BUDAPEST, Hungary—Hungary’s Kristóf Milák set a world record in the men’s 200 butterfly at the swimming world championships on Tuesday. The 22-year-old Milák clocked 1 minute, 50.34 seconds to shave 0.39 seconds off the previous record he set at the last worlds in Gwangju, South Korea on July 24, 2019. Milák finished 3.03 seconds in…
NASA Fuels Moon Rocket for 1st Time in Rehearsal
NASA fueled its huge moon rocket for the first time Monday and went ahead with a critical countdown test despite a fuel line leak. This was NASA’s fourth crack at the all-important dress rehearsal, the last major milestone before the moon rocket’s long-awaited launch debut. The previous attempts in April were thwarted by a fuel…
DeSantis Expected to Sign Bill Deeming Religious Services ‘Essential’ in Emergencies
June 22, 2022
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected to sign a bill to grant places of worship the right to keep doors open during a state of emergency. Florida bill SB 254, which passed the Senate in January, would officially designate religious services as being essential and therefore allow houses of worship, including churches, to remain open…
Uber Resumes Ridesharing in Some Cities, Makes It More Attractive
Uber Technologies, Inc has resumed shared rides in selected U.S. cities after pulling the service in March 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. UberX Share, which allows riders to share a car with riders for a discount, is available in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Phoenix, San Diego, Portland, Indianapolis, and Pittsburgh. Uber looks to…
Exaggeration of Colonial Trauma Leads to Victimhood: Indigenous Academic
An Indigenous academic has warned about the impact of overemphasising the “assumed trauma” brought about by colonisation when addressing Aboriginal issues at school, saying it will promote “a sense of victimhood” among Indigenous students. The comment comes about a week before the Victorian government implements its new school program which will require educational settings across…
South Korea Launches First Satellite With Homegrown Rocket
SEOUL, South Korea—South Korea conducted its first successful satellite launch using a domestically developed rocket on Tuesday, officials said, boosting its growing aerospace ambitions and demonstrating it has key technologies needed to launch spy satellites and build larger missiles amid tensions with rival North Korea. The three-stage Nuri rocket placed a functioning “performance verification” satellite…
More Than Half of New Zealanders Now View China as a Threat: Survey
June 22, 2022
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New Zealanders’ perception of China has shifted dramatically over the first half of 2022, with the majority now viewing the Asian nation as a “threat,” according to a recent survey. A mini-survey conducted by Asia New Zealand Foundation in June found that 58 percent of New Zealanders view China as a “threat” and a record…
Israeli Government Fast-Tracks Bill to Dissolve Parliament
JERUSALEM—Israel’s outgoing coalition government will fast-track a bill this week to dissolve parliament, setting up the country for its fifth elections in three years, a Cabinet minister said Tuesday. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced on Monday that he would disband his alliance of eight ideologically diverse parties, a year after taking office, and send the…
Australian Energy Market Operator to Remove Extraordinary Market Suspension
The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has announced that it will end its extraordinary intervention in the national energy market following improvements in power supplies. After a week of suspending the energy market, the AEMO said it would remove the suspension from 4 a.m. on June 23 as 4,000 megawatts of generation returned to the…
Meta Loses Appeal in Russian Court Over ‘Extremist Activity’ Tag: TASS
MOSCOW—A Moscow court on Monday rejected an appeal brought by Meta Platforms Inc after it was found guilty of “extremist activity” in Russia in March, the TASS news agency reported. Russia restricted access to Meta’s flagship platforms Facebook and Instagram, as well as fellow social network Twitter, in the wake of Moscow sending tens of…
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