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Prototype spacesuit for future NASA mission to Moon unveiled

by Mark Felix with Chris Lefkow in Washington Agence France Presse Houston, United States (AFP) -- NASA and the private…

Japan parliament expels YouTuber MP who never came to work

A celebrity gossip YouTuber-turned-lawmaker became the first MP expelled by Japan's parliament in over 70 years Wednesday, having not shown…

Arianespace inks deal to launch at least two Vega-C rockets

Washington, United States (AFP) -- Arianespace said on Tuesday that it has signed a contract to launch two Vega-C rockets,…

Satellite constellations multiply on profit hopes, geopolitics

by Mathieu RABECHAULT Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The massive constellation of satellites operated by SpaceX, while still…

Meta axes another 10,000 jobs in new round of cuts

by Alex PIGMAN Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Facebook owner Meta announced a fresh wave of job cuts…

Steam cuisine: cooking in Japan’s hot springs

BEPPU, Japan (AFP) -- Using geothermal resources to generate electricity is a divisive prospect in Japan, but there is little…

‘No need to worry’: Odds drop newly-found asteroid will hit Earth

Paris, France | AFP | by Daniel Lawler The chances have plummeted that a newly-discovered asteroid with the potential to…

Indonesians seeking climate justice take aim at Swiss concrete giant

by Dessy SAGITA Agence France Presse Pari Island, Indonesia (AFP) Sitting near a wall of stacked rocks, fisherman Mustagfirin looks…

Hot spring baths block Japan’s geothermal potential

by Etienne Balmer and Harumi Ozawa Agence France Presse Tsuchiyu-onsenmachi, Japan (AFP) With over 100 active volcanos, Japan has the…

Kenzaburo Oe: novelist who won Nobel with ‘poetic force’

  by Etienne BALMER / Kyoko HASEGAWA Nobel-winning Japanese novelist Kenzaburo Oe, a leading liberal voice who defended the disenfranchised…

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