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Fire Engulfs Japan Rocket Test Site

Video: Fire Engulfs Japan Rocket Test Site

Large plumes of smoke billowed from the launch site at Tanegashima Space Center, Japan, after a malfunction during an engine test.

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Rocket Engine Fire Stalls Japan’s Ambitions to Launch Satellites

Rocket Engine Fire Stalls Japan’s Ambitions to Launch Satellites (Published 2024)

Japan is off to a shaky start in its efforts to break into the space rocket market dominated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

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Small Plane Crash Kills 5 in Costa Rica

Rescuers Walk 14 Hours to Save Sole Survivor of Costa Rica Plane Crash (Published 2024)

Rescue workers trekked overnight across a remote mountain forest carrying a woman who had survived a crash that killed five of the six people aboard.

nytimes 1 year ago

Tuesday Briefing

Tuesday Briefing (Published 2024)

Talks on a truce between Israel and Lebanon.

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As Russia Advances in Ukraine, a Cop Has to Flee City After City

As Russia Advances in Ukraine, a Cop Has to Flee City After City (Published 2024)

For Volodymyr Nikulin, being a wartime police officer means aiding evacuees, surviving a shrapnel wound and tackling looters. It also means quickly...

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A Misstep by Ireland’s Prime Minister Simon Harris Muddies Election

A Misstep by Ireland’s Prime Minister Muddies Election Race (Published 2024)

A fumbled meeting with a voter may dent Simon Harris’s popularity. But his coalition government’s main opposition, the nationalist party Sinn F...

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Trump Plans Tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico That Could Cripple Trade

Trump Plans Tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China That Could Cripple Trade (Published 2024)

The president-elect said that he would impose the across-the-board tariffs on Day 1 and that they would stay in place until Canada, Mexico and Chin...

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Israeli Strikes Threaten Lebanon’s Archaeological Treasures

Israeli Strikes Threaten Lebanon’s Archaeological Treasures (Published 2024)

The country is home to thousands of years’ worth of antiquities. Some have already been damaged or destroyed in the war, alarming the conservatio...