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☆ The gigantic dunes rising up out of the world’s oldest desert
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-23 | by ( Joe Yogerst | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Angle for Nile perch at Lake Turkana (Kenya)Lake Turkana is the world's largest permanent desert lake. Discover the Force at “Star Wars” film sites (Tunisia)"Star Wars" is brought down to Earth in Tunisia. Alternating between existing structures and sets specifically built for “Star Wars,” scenes from four of the movies were shot on location in Tunisia. Galaxy Tours is one of several outfitters with multi-day guided excursions of Tunisia’s enduring fan-favorite “Star Wars” landmarks. Yvonne Wacht/iStock Editorial/Getty ImagesMake like a nomad on a caravan camping trip in the vast Erg Chigaga desert of southern Morocco.

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☆ JD Vance suggested the US's support for NATO could be pulled if Europe tries to regulate X as free speech debate rumbles on
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-21 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

he continued, adding that it was "insane that we would support a military alliance if that military alliance isn't going to be pro-free speech." Breton addressed the letter to Musk ahead of the X owner's much-publicized interview with Trump, warning him against amplifying "harmful content." AdvertisementIn February, the former president even suggested that the US could let Russia attack non-paying NATO countries, much to the White House's ire. Related storiesAccording to NATO estimates, Poland is set to be the biggest NATO spender in 2024, allocating 4.12% of its GDP. For its part, NATO has acknowledged that there's been a historic imbalance between US military spending and that of non-US allies.

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☆ Greenland: Mystery of a mega-tsunami that made the Earth vibrate for 9 days has been solved
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Laura Paddison | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —It started with a melting glacier that set off a huge landslide, which triggered a 650-foot high mega-tsunami in Greenland last September. And no place was immune; the signal traveled from Greenland to Antarctica in about an hour, he added. Eastern Greenland had never experienced a landslide and tsunami like this before, Svennevig said. The threat goes beyond Greenland, Svennevig said; similar-shaped fjordsexist in other regions, including Alaska, parts of Canada and Norway. Recent rock avalanches in the Arctic as well as in Alpine regions, are “an alarming signal,” she told CNN.

Persons: Stephen Hicks, ”, Seismologists, Søren Rysgaard, Svennevig, Dickson, sloshing, “, Hicks, Paula Snook, ” There’s, Lena Rubensdotter Organizations: CNN, University College London, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Geological Survey Locations: Greenland, Denmark, Dickson, Dickson Fjord, Antarctica, Eastern Greenland, Alaska, Canada, Norway

☆ In ‘Twisters,’ Storm Chasers Want to Disrupt a Tornado. Is That Possible?
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Judson Jones | Reto Sterchi | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Sean Waugh holds a laptop with green, red and yellow weather radar looping as his driver rumbles down an Oklahoma highway in their government-issued truck. A rectangular cage with metal mesh covers the truck in an attempt to protect the team from hail. Hanging off the front of the hail cage are weather instruments that look like the horn of a rhinoceros charging into a storm. The truck, called Probe One, points in one direction, and a companion, Probe Two, points in another. “Probe One, you want us to go?”“Yes, go now,” says Dr. Waugh, a researcher with the National Severe Storms Laboratory.

Persons: Sean Waugh, ”, Waugh, Reed Timmer Locations: Oklahoma

☆ Barbora Krejcikova and Jasmine Paolini’s Wimbledon final met Jana Novotna’s legacy
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-13 | by ( Matthew Futterman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +8 min

WIMBLEDON — The final points were like the match and the tournament itself. There was a flurry of gutsy winners, nervy errors, rising hopes and risks that didn’t pay off — and Jasmine Paolini trying to claw the Wimbledon title away from Barbora Krejcikova one last time. GO DEEPER Game, Set, Match: Barbora Krejcikova beats Jasmine Paolini to win first Wimbledon titleHer fellow finalist is the newest entrant into the tennis list of enticing characters. Jana Novotna, the Czech great of the 1990s, coughed up a 4-1 lead in the third set against Steffi Graf in the 1993 Wimbledon final. Flash forward nearly two decades, to 2014, and Barbora Krejcikova is trying to find her way as a tennis player.

Persons: Jasmine Paolini, Krejcikova, —, she’ll, Robert Prange, it’s, Naomi Osaka, Jana Novotna, Steffi Graf, Duchess, Kent, Novotna, Henning Bangen, ” Krejcikova, “, ”, Paolini, Shi Tang, Donna Vekic, ” Paolini, isn’t, Clive Brunskill Organizations: WIMBLEDON, Wimbledon, Court, England Locations: Czech, Novotna’s, Africa

☆ Ferrari CEO says all-electric model preserves the 'emotion' of the famed supercars
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Robert Frank | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Ferrari's all-electric model won't be launched for over a year, but early tests prove it has all the driving traits and emotion of a true Ferrari, according to Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna. "More people have started to drive our electric Ferrari, and they have a good feeling. Little is known about the electric model, since it's not scheduled for launch until the fourth quarter of 2025. "When you're talking about the Ferrari experience, the driving traits in a car, you're talking about having a unique emotion when you're in the car. He said Ferrari will continue offering customers the choice of internal combustion engines and hybrids alongside the electric model.

Persons: Benedetto Vigna, Vigna, Ferrari, it's Organizations: CNBC, Ferrari Locations: Maranello, Italy

☆ Ernest Shackleton’s Quest shipwreck has finally been found
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-15 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton and his crew of 27 men set off aboard the HMS Endurance in 1914. A search expedition found the HMS Endurance wreck in 2022, and now, another part of Shackleton’s legacy has been recovered. Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesAn international team of experts using sonar has located the exploration ship Quest, once captained by Shackleton, off the coast of Canada. — A botanist spotted a tiny plant species new to science growing in an unlikely place on the slopes of the Andes.

Persons: Sir Ernest Shackleton, Shackleton, Freeman Dyson, Dyson, George Wittemyer, ”, Mickey Pardo, ritualistically, Chichén Itzá, “, Adomas Valantinas, Ashley Strickland, Katie Hunt Organizations: CNN, HMS, Quest, Central Press, Hulton, Cornell University, Olympus, ESA, Brown University, NASA, CNN Space, Science Locations: Antarctica, South Georgia, Canada, Kenya, Chichén, Yucatán, Everest, England, Australia

☆ Scientists used AI to figure out elephants have names for themselves
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewScientists using AI tools have discovered that elephants likely have unique names for each other, according to a new study. A group of scientists used machine learning to analyze hundreds of wild African elephant calls recorded in Kenya between 1986 and 2022, publishing their findings on Monday in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Ecology and Evolution. They did not analyze other types of rumbles, like "let's go" rumbles, because elephants are less likely to use specific names in that context, the authors explained. Unlike dolphins and parrots, who address each other by mimicking the receiver's voice, these elephant calls are not imitations of what each elephant sounds like. And if the elephants have names for each other, it's also possible that they have names for other objects too, according to the study's authors.

Persons: —, Mickey Pardo, Pardo, they're, it's Organizations: Service, Business, New York Times, CNN Locations: Kenya

☆ Every Elephant Has Its Own Name, Study Suggests
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-10 | by ( Kate Golembiewski | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It’s more than a sound people make to get your attention — it’s a seemingly universal hallmark of human society and language, the specifics of which set us apart from our fellow animals. Now, scientists say they have found evidence with the help of artificial-intelligence-powered tools that elephants call each other by names too. Elephants’ trumpeting calls might be their most recognizable sounds, but these “are basically an emotional outburst,” Dr. Pardo said. Lower-pitched rumbles, he said, are more meaningful, as they make up a majority of elephant vocalizations and are used in a wide variety of social situations. “A lot of interesting stuff is going on in the rumbles,” he said.

Persons: ”, Mickey Pardo, ” Dr, Pardo, George Wittemyer Organizations: Cornell, of Ornithology, Colorado State University, Buffalo, Buffalo Springs National Reserves Locations: Samburu, Buffalo Springs, Kenya

☆ African elephants address each other with name-like calls, study suggests
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-10 | by ( Amarachi Orie | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Wild African elephants may address each other using individualized calls that resemble the personal names used by humans, a new study suggests. These elephants learn, recognize and use individualized name-like calls to address others of their kind, seemingly without using imitation, according to the study published Monday in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution. Caregiver rumbles are used by an adolescent or adult female toward a calf she is caring for, according to the study. All the elephants could be individually identified by the shape of their ears, as they had been monitored continuously for decades, according to the study. The study authors were not able to conclusively determine whether different elephants used the same name to refer to the same individual, or if they addressed the same individual with different names.

Persons: rumbles, ”, Mickey Pardo, ” Pardo, George Wittemyer, they’re, caregiving rumbles, Pardo, I’d Organizations: CNN, Buffalo, Buffalo Springs National Reserves, Cornell University, Samburu National Reserve, Elephants Locations: Kenya, Samburu, Buffalo Springs, New York

☆ An Army veteran spent 2 years looking for his missing son in the desert. Now, he's running for Congress.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Read previewEvery fortnight or so, David Robinson starts his YouTube livestream, upbeat and all smiles. "It's inexcusable for us to have as many missing persons cases in this country as we do," he said in a stream on March 10. David Robinson speaks about his run for US Congress on his YouTube livestream. In 2021, almost 40% of the 521,000 persons reported missing in the US involved missing persons of color. The International Commission on Missing Persons told BI it's "impossible" to estimate the average cost of a search and recovery operation.

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☆ Amid pomp and propaganda, Russia holds Victory Day military parade as war rumbles on
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-09 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Russian President Vladimir Putin watches a military parade on Victory Day, which marks the 77th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Red Square in central Moscow, Russia May 9, 2022. Mikhail Metzel | Sputnik | ReutersRussia kicked off its 79th "Victory Day" military parade on Thursday as the war with Ukraine rumbles on into a third year. Russian paratroopers march during the Victory Day Red Square Parade on May 9, 2023 in Moscow, Russia. He said participants in the "special military operation" — code for the Russian war against Ukraine — are also marching this year. The Yars ballistic missiles take part in a rehearsal of the Victory Day parade in Moscow, Russia, May 7, 2022.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Mikhail Metzel, Suvorov, Sergei Shoigu, Ukraine —, Bai Xueqi, Alexander Lukashenko, Anatolii STEPANOV, ANATOLII STEPANOV, Stepanov Organizations: Nazi, Sputnik, Reuters, Kremlin, Getty, Youth Army, Russian Defense, Ukraine, Russian Air, Xinhua News Agency, West, NATO, Afp Locations: Nazi Germany, Red, Moscow, Russia, Reuters Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Cuba, North Korea, Iran, China, Kostyantynivka, Donetsk, AFP

☆ An Earthquake Startled the Northeast
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-05 | by ( Matthew Cullen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A 4.8-magnitude earthquake sent tremors from Philadelphia to Boston this morning, rattling New York City skyscrapers and surprising many East Coasters. The earthquake struck at 10:23 a.m. Eastern, with an epicenter near Whitehouse Station, N.J. — about 40 miles west of New York City — according to the United States Geological Survey. It was the largest quake within 250 miles of Manhattan in more than 30 years, and the third largest since the data began in 1957. New Yorkers are more familiar with much smaller tremors, which usually go unnoticed in a city full of rumbles. The city is also filled with old brick buildings, and officials said they remained concerned about the aftereffects of the quake.

Organizations: United States Geological Survey Locations: Philadelphia, Boston, New York City, Whitehouse, N.J, Manhattan

☆ Kamila Valieva: Canadians and Russians file appeals on re-ranking of 2022 Winter Olympics figure skating team event
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-26 | by ( Jill Martin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The dispute over the final standings of the figure skating team event at the 2022 Winter Olympics rumbles on, with Canada and Russia filing cases with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). The Canadians are appealing to move up from fourth place to bronze, while the Russians are claiming its ROC team should be moved back up into gold medal position after dropping to bronze. Originally, when the Olympic event was held in 2022, the ROC won gold in the event, with the US winning silver and Japan earning bronze. The positive test result came from a sample collected during the Russian national championships, which were held prior to the Winter Olympics. CAS announced on Monday that the arbitration procedures following the Russian and Canadian appeals have just commenced, adding that there is no indication of when a potential hearing might take place.

Persons: Kamila, Valieva Organizations: CNN, Sport, Skating Union, ISU, Russian Olympic Committee, ROC, Russian, Winter Locations: Canada, Russia, Beijing, Japan

☆ Three Camel Lodge gives travelers rare opportunity to experience the Gobi, Mongolia’s famed desert
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Jane Sit | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

How the Three Camel Lodge was bornThe Three Camel Lodge was the brainchild of 68-year-old Mongolian-American businessman Jalsa Urubshurow. In 2002, Jalsa decided to build something more permanent in the Gobi, and the Three Camel Lodge was born. Despite being in the desert, it’s one of just a few regions in the Mongolian Gobi that’s covered in mounds of sand. Considered a pioneer in sustainable tourism, the Three Camel Lodge today follows three main pillars: sustainable stewardship, preservation and community empowerment. Getting thereGetting to and from the Three Camel Lodge isn’t for the travel-weary – did we mention it’s remote?

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☆ Opinion | Rumbles in the Senate and the Supreme Court — and the Movie You’ll Never See
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( Jamelle Bouie | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

There was a lot of news this week, and I could not write a column about every event. Rumble on the Senate FloorOn Tuesday, Markwayne Mullin, a Republican senator from Oklahoma, challenged Sean O’Brien, the president of the Teamsters, to a fight during a Senate hearing. The two had previously exchanged insults after Mullin complained that unions were trying to undermine his plumbing business. He noted the caning of Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts by Representative Preston Brooks of South Carolina, an incident that left Sumner seriously injured. That extremism produced a rigid and doctrinaire style of politics that condoned violence and, in short order, destabilized the nation’s political system.

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☆ Flooded pitch fails to dampen spirits of Ireland's women
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

"Wettest game in history but job done and top of the group with the girlsss," Ireland captain Katie McCabe posted on Instagram after the match in Shkoder. "Ballon Pour," Ireland team mate Louise Quinn commented under the post, a reference to McCabe, like many others, missing the Ballon d'Or ceremony on Monday despite her nomination. After 20 minutes of play the first rumbles were heard, accompanied by torrential rain. The game was scoreless at halftime and play was suspended for an hour as ground staff cleared the waterlogged pitch. Denise O'Sullivan scored the winner in the 88th minute, and with four wins from four games, Ireland have secured the group win and promotion with two games still to play.

Persons: Ireland's Katie McCabe, Dan Peled, Katie McCabe, Louise Quinn, McCabe, Denise O'Sullivan, Sinead Farrelly, Trevor Stynes Organizations: Soccer Football, FIFA, Brisbane Football, REUTERS, Ireland, League, Women's Nations, Thomson Locations: New Zealand, of Ireland, Nigeria, Brisbane, Australia, Republic, Albania, Shkoder, Dublin

POZZUOLI, Italy, Oct 27 (Reuters) - The talk in shops and coffee bars in Pozzuoli, a port town outside Naples, is not about soccer or politics, but of the fear that has gripped residents since a supervolcano sparked a swarm of earthquakes. Sulphurous fumes escape from the surface, giving the area a surreal look and making it a magnet for tourists. "Even those small ones (quakes) make us afraid," she said. There are big ones and small ones. Prezzini, 78, said he would defy any evacuation order, while 66-year-old Luigi Ilardi, chimed in: "We are used to it.

Persons: Stefania Briganti, Ciro De, Sophia Loren, Vincenzo Russo, Angelo Prezzini, Luigi Ilardi, I've, Ciro De Luca, Philip Pullella, Deborah Kyvrikosaios Organizations: REUTERS, Thomson Locations: POZZUOLI, Italy, Pozzuoli, Naples, Milan, Castel, Rome

The funding request, expected to be formally unveiled on Friday, is likely to be around $100 billion over the next year, according to people directly familiar with the proposal who insisted on anonymity to discuss internal deliberations. Biden hopes that combining all of these issues into one piece of legislation will create the necessary political coalition for congressional approval. The White House has warned that time is running out to prevent Ukraine, which recently struggled to make progress in a grueling counteroffensive, from losing ground to Russia because of dwindling supplies of weapons. The White House plans to formally unveil Biden’s supplemental request on Friday, according to two officials familiar with the plans, although the timing could change. The Senate plans to move quickly on Biden’s request, hoping that it creates pressure on the Republican-controlled House to resolve its leadership drama and return to legislating.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, Kevin McCarthy, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Critics, Josh Paul, “, ”, Paul, Israel, Shalanda Young, Sen, Chris Murphy, Conn, Matthew Lee, Mary Clare Jalonick, David Bauder Organizations: WASHINGTON, Hamas, Republican, Israel, State Department, Tel, Wednesday, ABC, NBC, CBS, of Management, White, Senate, Department of Homeland Security, Taiwan, Biden, Associated Press Locations: Israel, Ukraine, United States, Mexico, Gaza, Russia, Tel Aviv, legislating, China, Europe

On Sunday, Hamas claimed to be holding more than 100 hostages in Gaza, including high-ranking Israeli army officers. Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images Israeli soldiers take position near the border between Gaza and Israel on October 9. Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto/Getty Images Israeli soldiers work on a tank at the border between Israel and Gaza on October 9. Ahmad Hasballah/Getty Images Rockets launched from Gaza are intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system on October 8. Eyad Baba/AFP/Getty Images Relatives of Palestinians killed on Saturday, October 7, mourn at the morgue of a hospital in Gaza.

Persons: CNN — Israel, ” Gilad Erdan, Erdan, ”, Benjamin Netanyahu, ” Netanyahu, Sameh, Jonathan Conricus, ” Conricus, “, Oren Ziv, Israel, Saed, Taweel, Mohammed, Salama Marouf, Marouf, Ilai Bar Sade, Erik Marmor, Ali Jadallah, Mohammed Abed, Mohammed Saber, Ronen Zvulun, Majdi, Ilia Yefimovich, Ramez Mahmoud, Mahmud Hams, Roi Levy, Alleruzzo, Tali Touito, Tamir Kalifa, Fatima Shbair, Khan, Ibraheem Abu Mustafa, Oded, Jalaa Marey, Ahmad Hasballah, Amir Cohen, Samar Abu, Mohammed Fayq Abu Mostafa, Tsafrir, Ahmad Gharabli, Baz Ratner, Mustafa Hassona, Ilan Rosenberg, Eyad Baba, Itai Ron, Hadas Parush, Richard Hecht, Ashraf al, Qidra Organizations: CNN, United Nations, Sunday, ” CNN, Palestinian Health Ministry, Israel Defense Forces, IDF, United Nations Relief, Works Agency, Hamas, Media Office, Press, Anadolu Agency, Getty, West Bank, New York Times, Rockets, Israel's, Palestinian, Reuters Police, AP, Reuters, Reuters Rockets, UN Locations: Gaza, Israel, Israel’s, Gaza City, Khan, Lebanon, Iran, ” Israel, Shebaa, Egypt, Mohammed Sabah, Tel Aviv, AFP, Palestinian, Beitar Ilit, Mount Herzl, Jerusalem, Ashkelon, Sderot, Ramat Gan, Khan Younis, Israeli, Kiryat Shmona, Samar, Samar Abu Elouf, Itai, Beit Hanun, Rishon Lezion, Gaza’s Beit Hanoun

☆ Dollar set for best quarter in a year; yen-watch rumbles on
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( Amanda Cooper | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Japanese yen and U.S. dollar banknotes are seen with a currency exchange rate graph in this illustration picture taken June 16, 2022. "We've had resilience in the U.S. economy, in the jobs market, inflation ticking higher and, obviously, the rise in oil prices. "We're not really expecting to see any rate cuts for quite some time, well toward the back end of 2024. Markets are looking ahead to the next data points, starting with key U.S. personal consumption data due later on Friday. The yen last traded at 149.125 to the dollar, which eased 0.13% on the day.

Persons: Florence Lo, Fiona Cincotta, We're, Tony Sycamore, we've, Sycamore, Thomas Barkin, Yasunari Ueno, Brigid Riley, Gerry Doyle, Neil Fullick, Kevin Liffey Organizations: U.S, REUTERS, Treasury, City Index, Federal Reserve, IG, Richmond Fed, Mizuho Securities, Sterling, National Statistics, COVID, Thomson Locations: U.S, City, Tokyo

☆ Small moonquakes caused by Apollo lunar lander module, study finds
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —A spacecraft left behind by US astronauts on the lunar surface could be causing small tremors known as moonquakes, according to a new study. The lunar surface is an extreme environment, oscillating between minus 208 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 133 degrees Celsius) in the dark and 250 degrees Fahrenheit (121 degrees Celsius) in direct sun, according to a news release about the study. Marusiak was not directly involved in the study, though she did have contact with the authors as a fellow expert in lunar seismology. “Every lunar morning when the sun hits the lander, it starts popping off,” said study coauthor Allen Husker, a research professor of geophysics at Caltech, in a statement. It’s important to note a key difference between the moon and Earth: On the lunar surface, there are no shifting tectonic plates that might cause catastrophic events.

Persons: Francesco Civilini, Artemis, Dr, Angela Marusiak, Marusiak, moonquakes Marusiak, “, —, ”, Allen Husker, I’m, seismometers, ” Marusiak, ” Husker Organizations: CNN, of Geophysical Research, California Institute of Technology, NASA Goddard Space Flight, NASA, University of Arizona’s, Laboratory, Caltech, Indian Space Research Organization, ISRO Locations: California

☆ India’s Chandrayaan lunar lander goes to seep
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft landed on the lunar surface on August 23. The Chandrayaan-3 lander is captured by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which is currently in orbit around the moon. The day after landing, the ISRO confirmed that the Chandryaan-3 lander had successfully deployed the six-wheeled lunar rover that had ridden to the surface tucked inside the spacecraft’s body. pic.twitter.com/1g5gQsgrjM — ISRO (@isro) August 26, 2023Together, the lander, which weighs about 1,700 kilograms (3,748 pounds), and the 26-kilogram (57.3-pound) rover are packed with nearly a dozen scientific instruments. Else, it will forever stay there as India’s lunar ambassador,” the ISRO posted on X.

Persons: Narendra Modi, NASA's, —, Luna, ove Organizations: CNN, Soviet Union, NASA's Goddard Space Flight, Arizona State University, Indian Space Research Organization, ISRO Locations: India, United States, China, Chandryaan, Russia

☆ Kylian Mbappé reinstated into PSG’s first-team squad after ‘positive talks’ with the club
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-13 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Kylian Mbappé has been reinstated into the Paris Saint-Germain first-team after being frozen out of the squad during its preseason tour of Japan, amid his ongoing transfer saga. The 24-year-old has been training separately from the first team while his standoff with the club rumbles on. “Following very constructive, positive talks between PSG and Kylian Mbappé before the game vs Lorient, the player has been reinstated into the first team training squad this morning,” PSG said in a statement on Sunday. Mbappé watched PSG's league opener against Lorient from the stands on Saturday. It’s not yet clear whether Mbappé will sign a new deal at the club.

Persons: Kylian Mbappé, Germain, Frenchman, ”, Mbappé, Nasser Al, Khelaifi, Christophe Saidi, Al Hilal, It’s Organizations: CNN, Paris Saint, Lorient, PSG, ” PSG, Saudi, Real Madrid Locations: Paris, Japan, Saudi Arabian, Al

☆ Seine-Nord Europe Canal: The $5.5B canal that will connect Paris to European waterways – and dig up the Western Front
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Tom Page | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

After multiple false starts and much political back and forth, work is underway on the Seine-Nord Europe Canal (SNEC), a €5.1 billion ($5.5 billion) project designed to break up one of the continent’s major transport bottlenecks. Environmental impactThe Oise River is currently being redirected for 4 kilometers as part of ongoing canal construction. A new extension will be constructed to accommodate further war dead, including those discovered during the construction of the canal. Inland ports are planned along the SNEC route, aiding exports, as well as providing recreational opportunities, say its designers. Despite the canal’s stop-start history, the Société du Canal Seine-Nord Europe is confident its construction timeline can be met and the canal will become operational in 2030.

Persons: ’, ”, Jérôme Dezobry, Philippe Bourdon, Dezobry, Montmacq, ” Dezobry, Bourdon, “, ” Claire Horton, Xavier Bertrand Organizations: CNN, European Union, EU, Commonwealth, Commission, CWGC, Loos British, Hauts Locations: France, Nord Europe, Dunkirk, Escaut, Paris, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Compiègne, Aubencheul, Nord, Seine, Oise, Allaines, Thourotte, ”, Somme, Péronne, Cambrai, Beaurains, Loos, Pas, Calais, Loos British, Antwerp, de

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