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MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian State Space Corporation Roscosmos will carry out 17 space launches in 2018 and over 35 launches in 2019, Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin told Sputnik. “If this year we have only 17 launches, then next [year] we…
BEIJING (Sputnik) – China successfully launched the BeiDou-3 satellite, the 41st satellite to join the nation’s BeiDou navigation system, atop the Long March 3B carrier rocket, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) said on Friday. The lift-off took…
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Three Syrian servicemen were killed and four others were injured in an attack by illegal armed groups in the country’s western Hama province, the Russian Defense Ministry’s Center for Syrian Reconciliation said. “Despite the ceasefire regime being…
LONDON (Sputnik) – UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt on Thursday held a meeting with Raed Saleh, the leader of the White Helmets, to discuss the group’s activities in Syria, the Foreign Office said in a statement. “Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt…
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have suspended their fight against the Daesh* terror group due to attacks on them by Turkey in the north of Syria, the US Central Command spokesman, Navy Capt. Bill Urban, said…
On Thursday, Iowa Rep. Steve King took questions from members of the public at the Greater Des Moines Partnership forum. This sleepy-sounding event was interrupted when King became so enraged by a question about his views on immigration that he…
