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A Motorcycle-Riding Leftist Feminist Is Coming for Erdogan Hrant Dink

A Motorcycle-Riding Leftist Feminist Is Coming for Erdogan

Last year, Turkey’s notoriously hapless and fragmented opposition finally got its act together and trounced the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in several major cities during local elections. Istanbul’s affable new mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, received the greatest share of attention and credit. But few in the international media took notice…
bubmag
May 1, 2020
NASA Will Pick One of These Three Astronaut Lander Concepts for 2024 Moon Mission SpaceX

NASA Will Pick One of These Three Astronaut Lander Concepts for 2024 Moon Mission

Conceptual image of the Dynetics Human Landing System.Image: DyneticsAs NASA prepares to return humans to the Moon in 2024, the space agency has decided to take the private route, selecting three U.S. companies to develop an astronaut landing system.NASA announced yesterday that Blue Origin, Dynetics, and SpaceX will receive a…
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May 1, 2020
SpaceX Starlink Satellites Spotted Over Florida, Will Be Visible From Other U.S. States This Weekend Space Debris

SpaceX Starlink Satellites Spotted Over Florida, Will Be Visible From Other U.S. States This Weekend

On Thursday evening, a train of SpaceX Starlink satellites was visible in the night sky above Florida, with several residents reporting seeing a string of white lights around 9 p.m. local time.Floridians posted images and videos of the satellite train on social media, with some even contacting local media outlets…
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May 1, 2020
NASA, SpaceX to make historic first flight in the middle of historic pandemic SpaceX

NASA, SpaceX to make historic first flight in the middle of historic pandemic

NASA astronauts Robert Behnken, left, and Douglas Hurley. SpaceX NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine told reporters Friday that the first-ever launch of astronauts to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX spacecraft, an event set for May 27, is "a priority" for the space agency.It's a statement you'd expect to hear…
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May 1, 2020
One-fifth of British retailers don’t plan to reopen after the coronavirus lockdown ends Boris Johnson

One-fifth of British retailers don’t plan to reopen after the coronavirus lockdown ends

A fifth of UK retailers do not expect to reopen after the coronavirus crisis has subsided, British politicians have been told.Addressing the UK's Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy Select Committee, the chief executive of the British Independent Retailers Association, Andrew Goodacre, called the emergence spread of COVID-19 the "worst time…
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May 1, 2020