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NASA Gave Up a Ride to the Moon. This Startup’s Rover Took It.

After the space agency canceled its VIPER rover, an empty space was available on a private spacecraft that will still head to the lunar surface.

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An artist’s concept of Astrolab's FLIP rover, which will join Astrobotic's Griffin Mission One, scheduled for delivery at the end of 2025.

Grand Canyons on the Moon Were Made in a Matter of Minutes

Scientists proposed an explanation for the formation of Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck near the lunar south pole, which are each about the size of Earth’s Grand Canyon.

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Two grand canyons on the moon radiating from the Schrödinger impact basin near the lunar south pole on the lunar far side.

Honda and Nissan Merger Talks in Peril

Two of Japan’s largest automakers have been in talks to combine their operations to form one of the world’s biggest car groups.

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A Nissan dealership in Osaka, Japan. Nissan and Honda disclosed in December that they were in merger talks.

Want to Smoke Outdoors in Milan? Better Be Far From Other People.

Milan is the first major Italian city to place strong restrictions on where people can smoke outside. Cue the discontent.

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Under the new rules, smoking is banned everywhere in Milan except for “isolated areas where it’s possible to respect a distance of at least 33 feet from other people.”

Foreign Strongmen Cheer as Musk Dismantles U.S. Aid Agency

Leaders in Russia, Hungary and El Salvador welcomed the Trump administration’s assault on U.S.A.I.D., which many authoritarians have seen as a threat.

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A U.S.A.I.D. cargo container in Manila on Tuesday. The scope of the agency is extensive and covers a variety of humanitarian relief efforts.

Trump Brazenly Defies Laws in Escalating Executive Power Grab

In the radical opening weeks of his second term, President Trump has appeared to feel little constraint by any need to show respect for the rule of law.

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President Trump has encountered few obstacles so far in his second term’s assault on the federal government.

Want to Smoke Outdoors in Milan? Better Be Far From Other People.

Milan is the first major Italian city to place strong restrictions on where people can smoke outside. Cue the discontent.

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Under the new rules, smoking is banned everywhere in Milan except for “isolated areas where it’s possible to respect a distance of at least 33 feet from other people.”

U.S. Military Plane Deports Migrants to India

The flight appeared to be the first use of an American military aircraft to deport people to India, which is one of the top sources of illegal immigration to the United States.

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A U.S. Air Force plane carrying deported Indians landing in Punjab State in northwestern India on Wednesday.

3 Years Into War, Ukrainian Musicians Ask, ‘Will We Ever Go Home?’

The Kyiv Symphony’s players are building new lives as refugees in a German town. But they face shifting attitudes about migrants and an unending war.

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Tetiana Martyniuk-Bahrii at home in Monheim am Rhein, where the Kyiv Symphony Orchestra has a two-year residency. “It’s a life, but I can’t say it’s a totally happy life,” she said. “Who knows what will be next?”

Buffalo Bills Fans Have It Tough, Especially in Antarctica

Research scientists in remote locations need to get creative in order to follow their favorite teams, even when they don’t like the outcomes.

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Palmer Station is a tiny American research base in Antarctica — and a temporary home to several Bills fans.

An Unbound Trump Pushes an Improbable Plan for Gaza

Once a critic of nation building, the president now envisions taking over a Middle East enclave, driving out its Palestinian population and transforming it into “the Riviera of the Middle East.”

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After President Trump said that the United States would take over Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said that “it’s something that could change history” and that it was worth “pursuing this avenue,” without explicitly endorsing the idea.

Takeaways From Trump’s Proposal for a U.S. Takeover of Gaza

President Trump said that the United States should take over Gaza and forcibly relocate two million Palestinians. Leaders in Gaza and Arab nations immediately rejected the idea.

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Left unexplained by President Trump on Tuesday was how a U.S. takeover of Gaza would be enacted, and how two million people would be moved to other countries against their will.

5 Takeaways From Trump’s News Conference With Netanyahu

President Trump said that the United States should take over Gaza and forcibly relocate two million Palestinians. Leaders in Gaza and Arab nations immediately rejected the idea.

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Left unexplained by President Trump on Tuesday was how a U.S. takeover of Gaza would be enacted, and how two million people would be moved to other countries against their will.

Man Sentenced to 44 Years in Prison After Pleading Guilty to Qaeda Ties

Minh Quang Pham was accused of plotting a suicide bombing at Heathrow Airport in London in support of Al Qaeda’s Yemen branch.

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The sentencing of Minh Quang Pham appeared to conclude a winding case that began with his indictment in New York on several terrorism counts in 2012.

West Bank? Call It Judea and Samaria, Some Republicans Say.

President Trump’s return has emboldened supporters of Israeli annexation of the occupied territory who want to mandate the use of language reflecting that view. Opponents of annexation say the term reflects a political agenda.

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A settler outpost in the northern West Bank in July. Settlements in the territory are widely considered to be illegal under international law.

Conditions May Have Stymied Black Hawk Crew Before Fatal Crash

The Army pilots were juggling dark skies, low altitude, a busy airspace and a cockpit without certain traffic detectors before the helicopter’s midair crash with a regional passenger jet.

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A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. Black Hawks have long been a fixture in the U.S. military, both for general purposes and for more tailored missions.

Ozempic-Like Drug Failed to Treat Parkinson’s Disease in Trial

The study may suggest that other researchers should be less optimistic about the prospects for treating a range of other conditions with newer weight-loss drugs.

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A study in the United Kingdom involved 194 people with Parkinson’s disease who were randomly assigned to inject themselves once a week with exenatide, marketed as Byetta, or with a placebo.
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