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CNN — Sunday officially marks one month since the world’s richest man took the helm at Twitter.In that time, Elon Musk initiated mass layoffs and gave remaining staffers a cryptic ultimatum, reinstated the accounts of controversial figures including former President Donald Trump, and launched – then punted – a plan to charge for Twitter’s iconic blue checkmarks.After spending months embroiled in an unsuccessful legal battle to get out of his initial proposal to buy Twitter, Musk made his first splashy entrance into the company’s offices on Oct. 26, carrying a sink. (In a video of the incident shared on Twitter,…

China will launch the Shenzhou-15 crewed spaceship on Tuesday evening, sending another batch of three taikonauts to the orbiting China Space Station (CSS), the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) said at a press conference on Monday. A Long March-2F Y15 rocket carrying the spaceship is scheduled to blast off at 11:08 p.m. Beijing Time from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, said Ji Qiming, spokesperson for the CMSA. Taikonauts Fei Junlong, Deng Qingming and Zhang Lu have been selected to carry out the Shenzhou-15 space mission, with Fei serving as the mission commander. They will live and work in the…

Chinese astronauts Fei Junlong, Deng Qingming and Zhang Lu will carry out the Shenzhou-15 spaceflight mission, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) announced at a press conference on Monday. Fei, who participated in the Shenzhou-6 manned flight mission 17 years ago, will serve as the commander on Shenzhou-15. Accompanying him will be two first-timers Deng and Zhang, according to Ji Qiming, spokesperson for the CMSA. With the average age of 53, it seems that the Shenzhou-15 crew members are old. However, Fei said that “our flying skills remain young” as the three spent the past decade preparing for the space mission. …

“COVID-19 illnesses persistently reduce labor supply. We estimate that workers with week-long work absences are seven percent less likely to be in the labor force one year later compared to otherwise-similar workers who do not miss a week of work for health reasons,” say the study’s authors, Gopi Shah Goda of Stanford University and Evan Soltas of Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Economics Department. “Many who fall ill but survive COVID-19 suffer from enduring health problems … approximately 500,000 adults are neither working nor actively looking for work due to the persistent effects of COVID-19 illnesses,” the study adds. Another study…

Germany are still alive. For 90 minutes, during which the four-time world champions were recurrently outclassed, outmaneuvered and almost overwhelmed by Spain, Hansi Flick’s side clung to their belief in World Cup survival. Even when losing by 1-0 with only a few minutes left to play, when the pressure might have been too great, there was a firm strand of faith that ran through Germany and defied all the odds – they are here to stay. German fans had prepared themselves for the worst. Their uncharacteristically lackluster team were staring down the barrel of a second successive group stage exit…

LUSAIL, Qatar — It was nearly 2 a.m. by the time Lionel Andrés Messi, eyes wide and psyche weary, emerged to confront the final spotlight of his night. Cameras had chased him from the doorstep of Argentina’s team bus through the bowels of Lusail Stadium, from the serenity of privacy into the eye of the storm. They had captured his searching glances around this grandiose arena that became a madhouse on Saturday night. They zoomed in on a bearded face once incapable of hiding pressure. With midnight near, they’d broadcast his brilliance to the world, and now, hours later, they clamored for one last…

The US men’s national soccer team (USMNT) has been accused of “unethical” behavior ahead of its World Cup meeting with Iran in Qatar, after displaying an altered version of the Iranian flag on social media.America and Iran face off in a vital game at Al Thumama Stadium on Tuesday which is set to determine which of the two teams progresses to the knockout stages in Qatar.Ahead of the match, the USMNT social media account has stirred tensions by posting a graphic of the Group B standings featuring England, Iran, the US, and Wales.The Iranian flag is shown with its horizontal…

The World Cup 2022 schedule is locked in and the start to the tournament in Qatar has been sensational as action throughout November and December will capture the imagination of the world. Saudi Arabia, Japan and Morocco have already pulled off huge upset wins over Argentina, Germany and Belgium respectively as the tournament has got off to a flying start. From the USMNT drawing against England the day after Thanksgiving to Lionel Messi saving Argentina against Mexico in the group stages, Spain facing Germany and upsets galore, there are plenty of intriguing games in the opening round. MORE: World Cup…

In January 2006, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA’s) interplanetary space probe, New Horizons, was launched and in 2015 became the first spacecraft to visit Pluto and explore the Kuiper Belt Orbit (KBO). The KBO – originally named Ultima Thule – is a disc-shaped region extending to the outer solar system. NASA has shared an astonishing image of the dwarf planet Pluto, taken by the international space agency’s New Horizons spacecraft. According to NASA, the photograph was taken at a distance of 22,025 miles (35,445 km) from Pluto. Earlier, NASA also released another photo of the “translated color image” of Pluto, taken…

Scientists believe that roughly 85 percent of the Universe is made of dark matter – a certain type of material that cannot directly be observed since it does not emit light or energy. An old gold mine and a vat containing liquid xenon are the key elements of an ongoing hunt for the elusive dark matter that is believed to make up about 85 percent of all matter in the Universe. This hypothetical form of matter doesn’t emit, absorb or scatter light, while existing almost everywhere in our Universe, making it undetectable in astronomical observations. In the hopes of solving this fundamental…