United Arab Emirates successfully launches historic first Mars mission
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The United Arab Emirates launched the Arab world’s first-ever interplanetary mission, sending a spacecraft on a seven-month journey to Mars. The orbiter, named Amal, or Hope, is carried by a Japanese H-IIA rocket which lifted off successfully from the Tanegashima Space Centre, on a small southern Japanese island on Monday morning. People watching at a space centre in Dubai cheered and clapped after the liftoff. The launch was initially scheduled for Wednesday but was delayed due to bad weather. The rocket has been provided by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. The Hope pr ..read more
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Brazil's indigenous leader Raoni is in 'stable' condition in hospital
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Indigenous chief Raoni Metuktire, one of the Amazon rainforest’s best-known defenders, is “stable” after receiving a blood transfusion in hospital, his institute said Sunday. Raoni, a chief of the Kayapo people in northern Brazil, has been hospitalized since Thursday for weakness, shortness of breath, poor appetite and diarrhea. “The chief has a stable condition after receiving a blood transfusion,” the Raoni Institute said. The institute, which is the Kayapo tribe’s official environmental protection organization, said Raoni is undergoing tests to determine the na ..read more
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French prosecutors release man questioned over Nantes cathedral fire
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Reading Time: 3 minutes French investigators on Sunday released a man who worked as a volunteer at the gothic cathedral of Nantes which was badly damaged by fire hours after he closed it up for the night.  Prosecutors launched an arson investigation after the Saturday morning blaze which they said appeared to have broken out in three different parts of the Cathedral of St Peter and St Paul in Nantes, western France. The questioning on Sunday had sought to “clarify elements of the schedule” of the volunteer, who had been in charge of closing up the cathedral on Friday evening, Nantes pro ..read more
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UAE's Amal spacecraft rockets toward Mars in Arab world 1st
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Reading Time: 4 minutes Emirati men watch the launch of the “Amal” space probe at the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Amal blasted off to Mars from Japan early Monday, starting the Arab world’s first interplanetary trip. (Jon Gambrell/The Associated Press) A United Arab Emirates spacecraft rocketed away Monday on a seven-month journey to Mars, kicking off the Arab world’s first interplanetary mission. The liftoff of the Mars orbiter named Amal, or Hope, from Japan marked the start of a rush to fly to Earth’s neighbour that includes attempts by China and the Un ..read more
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Saudi Arabia's King Salman admitted to hospital for tests
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Reading Time: 2 minutes DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has been admitted to a hospital in the capital, Riyadh, for medical tests due to inflammation of the gallbladder, the kingdom’s Royal Court said Monday in a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency. The statement said the 84-year-old monarch is being tested at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital. The brief statement did not provide further details. King Salman has been in power since January 2015. He is considered the last Saudi monarch of his generation of brothers who have held power since the death ..read more
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131 apply to fill vacancy after Rep. John Lewis’ death
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Georgia law requires the replacement nomination to be chosen relatively quickly and that person will face Angela Stanton-King, a Republican, on Nov.3. A committee will convene on Monday and a replacement may be named later in the day. The committee includes  Atlanta  Mayor  Keisha  Lance Bottoms and Stacey Abrams, the former Democratic leader of the Georgia House, to name a few. Theron Johnson, the CEO of Paramount Consulting, told 11 Alive that the state should vote for the candidate to replace Lewis. GET THE FOX NEWS APP “There were few things ..read more
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Your Monday Briefing
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Reading Time: 6 minutes Good morning. We’re covering the Trump administration’s coronavirus failures, political protests in Bulgaria and a rocket launch to Mars. [embedded content] Painful waits for routine treatments in Britain After nine months of waiting for surgery, Ruth Fawcett’s knee muscles wasted away, leaving her unable to walk without assistance. “My knee just wobbles about and if I don’t use my two walking sticks, I will fall. It’s very scary,” she said. She, along with nearly four million people in England on the National Health Service, are on waiting lists for routine hos ..read more
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Iran executes man convicted of spying on US-slain general
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Reading Time: < 1 minute TEHRAN, Iran — Iran executed a man convicted of providing information to the United States and Israel about a prominent Revolutionary Guard general later killed by a U.S. drone strike, state TV reported on Monday. The report said the death sentence was carried out against Mahmoud Mousavi Majd, without elaborating. The country’s judiciary had said in June that Majd was “linked to the CIA and the Mossad,” the Israeli intelligence agency, and alleged that Majd shared security information on the Guard and its expeditionary unit, called the Quds, or Jerusalem Force, whic ..read more
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World coronavirus updates: Bahamas bans tourists from U.S. and other nations
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Americans are on a list of tourists banned from entering the Bahamas after the country reported 49 new coronavirus cases since reopening the borders on July 1, Prime Minister Hubert Minnis said in a national address Sunday. Zoom in: National airline Bahamasair “will cease outgoing flights to the United States of America, effective immediately,” Minnis said. “To accommodate visitors scheduled to leave after Wednesday … outgoing commercial flights will be permitted.” Canada, the United Kingdom and the European Union will be permitted to send commercial flights withou ..read more
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Schiff Vows That Congress Will Continue To Investigate Trump Even After He Is Gone From Office
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Reading Time: 2 minutes House Intelligence Committee Chairman Congressman Adam Schiff said during an interview on Saturday that investigations into President Donald Trump would continue after he leaves the White House. Schiff told “Crooked Media” host Jon Lovett that, “After the election, after he’s gone, then I think we have to continue to expose what he did in office because, of course, the administration has stonewalled us in every way it can.” [embedded content] RELATED: Joy Behar: Clinton Was Sleeping with Lewinsky But Trump Is Sleeping with Putin Schiff: ‘There is a lot more evidenc ..read more
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