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UK-based Pulsar Fusion announced it has successfully achieved first plasma in its Sunbird nuclear fusion rocket exhaust system. The demonstration, a world’s first for a rocket of this type, was showcased live during a technical session at Jeff Bezos’s exclusive MARS Conference in California, offering a tantalizing glimpse into a future of dramatically faster interplanetaryContinue Reading

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Exclusives First study of Ukraine’s 160,000 mothers of disabled children finds 15% contemplated self-harm. 70% get zero hours of respite.. “It breaks my heart. If it breaks yours too, let’s think about how we can make a difference in these women’s lives together,”—Niya Nikel, report co-author. Ukraine signs ‘historic’ 10-yearContinue Reading

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Ukraine and Bulgaria signed a 10-year security agreement in Kyiv on 30 March, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also announcing Bulgaria’s accession to NATO’s PURL weapons pipeline and commitment to use EU SAFE credits for joint weapons production, at a joint press conference with Bulgaria’s acting Prime Minister Andrii Gyurov. The deal,Continue Reading

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The conference is one of the largest aimed at preparing for hurricane season, which begins June 1. A task force report on potential reforms to the agency also remains on hold. By Amy Green ORLANDO, Fla.—A major conference to help communities prepare for hurricane season kicked off Monday without theContinue Reading

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Death toll by the Defenseurs Plus rights group significantly exceeds ⁠official estimates of 16., Death toll provided by the Defenseurs Plus rights group significantly exceeds ⁠official estimates of 16. At least 70 people have been killed and 30 injured during an attack near Petite-Riviere in Haiti’s breadbasket Artibonite region, aContinue Reading

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Kentucky is on track to pass a new bill that would declare transgender people mentally ill and ban trans teachers from working. State senator Gex Williams proposed the amendment to House Bill 759, which relates to teacher certification. The amendment itself does not mention trans people specifically, but would forbidContinue Reading