WASHINGTON — European launch provider Arianespace completed the 100th launch of a heavy-lift Ariane 5 rocket Sept. 25, carrying two satellites co-owned between Intelsat and partner satellite operators. The rocket lifted off from the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana at 6:38 p.m. Eastern at the end of its 45-minute […]
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Actor Will Smith took a bungee jump into the Grand Canyon on Tuesday to mark his 50th birthday and raise money for a global education campaign. FILE PHOTO: 70th Cannes Film Festival – The amfAR’s Cinema Against AIDS 2017 event – Photocall Arrivals – Antibes, France. […]
Delta issued a ground stop order Tuesday night. Getty Images Delta Air Lines said late Tuesday it had issued a ground stop order due to a “technology issue” with some of its computer tracking systems. “Delta IT teams are working diligently to address a technology issue impacting some of our […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Leading internet search engine Google will acknowledge that it has made “mistakes” on privacy issues in testimony an executive of the Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) unit will deliver to a U.S. Senate committee on Wednesday, according to a document reviewed by Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A Google logo in […]
Mattis said there are too few women in the infantry to provide enough data More (WASHINGTON) — The jury is still out on whether women can be successful in infantry jobs, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Tuesday, while offering students at the Virginia Military Institute a dim view of female […]
Chinese authorities had given USS Wasp, and a contingent of US marines, permission to visit but this has now been rescinded. The withdrawal of the invitation was confirmed by the US consulate in Hong Kong. The decision was taken in response to the US imposing sanctions on a Chinese state […]
Former Toronto Maple Leafs forward Danny Lewicki died Tuesday at the age of 87, the team announced. A cause of death was not revealed, though the Toronto Sun reported Lewicki had been in poor health recently in the Toronto area. Lewicki played four seasons with the Maple Leafs from 1950-54, […]
Ji Chaoqun, 27, is charged with knowingly acting as an agent of a foreign government More (CHICAGO) — A Chinese citizen living in Chicago was arrested Tuesday for allegedly spying, including by helping with the recruitment of U.S. engineers, defense contractors and scientists for intelligence services in China, federal prosecutors […]