SpaceX's sixth Starship test flight: Soft splashdown but no booster catch
• Nov 20, 2024, 3:18 PM
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In this Science segment, we look at SpaceX's latest test flight of its Starship megarocket. The flight went well and achieved several milestones, but the team did not manage to repeat last month's incredible manoeuvre, when the massive Super Heavy booster was retrieved by the launch tower's "chopstick" arms. That move was hailed as a marvel of engineering. FRANCE 24's Julia Sieger tells us more.
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Green spaces and social housing: Paris’s ‘bioclimatic’ plan to transform the city by 2035
• 7:24 AM
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The Paris City Council on Wednesday approved its "bioclimatic" urban development plan, designed to address climate challenges, housing shortages and urban expansion. The plan’s focus on green spaces, social housing and tighter rental regulations has draw
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Live: Biden denounces ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu as ‘outrageous’
• 5:00 AM
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US President Joe Biden denounced the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant for Israel’s Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant as “outrageous” late on Thursday. The Hague-based court issued the warrants for the
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Haiti summons French ambassador following Macron's 'unacceptable remarks'
• 3:48 AM
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Comments by French President Emmanuel Macron in a video at the G20 summit in Brazil, in which he called the Haitian transitional council "total morons" for firing former Prime Minister Garry Conille, caused outrage when it was shared online on Thursday.
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Trump picks Pam Bondi as US attorney general after Gaetz withdrawal
• 3:30 AM
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President-Elect Donald Trump announced former Florida attorney general and fervent ally Pam Bondi as his pick for US attorney general on Thursday after Matt Gaetz withdrew his bid to head the Department of Justice just hours earlier. Bondi, a former lead
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Tehran to launch ‘new and advanced’ centrifuges in response to IAEA censure
• 3:15 AM
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One day after commending Iran's agreement to cap its uranium stockpiles, the UN's nuclear watchdog passed a censure motion Thursday denouncing Iran's lack of transparency on its nuclear activities. Early Friday, Tehran responded to the measure by announc
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Trump taps Pam Bondi to be his attorney general after Matt Gaetz drops out
• 1:44 AM
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US President-Elect Donald Trump announced on Thursday that Pam Bondi would replace Matt Gaetz as his pick for attorney general after records surfaced on Wednesday of the latter paying $10,000 to two women who testified in sexual misconduct probes against
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Putin issues direct threat to West, says Russia used new missiles in Ukraine
• 1:13 AM
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In his most direct threat to Ukraine's allies yet, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that he had used new mid-range ballistic missiles in Ukraine, and reserved 'the right' to use the same weapons on the West.
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