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SYDNEY (Reuters) – China will lose access to a strategic space monitoring station in Western Australia when its contract expires, facility owners said, a decision that affects the expansion of space capabilities. navigation and space exploration from Beijing to the Pacific region. FILE PHOTO: Australian flag waves in front of the Great Hall of the People during a welcoming ceremony …

ZURICH (Reuters) – Switzerland, which last fought a foreign war more than 200 years ago and has no noticeable enemies, wants to spend billions on new fighter jets. Many oppose the idea, saying the neutral country cannot afford or need cutting-edge warplanes to defend Alpine territory that a supersonic plane can cross in ten minutes. They say Ireland, Malta and …

But Andrews, a Labor Party politician who has run Australia’s second-largest state since 2014, has remained popular with Victorians throughout the closure, according to local polls. And this week his tough approach was thoroughly vindicated. On Sunday, Victoria registered only 11 new cases of coronavirus, below more than 670 at the height of the most recent outbreak last month. Next …

Media playback is not supported on your device Little photoPrince Charles says millions are desperate for more action instead of words The Prince of Wales has warned that the climate crisis will “diminish” the impact of the coronavirus. In a recorded message, which will be played on Monday at the virtual inauguration of Climate Week, Prince Charles said “rapid and …

SYDNEY (Reuters) – China will lose access to a strategic space monitoring station in Western Australia when its contract expires, facility owners said, a decision that affects the expansion of space capabilities. navigation and space exploration from Beijing to the Pacific region. FILE PHOTO: Australian flag waves in front of the Great Hall of the People during a welcoming ceremony …

HONG KONG – Thai officials had an unorthodox approach to dealing with visitors leaving a tent full of rubbish in a national park – sending the trash to offenders. The country’s environment minister said he wanted to draw attention to a garbage problem in Khao Yai National Park that endangers animals that can eat garbage while looking for food. Last …

The modern one-bedroom Dublin apartment offers an open-plan living room, a sun-drenched balcony, solar panels, ample storage space and parking for two cars. The location was ideal, as was the price: about $ 1,800 a month, $ 300 less than the previous tenant had paid. In a city where lines to see rental properties have been regularly traced around the …

The Xinjiang government sent CNN a six-page fax in response to questions from an article published in July documenting a campaign of abuse and control by Beijing targeting women from the Uighur minority, a Muslim ethnic group. with more than 10 million people. The fax did not arrive until September 1, a month after the story was published. But CNN …

A woman fell into the lane of a busy UK road while hanging from the car window filming a Snapchat video, according to police. Police in Surrey, England, said on Saturday on Twitter that the woman was in the front passenger seat filming out the window when she fell from the vehicle in south London on the M25, one of …

On September 20, 2020, a waitress wearing a protective face brings drinks to customers with the late summer sun at tables outside Soho, central London DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS | AFP | Getty Images LONDON – The UK could go for a second shorter “mini” blockade for two weeks to counter the resurgence of coronavirus cases, with other measures such as a …