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CRS-35 launch: SpaceX Dragon carries final ISS solar arrays and 6,300 pounds of cargo
CRS-35 launched on 13 October with 6,300 pounds of cargo and the final ISS roll-out solar arrays. Dragon docks on 15 October.…
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Christina Koch named NASA acting deputy chief engineer, ends her spaceflight career
Christina Koch becomes NASA's acting deputy chief engineer from 1 November and will no longer fly. The Artemis II astronaut and ISS…
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Griffin-1 Moon lander clears shake, roar and vacuum tests at NASA JPL ahead of launch
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Sentinel-3C sends first images of Italy and Greenland two weeks after launch
Sentinel-3C, the new Copernicus satellite, sends its first images of Italy, the Arctic and the Caribbean plus Greenland ice height data two…
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West African migrants reaching Europe fall 59%, but routes are deadlier, IOM says
West African migrants reaching Europe by sea fell 59% in the first half of 2026, IOM says, but deaths barely dropped as…
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Farthest fast radio burst traced to a tiny dwarf galaxy by Webb, hinting at a magnetar origin
Farthest fast radio burst, FRB 20240304B, traced by NASA's Webb to a small star-forming dwarf galaxy 3 billion years after the big…
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UN pandemic declaration adopted 153-3 as US, Israel, Argentina vote against
UN pandemic declaration adopted 153-3 after consensus failed, with the US, Israel and Argentina voting no. WHO urges a deal on the…
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Multidimensional Poverty Index 2026: poor rise to 1.2 billion, first increase since 2010
Multidimensional Poverty Index 2026: 1.2 billion people are poor, 51.5 million more than last year and the first rise since 2010. Half…
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UNHCR funding cuts: Barham Salih warns refugee protection is buckling
UNHCR funding cuts: Barham Salih says the agency has $3bn of the $8.5bn it needs as 117 million are displaced, and 8,000…
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Sudan famine risk grows in Darfur and Kordofan as drought deepens war crisis
Sudan famine risk is rising in Darfur and Kordofan, the IPC warns, with child malnutrition at 38% in two Jebel Marra camps…
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Colombia peace deal under strain as armed groups nearly double, UN tells Security Council
Colombia peace deal: UN envoy Miroslav Jenca tells the Security Council armed groups grew from 15,000 to 28,000 and 501 ex-combatants were…
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Syria Security Council briefing: UN and Damascus discuss elections, OPCW progress
Syria Security Council briefing: UN and Damascus discuss elections, the OPCW verifies 42 chemical bombs destroyed, and 5.5 million remain displaced.