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11 convicted over attempt to smuggle cannabis into UK
Eleven people were convicted for attempting to smuggle 460kg of cannabis, valued at £13.8 million, into the UK via Birmingham Airport after…
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Vietnam proposes abolishing death penalty for six offences
Vietnam's government has presented a draft amendment to the penal code that would remove the death penalty for six offences, including rioting, the…
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Former Liberian vice president indicted on drug charges
Former vice president Jewel Howard-Taylor has been arrested at Roberts International Airport and indicted on counts including drug trafficking, money…
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Researchers propose leflunomide to prevent CAR T brain toxicity
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine published a perspective arguing that damaged mitochondria can create a self-sustaining…
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Prime minister to shut down illegal waste gangs
The prime minister announced a national enforcement package to close down criminal gangs running illegal waste sites, combining more drones, greater…
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LandSpace lands Zhuque-3 booster in successful propulsive recovery
LandSpace on Tuesday recovered the first stage of its Zhuque-3 orbital-class rocket with a propulsive, four-leg touchdown after launching from…
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Google AI enables controllers to issue binding contrail altitude instructions
The UK launched a £5 million Operation Blue Skies trial that gives Google AI contrail forecasts to NATS controllers, who can issue binding altitude…
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LandSpace lands and recovers Zhuque-3 first stage
Chinese start-up LandSpace launched Zhuque-3 on August 19 from the Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Pilot Zone and successfully landed and…
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Indonesia seizes 2.6 tons of liquid methamphetamine from ship
Indonesian authorities seized about 2.6 tons of liquid methamphetamine from the Tanzania-flagged MV Ocean Porter after intercepting the vessel off…
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Court increases ex-spy chief's sentence over failed martial law bid
A Seoul High Court on Wednesday increased former National Intelligence Service director Cho Tae-yong's prison sentence from 18 months to two and a…
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Sophie Adenot will perform first spacewalk by a French woman
Two astronauts will conduct a spacewalk at about 8:35 a.m. ET on Aug. 18, when NASA’s Anil Menon and ESA’s Sophie Adenot will exit the International…
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Chile scientists map Antarctic pearlwort genome
Chile-based researchers under the Polarix project produced the most complete genetic map to date of Colobanthus quitensis, one of only two flowering…
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Justice Department inspector general reviews DEA practice of letting fentanyl walk
The Justice Department inspector general opened a review of a controversial DEA tactic in which agents allegedly allowed fentanyl shipments to…
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Duane Davis goes on trial for Tupac Shakur 1996 killing
Duane "Keffe D" Davis, 63, is on trial in Las Vegas accused of murder with a deadly weapon and of intending to assist a criminal gang in the 1996…
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NDLEA destroys 329,865.585kg of illicit drugs in Lagos
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency destroyed 329,865.585 kilograms of assorted illicit substances in Lagos at a court-authorised exercise at…
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Veolia sues nine companies over PFAS contamination
Veolia has filed a complaint in Delaware Superior Court against nine companies it says caused PFAS contamination in the Red Clay and White Clay…
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SpaceX launches Starlink and Globalstar satellites from Florida
SpaceX conducted multiple Falcon 9 missions from Cape Canaveral in early-to-mid August, including a Starlink launch at 11:58 a.m. Aug. 11 with a…
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Deaths and setbacks highlight gene therapy safety debate
Gene therapy shows life-changing promise but recent adverse cases have renewed safety debates. Science reported a six-year-old girl's death after an…
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Nigerian navy shuts down three illegal refining sites
The Nigerian Navy, through personnel of NNS PATHFINDER under Operation DELTA SENTINEL, shut three illegal refining sites in Egbema, Rivers State, and…
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Ex-wife and husband charged in ambush killing
Jared Bridegan was shot dead in February 2022 after allegedly being lured from his car by a tire, with his 2-year-old daughter in the backseat…
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China boosts wetland conservation to protect migratory birds
The article reports that China is strengthening wetland conservation and cross-border cooperation along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway, where…
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Survivors seek accountability for Marikana massacre
On 16 August 2012, South African police shot and killed 34 miners who were among 40 people killed and 78 injured during a wildcat strike at Lonmin's…
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China launches Long March 12 to deploy SatNet satellites
China successfully launched a Long March 12 Y8 from the Wenchang Space Launch Site on Hainan on August 16 around 04:10 UTC, placing a cluster of…
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Iran executes man convicted of driving into police during protests
Iran executed Shahram Sadeghi, who was convicted over a January 8 car attack on police in Karaj that reportedly injured seven officers and left one…
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