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Musk says Inspiration4 crew had 'challenges' with toilet, promises upgrade
"Definitely upgraded toilets :) We had some challenges with it this flight," Musk said in a tweet, answering questions from Twitter users. He did not elaborate on what these challenges were or how exactly the toilets would be upgraded. SpaceX CEO recently said that next time the Dragon spacecraft will have a food warmer and free WiFi.
FBI Director warns Taliban takeover could inspire extremists in US
Wray testified before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee that extremist groups have never stopped plotting attacks on US soil. "We are concerned that, with developments in Afghanistan, among other things, that there will be more inspiration to the first bucket," Wray told the committee.
As Pak remains focused on Af, its people fret over high food prices
Though after touching double digit figures in April and May, the inflation rate has eased in July and August-- the inflation rate remained stable at 8.4 per cent. However, the worry for the Imran Khan government is the high price of food items. High food prices impact the country's poor the most. The rate of inflation in April and May touched 11.1 per cent and 10.87 respectively.
FB paid billions extra to spare Zuck in Cambridge Analytica probe
In suits made public Tuesday, two groups of shareholders claimed that members of Facebook's board allowed the company to overpay on its fine in order to protect Zuckerberg, the company's founder and largest shareholder. The complaints, which cite internal discussions among Facebook's board members, were filed in Delaware Court of Chancery last month.
Biden plays down chances of UK-US trade pact
Biden said he would discuss the issue "a little bit" with the UK prime minister, adding: "We're going to have to work that through." Downing Street said a direct deal with the US remained his "priority". However, UK ministers have been pondering joining an existing North American trade pact instead, the BBC reported.
Delta Covid variant now spread to 185 countries: WHO
"The Delta variant now accounted for 90 per cent of the sequences submitted to GISAID with a sample collection date (between 15 June-15 September, 2021)," the global health agency said in its weekly epidemiological update on Tuesday. GISAID, which stands for Global Initiative on Sharing Avian Influenza Data, is an open-access database.
Dozens of choppers, hundreds of Humvees transferred out of Afghanistan
Footage published on social media showed several Afghan air force helicopters in Uzbekistan and images also showed Humvees and Ranger trucks being transferred into Iran. Noor Mohammad Mutavakil, a member of the Cultural Commission, said some of the military hardware transferred into Iran has been returned to Afghanistan. However, he did not say who had transferred the hardware out of the country.
Last coal financier China to stop building plants overseas
This basically means the last coal financier of the world has now decided to stop financing overseas coal. Also it marks a shift in policy around its sprawling Belt and Road infrastructure initiative, which had already begun to drawdown its coal projects, believe climate experts. But concerns remain over domestic emissions.
UN must bolster confidence: Xi
Xi was speaking remotely at the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Xinhua news agency reported.
Modi to attend Quad summit, hold bilateral meetings
The Quad summit on Friday with Prime Ministers, Yoshihide Suga of Japan and Scott Morrison of Australia, will be the first in-person summit of the leaders of the four countries that are focused on the Indo-Pacific region.
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