China said on Sunday it was postponing its planned ambitious Chang’e-7 lunar mission, which was set to carry out explorations including searching for water ice on the moon. The Chang’e-7 spacecraft was originally set to lift off in the coming days from the Wenchang Space Launch Site on China’s southern Hainan Island. The mission does […]
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The guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold spent four days without power last month after a problem with its engineering, according to a spokesperson for the Navy’s 7th Fleet. Commander Matthew Comer, the spokesperson, said there were no injuries to the crew. The loss of power impacted plumbing, meals, toilets and air conditioning aboard the ship. The […]
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Judd Trump has been beaten early at the China Open (Picture: Getty Images) Judd Trump looks set to lose his world number one spot this month after a shock first round defeat to Noppon Saengkham at the China Open. The Thai star downed the former world champion 6-3 in Taiyuan on Sunday, with Trump failing […]
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South China evacuates over 340,000 and cancels flights as region braces for Typhoon Noul
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Typhoon Noul is bringing winds and heavy rain to southern China, including Hong Kong, over the weekend, prompting the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people in the province of Guangdong with the region on high alert and at least dozens of flights canceled. Hong Kong’s Observatory said Noul, which had intensified with maximum sustained […]
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Ex-South Carolina police officer wanted for wife’s murder extradited from China after 21 years on the run
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A former police officer wanted for sexual abuse and murder has been brought back to the United States from China after over 20 years on the run, the U.S. Marshals Service said Thursday. Dan Hiers Jr., 53, was suspended from the Charleston Police Department in South Carolina in 2004 after he was accused of sexual […]
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China rejected on Tuesday an accusation that it has wrongfully detained a U.S. citizen following a report by the Reuters news agency that an American seismologist has been held in the country for nearly two years and is facing trial on spying charges. According to Reuters, Youlin Chen, 54, who was born in China, had […]
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China pulled off a clean recovery of a rocket booster during an actual trip to orbit on July 10, and it did so with a system no other country has tried before. The Long March 10B lifted off from the Hainan commercial space launch site carrying a satellite. Roughly six minutes after the upper stage […]
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