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Dec292020 by adminNo Comments

Russian investigators open new fraud probe involving Navalny

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Russian authorities are ramping up the pressure on top Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny and leveling new fraud accusations against himBy VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated PressDecember 29, 2020, 8:32 PM• 3 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this articleMOSCOW -- Russian authorities on Tuesday ramped up the pressure on top Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny by leveling new fraud accusations against him.The Investigative Committee, Russia's main investigative agency, said it has opened a new criminal case against Navalny on charges of large-scale fraud related to his alleged mishandling of some $ 5 million in private donations to his Anti-Corruption Foundation and other organizations.Navalny, who is convalescing in Germany after an August poisoning with a nerve agent that he blamed on the K...

Dec72020 by adminNo Comments

Chinese probe orbiting moon with Earth-bound samples

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A Chinese probe is orbiting the moon in preparation for returning rocks and debris from the lunar surface to Earth for the first time in almost 45 yearsByThe Associated PressDecember 7, 2020, 9:12 AM• 4 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this articleBEIJING -- A Chinese probe was orbiting the moon on Monday in preparation for the returning of samples of the lunar surface to Earth for the first time in almost 45 years.The ascent module of the Chang’e 5 spacecraft transferred a container with 2 kilograms (4.4 pounds) of samples after docking with the robot spacecraft on Sunday and was then cut free.The orbiter and reentry vehicle will circle the moon for another week awaiting a narrow time window to make the roughly three-day, 383,000-kilometer (238,000-mile) journey back to Eart...

Oct242020 by adminNo Comments

Osiris-Rex: Nasa probe risks losing asteroid sample after door jams

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Oct212020 by adminNo Comments

Marine Corps general fired amid probe into use of racial slur

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Oct. 20 (UPI) -- The top commander of the U.S. Marine Corps in Europe and Africa, under investigation for his use of a racial slur, has been fired. Maj. Gen. Stephen Neary was relieved of his command on Monday, after a little over three months in the post. Advertisement An investigation was opened into Neary's behavior at a physical training exercise in August at the Marines' Stuttgart-area headquarters in Germany, Stars and Stripes reported. Loud rap music was playing, including lyrics with racial epithets. Neary, who is White, asked junior troops how they would feel if he said the N-word, according to a Marine who was there, speaking to Stripes on the condition of anonymity. NBC, quoting unnamed military officials, also reported the probe was centered on allegations that Neary used th...

Oct202020 by adminNo Comments

Nasa’s Osiris-Rex probe aims for daring ‘high five’ with asteroid Bennu

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