team in 2009, it is a gassy giant.Visible with the naked eye, Beta Pictoris — with a mass nearly twice that of the Sun — is a newborn by comparison....
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Saudi State TV Reports Coalition Strike On Houthi Military Targets In Yemen
WorldNews.com 20 Aug 2019
However, estimates vary wildly. for example, the Associated Press has estimated that the conflict as a whole has claimed the lives of at least 57,538 people since January 2016 ... ....
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Hackers Can Figure Out Passwords From Sound Of Typing, Study Finds
WorldNews.com 19 Aug 2019
Hackers can figure out a person’s password by simply listening to them type on a keyboard, according to a new cyber security study, The Independent reports ... "We wanted to understand if what you’re typing on your laptop, or any keyboard for that matter, could be sensed by just those mobile phones that are sitting on the same table ... ....
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Trump asks Imran Khan to 'moderate rhetoric' with India
Deccan Herald 20 Aug 2019
US President Donald Trump urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistan PM Imran Khan to work towards reducing tension in the region over Kashmir, describing the situation as "tough" ... "A tough situation, but good conversations!" he said ... America has had a love affair with India and Pakistan ... Time to invite," he said ... Second Doklam is also an option....
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Restoration Workers Return To Notre Dame Cathedral After Toxic Lead Scare
WorldNews.com 20 Aug 2019
Workers are required to clean their clothing daily.The French government's top official for the Paris region, Michel Cadot, approved the resumption of the works after visiting the site."I saw that the different recommendations of the labor inspectors had been implemented." ... WN.com, Jim Berrie ....
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Is Changing The Statue of Liberty’s Poem And History A Step Towards Fascism?
WorldNews.com 19 Aug 2019
Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas Darling President Donald Trump has evidently ordered acting Director of the Citizenship and Immigration Services, Ken Cuccineli, to change the poem at the base of America’s foremost symbol of liberty and inclusiveness. The Statue of Liberty ... The wretched refuse of your teeming shore....
