Virgin Galactic Reaches Space in Long-Overdue Commercial Debut
Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. sent paying customers to the edge of space for the first time, a milestone
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Sub Disaster Puts Spotlight on Another Extreme Venture: Space Tourism
Commercial space travel shares plenty of similarities with deep sea tourism: wealthy customers, tight spaces, far-flung destinations and
1970-01-01 08:00
World Health Organization to Assess Cancer Risk of Diet-Soda Sweetener Aspartame
The World Health Organization is planning to release two new reports on the safety of aspartame, the popular
1970-01-01 08:00
El Nino’s Fierce Heat Carries New Risk of Resurgent Deadly Viruses
The return of El Niño after nearly four years is raising the specter of extreme weather, economic pain,
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Lawmakers Seek to Ban Buy-Now, Pay-Later Loans for Semiautomatic Weapons
Nineteen Democratic lawmakers proposed a ban on buy-now, pay-later loans to finance semiautomatic weapons that would include levying
1970-01-01 08:00
Cancer Warnings on Beer, Wine in Ireland Spark Industry Alarm
New health warnings by Ireland set to be the world’s strictest on beer, wine and spirits have sparked
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Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic Sets June Date for First Commercial Spaceflight
Richard Branson’s space tourism venture Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. plans to fly its first commercial passenger space mission
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Covid Boosters Should Be Updated to Target XBB Strain, US Health Advisers Say
Covid-19 shots should be reformulated to target an XBB subvariant of the highly infectious omicron strain to provide
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Liberia Is Latest Nation to Find Tainted Medicine From India
Liberia joined a list of countries that have found contaminated medicine originating from India’s $42 billion drugmaking industry.
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China Considers Developing Domestic High-Yield Bond Market
Chinese regulators are considering promoting the development of the domestic high-yield bond market to expand financing channels for
1970-01-01 08:00
Ukraine Warns of Toxic Black Sea ‘Garbage Dump’ From Dam Debris
Floodwaters have started to recede four days after the destruction of Ukraine’s Kakhovka Dam, laying bare environmental destruction
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Haze From Wildfires Raises Asthma, Heart and Other Health Concerns in US Northeast
Health officials across the US Northeast are warning residents to take precautions after wildfire smoke traveling south from
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