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China applies to put 200,000 satellites in space after calling Starlink a crash risk

China applies to put 200,000 satellites in space after calling Starlink a crash risk

Chinese firms have signalled plans to launch more than 200,000 internet satellites, filing submissions with a UN agency just as Beijing accused Elon Musk’s SpaceX of crowding shared orbital resources. A dozen or so submissions from various Chinese satellite players were filed with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) at the end of last month. The biggest projects – CTC-1 and CTC-2 – were for 96,714 satellites each and filed by the newly established Institute of Radio Spectrum...
Faith & Values: We cannot escape the past. How we use it is the question

Faith & Values: We cannot escape the past. How we use it is the question

We can use the trauma, pain and challenges of this past year as the building blocks for a new day. We can move from victimhood to being victorious.
Germany hits back at RFK Jr.’s ‘unfounded’ Covid vaccine claims

Germany hits back at RFK Jr.’s ‘unfounded’ Covid vaccine claims

Kennedy did not give provide specific examples or say which reports he was referring to
Starmer considering sending military to Greenland as Trump ratchets up rhetoric

Starmer considering sending military to Greenland as Trump ratchets up rhetoric

The potential for British troops in the Danish territory comes days after the PM pledged boots on the ground in Ukraine

McColgan reclaims European 10km record in Valencia

Briton Eilish McColgan reclaims her women's European 10km record in Valencia in a time of 30 minutes seven seconds.

McColgan reclaims European 10km record in Valencia

Briton Eilish McColgan reclaims her women's European 10km record in Valencia in a time of 30 minutes seven seconds.

McColgan reclaims European 10km record in Valencia

Briton Eilish McColgan reclaims her women's European 10km record in Valencia in a time of 30 minutes seven seconds.

McColgan reclaims European 10km record in Valencia

Briton Eilish McColgan reclaims her women's European 10km record in Valencia in a time of 30 minutes seven seconds.
Man shot in calf on Sigel Street in South Philadelphia

Man shot in calf on Sigel Street in South Philadelphia

Police are investigating a shooting in South Philadelphia after a man was injured by gunfire and taken to a hospital in stable condition.

Can Breads Bakery workers really demand that the Israeli owners cut ties with Israel? Labor experts weigh in.

(New York Jewish Week) — The news that workers at Breads Bakery, an Israeli chain in New York City, were demanding “an end to this company’s support of the genocide happening in Palestine” as part of a union push has triggered concerns among those worried about surging anti-Israel sentiment in the United States. “This is... The post Can Breads Bakery workers really demand that the Israeli owners cut ties with Israel? Labor experts weigh in. appeared first on The Forward.

From pop stars to tefillin pop-ups, Oct. 7 changed how Israel’s ‘somewhat observant’ practice Judaism

(JTA) — TEL AVIV — In the weeks after Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack, religiously charged videos started circulating on social media. Dozens of young women posted videos of themselves cutting up their “immodest” clothing, jeans, crop tops, minidresses, vowing to replace them with modest skirts and head coverings.  In one viral TikTok clip, a young... The post From pop stars to tefillin pop-ups, Oct. 7 changed how Israel’s ‘somewhat observant’ practice Judaism appeared first on The Forward.
How Trump’s raid on Caracas deepens US-China strategic tensions

How Trump’s raid on Caracas deepens US-China strategic tensions

We had barely entered the new year when Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured in a brazen raid on the orders of US President Donald Trump. In the early hours of January 3, the couple were taken from their residence in Caracas, Venezuela, and flown to the US in a military operation impeccably executed in the name of countering narcoterrorism. Beijing, for one, was “deeply shocked” by Washington’s “hegemonic behaviour” and strongly condemned it. At a UN...