Day: February 7, 2023
Vote to block Georgia spaceport upheld by state’s high court
Georgia’s highest court has upheld an election in which residents of a coastal community voted to block their county government from building a launchpad for blasting commercial rockets into space.
‘Race against time’ earthquake rescues hampered by storms and freezing temperatures
Storms and cold weather hampered search and rescue efforts in earthquake-hit areas of Turkey and Syria in the last 24 hours.
Trump-era Chinese spy balloons went undetected
They may have been classified as UFOs, or unidentified anomalous phenomenon, at the time, reports say.
Chief fired after termination of 5 officers in sex scandal
A Tennessee police chief has been fired following an investigation into a sex scandal that also led to five officers being terminated.
From a Super Bowl boycott to Johnny Depp: What are Rihanna’s politics?
From tangling with the NFL over racial injustice to backing farmers’ protests in India, the Barbadian pop icon has expressed solidarity with marginalised people around the world, Io Dodds writes
Disney removes ‘Simpsons’ episode in Hong Kong that jokes about China’s forced labor camps
Disney has dropped an episode of “The Simpsons” from its streaming platform in Hong Kong that made a reference to forced labor camps in China.