MIAMI, July 11, (APP/AFP) – A NASA spacecraft, Juno, has successfully peered into the giant storm raging on Jupiter, known as the Great Red Spot, and its first pictures should be out in days, the US space agency said Tuesday. “My latest Jupiter flyby is complete!” said a post on the @NASAJuno Twitter account. “All […]
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NASA probe successfully peers into Jupiter’s Great Red Spot
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Zambia ratifies 90-day state of emergency
LUSAKA, July 11, (APP/AFP) – Zambia’s parliament on Tuesday approved a 90-day state of emergency decreed by President Edgar Lungu, a move that critics see as an effort to tighten his grip on power. Opposition lawmakers boycotted the vote by leaving the chamber, leaving only the 85 members of the president’s majority party to pass […]
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UN slams attack on pilgrims in Indian occupied Kashmir
UNITED NATIONS, July 11 (APP): The United Nations Tuesday deplored the death of pilgrims in Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir and said the situation was being monitored. “The deaths of civilians …is to be condemned in any situation,” Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in response to a question from an Indian journalist at […]
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Attention Eds: ***Repeating after fixing typos in the Headline replacing “sides” with “aides”**** Trump aides turned to businessmen for Afghan war advice: NYT NEW YORK, July 11 (APP): US President Donald Trump’s advisers recruited two businessmen who profited from military contracting to devise alternatives to the Pentagon’s plan to send thousands of additional troops to […]
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US set to approve $4bn Patriot missile sale to Romania
WASHINGTON, July 11, (APP/AFP) – The US State Department said Tuesday it is ready to approve the sale of Patriot air defense systems to Romania, a $3.9 billion deal likely to infuriate Russia. “The State Department has made a determination approving a possible foreign military sale to Romania for Patriot air defense systems, related support […]
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Air Canada jet nearly lands on taxiway in San Francisco
WASHINGTON, July 11, (APP/AFP) – US aviation authorities are looking into an incident involving an Air Canada plane which nearly landed on a crowded taxiway instead of a runway at San Francisco airport, officials said Tuesday. The Air Canada Airbus A320 was cleared to land on Runway 28-Right at San Francisco International Airport shortly before […]