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China’s space program has hit a number of milestones lately. In 2025, China executed over 90 orbital launches, setting a new national record for orbital launches in a single year. In the last five years, China returned the first samples from the far side of the Moon, completed its own low-earth orbit space station and landed a rover on the surface of Mars. “We’ve seen multiple statements from President Xi [Jinping] and what he calls China’s space dream,” said Dave Cavossa, president of the Commercial Space Federation, a trade association that represents the commercial space industry. “They see space and…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The adopted daughter of former President George W. Bush’s Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for the fatal stabbing of a friend after a drunken argument inside a Maryland Airbnb six years ago.Sophia Negroponte, 33, was sentenced on Friday by Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Terrence McGann after being found guilty at trial in November of second-degree murder for the death of 24-year-old Yousuf Rasmussen. It was a retrial after a 2023 conviction on the same charge was overturned.”The 35-year sentence mirrors the sentence…

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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement warning of heavy rainfall, heavy fog and possible flooding in parts of Ontario. The national weather agency says between 15 and 40 mm of rain could fall in some regions, with locally higher amounts possible due to thunderstorms.The rainfall comes as southern Ontario experiences unseasonably mild temperatures, with highs above 10 C on Saturday.The rain, combined with spring-like temperatures, is expected to melt much of the existing snowpack from this season’s extreme winter weather, according to Environment Canada.Environment Canada says the warm stretch is…

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Australia’s Ben Tudhope has clinched a near-perfect start in his bid for a maiden Paralympics gold medal, qualifying as second seed in the snowboard cross.Given two runs for Saturday’s time trials, Tudhope finished the course in 51.26 seconds to qualify second for the LL2 round-of-16 at the Milan-Cortina Games.He trailed Italian rival Emanuel Perathoner by 3.27 seconds, with China’s Sun Qi finishing third-fastest in Cortina.Perathoner – a two-time Winter Olympian – is Tudhope’s biggest threat at the Games, with the local hope winning nine out of 10 World Cup races this year.The 38-year-old Italian is the hot favourite to take…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Two women’s tennis players were sent threatening messages, each receiving a photo of a gun and being ordered to lose matches.Panna Udvardy and Lucrezia Stefanini detailed the disturbing messages in which they and their families were threatened.”Last night around midnight I received several very disturbing messages on WhatsApp from an unknown number on my personal phone. The person told me that if I didn’t lose my match today, they would harm members of my family,” Udvardy posted on Instagram, along with screenshots of the messages, regarding her match against Anhelina Kalinina at…

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India have a treble of firsts before them in T20 World Cup final vs New Zealand, and the expectations of 1.4 billion fans behind them.Listen to this article | 2 minsinfoPublished On 7 Mar 20267 Mar 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2Shareplus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoThe best way to deal with pressure is to embrace it, India captain ⁠Suryakumar Yadav reminded ⁠his teammates ahead of Sunday’s final of the Twenty20 World Cup at the Narendra Modi Stadium.India are bidding to become the first team to ⁠retain the T20 World Cup title, to win it on home soil and to win the…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk gave a two-word retort after Anthropic leader Dario Amodei claimed in an interview that he isn’t sure if his company’s AI models have gained consciousness.”Anthropic CEO says Claude may or may not have gained consciousness, as the model has begun showing symptoms of anxiety,” read a post on X by cryptocurrency-based prediction market Polymarket, to which Musk replied, “He’s projecting.” The comment from Musk, who is also the founder of xAI, comes as Anthropic is at odds with the Pentagon over its use in a separate matter.  In…

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