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It's also spinning twice as fast than thought, making a tricky rendezvous even trickier

Japan's Hayabusa2 probe faces a tougher mission after new measurements revealed its target asteroid is nearly three times smaller and spinning about twice as fast as originally estimated.…

The Judge described him as being "deeply and fundamentally selfish"

The march of Gail's, Britain's fastest growing chain of cafes, has now reached UK airports, with its first bakery opening at Gatwick's South Terminal.

A passenger on board an easyJet flight to Lanzarote has died mid-flight after crew members did everything they could to help them. 

alternative_right writes: Austria's armed forces have switched from Microsoft's Office programs to the open-source LibreOffice package. The reason for this is not to save on software license fees for around 16,000 workstations. "It was very important for us to show that we are doing this primarily (...) to strengthen our digital sovereignty, to maintain our independence in terms of ICT infrastructure and (...) to ensure that data is only processed in-house," emphasizes Michael Hillebrand from the Austrian Armed Forces' Directorate 6 ICT and Cyber. This is because processing data in external clouds is out of the question for the Austrian Armed Forces, as Hillebrand explained on ORF radio station O1. It was already apparent five years ago that Microsoft Office would move to the cloud. Back then, in 2020, the decision-making process for the switch began and was completed in 2021.

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The area has an unusual history too

A Virginia preschool teacher's assistant was fired after she was allegedly caught tying up a toddler in the classroom of a private school.

Fashion royalty rubbed shoulders with aristocracy on Thursday as a host of A-Listers partied at Chiltern Firehouse. 

The second migrant was successfully deported to France as part of the agreement this morning - only for hundreds more to set off in dinghies from a beach near Calais.

The Eritrean man said he was an 'alleged trafficking victim' and his barristers asked for an 'interim relief' because deportation would risk multiple human rights breaches.

The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh were snapped enjoying a sumo wrestling match on day one of their visit to Japan .

Despite an apparent risk of torture and persecution, an Afghan source said that many Afghan migrants are happy to return to the country on holiday.

The hitmaker is being remembered for his array of successful tracks, including Carrie Underwood's Jesus, Take The Wheel.

It is a 'priceless' local landmark which saw the likes of The Bay City Rollers perform in the 60s

Outside experts say the vulnerability has probably already been exploited

Budding ransomware crooks have another shot at exploiting Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT product now that a new 10/10 severity vulnerability needs patching.…

Stacey Solomon has opened up about the challenges of raising a blended family, admitting that the "logistics" are the hardest part of co-parenting with her ex Dean Cox

The first display will take place on October 25, combining a 30-metre water screen, more than 65 water jets, bursts of fire, vibrant lights and animated projections.

Kia is taking on the Volkswagen Golf by launching its new, sleek K4 hatchback. The petrol-powered car will arrive later this year and likely be priced between £25k and £28k.

Charli XCX and The 1975 star George Daniel tied the knot for the second time with a stunning party in Sicily on Sunday, after their intimate London ceremony in July.

An anonymous reader shares a report: JM Video, one of only two remaining DVD rental stores in Paris, is a focal point for film lovers and visited by actors like Brad Pitt when they are in the city, but the ever-growing competition of streaming platforms means this Paris institution is fighting for survival. Choice is not the problem: JM Video has a library of more than 50,000 films, more than some 5,000 on offer at any time on Netflix and more than the catalogues of all the major streaming actors combined. "It's one of the few places in Paris with a real film collection, you can find things here that you cannot find anywhere else," said movie buff Virginie Breton, who rents DVDs several times a week. But not enough to keep JM Video afloat. Sky-high Paris property rents and a dwindling customer base, combined with the arrival of ever-more streaming services like Amazon Prime, Disney+, HBO Max, Paramount+ and Apple TV+ are squeezing the life out of the cave-like shop, where DVDs spill out from floor-to-ceiling racks. Founded in 1982, JM Video was one of around 5,000 video rental shops in France at the end of last century, well before Netflix switched from being a DVD rental outfit to a streaming pioneer around 2010. Now, France has only about 10 DVD rental shops, two of which are in Paris.

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