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Cosmic Girl jumbo jet lands back in Cornwall as UK's historic space mission suffers setback The seaside town of Newquay played host to history, as an orbital rocket was blasted into space from UK soil for the first time. The LauncherOne craft was taken skyward under the wing of a former Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 dubbed Cosmic Girl, on its mission to deploy satellites into orbit.

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Delhi winter: Cold wave and fog cause chaos in northern India Parts of northern India are experiencing a severe, prolonged cold wave that has thrown normal life out of gear. Dense fog has delayed more than a hundred flights and dozens of trains, causing chaos at airports and railway stations. Authorities in the capital Delhi have asked schools to extend winter holidays and cancelled classes. The minimum temperature in parts of the city dropped to 1.9C on Sunday. Other northern states have also been grappling with an acute cold wave, with temperatures plummeting to -6C (21F) in Indian-administered Kashmir.

China Covid: More than 88 million people in Henan infected, official says Nearly 90% of people in Henan, China's third most populous province, have now been infected with Covid, local health officials say. Provincial official Kan Quancheng revealed the figure - amounting to about 88.5 million people - at a press conference. China is battling an unprecedented surge in cases after abandoning zero-Covid policies in December. The move followed rare protests against lockdowns, quarantines and mass tests.

Joe Biden has walked along the US-Mexico border in Texas to see up close one of his presidency's biggest issues. He visited a migrant centre in El Paso and joined Border Patrol agents in touring a section of the border wall. The number of migrant crossings has spiralled in recent months, making the Democratic president vulnerable to the accusation he is soft on security. Last week he announced tougher measures to expand the nationalities of those who can be sent back to Mexico. But that left the Republican governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, unimpressed - he said the president was failing to enforce immigration laws.

Bangkok, Thailand- Thai Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul stated just shortly ago, today, January 9th, 2023, at a press conference at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok to welcome Chinese tourists to Thailand that a controversial rule to require proof of documentation of Covid vaccination to fly to Thailand will be canceled. This is only a few hours after the rule came into effect and an entire weekend of chaos and controversy over the sudden rules that disrupted many travelers trips and caused widespread confusion. Anutin briefly stated that airlines will not be checking proof of Covid-19 vaccinations to fly to Thailand, although since the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand, or CAAT, had already released the new rules to all airlines over the weekend and changed them several times, it may take some time for all airlines to adjust their policies once again. An official announcement from the Tourism Authority of Thailand is expected soon. It was not immediately clear if medical insurance covering Covid-19 for visitors from countries requiring a test to enter, like India or China, would stay or was also being removed. Pattaya News . Richard Barrow: ????IMPORTANT UPDATE: Mr. Anutin Charnvirakul, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Health has canceled the criteria for vaccination certificates before entering the country on all flights. Effective immediately. Please SHARE with your friends. I will post more information as soon as it comes in. I’m told TAT Newsroom will post an update soon. | #Thailand

For the first time ever, the United States has returned a looted antiquity to the Palestinian Authority -- an Iron Age ivory "cosmetic spoon" that is almost 3,000 years old. US and Palestinian officials attended a ceremony on Thursday marking the historic repatriation at the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities in Bethlehem, according to statements released by the US Office of Palestinian Affairs and the official Palestinian News & Information Agency (WAFA).

Australia hit by 'one-in-100-year' floods as hundreds airlifted to safety Authorities say some evacuation centres have struggled to cope with the number of displaced people, as floods wrecked highways and bridges.

54-year-old man in an intimate relationship with a sex doll says he wants to break the stigma around having a doll companion. The man, a carpenter from New South Wales who has not revealed his name, became extremely lonely during Covid. “Home was very empty. You get lacklustre when there’s no stimulation in your life,” he told 7Life.

The 13ft shark caused panic at an Australian beach after it was spotted dangerously close to the shoreline. The huge 13ft beast was seen prowling the coastline near Aldinga Beach just south of Adelaide on Saturday morning.

. Olaf Scholz under pressure to release Leopard II tanks to Ukraine after Poland and Finland pledge German manufactured tank is one of most feared in the world and would give Ukraine an edge against Russia’s T-72 tanks Pressure is building on Germany to release Leopard II tanks to Ukraine after Finland and Poland pledged to send Europe’s most fearsome tank to fight the Russian army. Germany manufactures Leopard II tanks and also holds the export licence for them, meaning Berlin must approve any shipment of the tanks to Ukraine or elsewhere. After both the Finnish and Polish governments signalled their desire to send Leopard II vehicles to Ukraine, Lars Klingbeil, a German MP and part of the ruling coalition, said the government wouldn’t be bounced into a deal and that no countries “were yet delivering heavy battle tanks” to Ukraine.

O Director Franco Zeffirelli's son calls sexual exploitation lawsuit from Romeo and Juliet stars 'embarrassing' Stars Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey are suing Paramount Pictures over a nude bedroom scene from the 1968 film.

Inside the Westminster Accounts - how the database was created Sky News and Tortoise Media teamed up to create the first searchable database of the main sources of money entering UK politics. Here’s how it was done. Kieran Devine

Single-use items like plastic cutlery, plates and trays will be banned in England, the government has confirmed. It is not clear when the ban will come into effect, but it follows similar moves already made by Scotland and Wales. Environment Secretary Thérèse Coffey said the move would help protect the environment for future generations. Campaigners welcomed the ban, but called for a wider-ranging plastic reduction strategy.

Himachal Pradesh: Thousands despair as India Adani plants shut down "I don't know what our fault is. What have we done to deserve this?" says a distraught Kanta Sharma, pointing to a shuttered cement plant in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It's one of two plants - the other is located around 48km (30 miles) away - in Darlaghat that were shut down in December by their owner, Adani Group, leaving thousands of locals without work. Since her husband died in 2009, Ms Sharma has depended entirely on the plant to make a living. She took a loan and dipped into her savings to purchase a truck to transport cement and raw material to and from the plant. The little land the family owned was acquired when the plant was built. The school dropout who became Asia's richest man