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UFO seen in Canada? Bright luminous object spins across night sky
The Economic Times
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August 15, 2025
A mysterious light streaked across the night sky over southern Quebec on Tuesday(August 12), leaving stargazers and casual skywatchers alike scratching their heads. Observers described a luminous spiral of light, seemingly floating and spinning in...
Hostage to Long Story Short: the seven best shows to stream this week
The Guardian
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August 15, 2025
Pick of the week Hostage Abigail Dalton has assured her husband, Alex, that becoming prime minister won’t stop her from making the right decisions for her family. This is then tested painfully. Dalton (Suranne Jones) is already facing a tough...
Nine years since TTFA started its elite/high performance model, is T&T’s youth football better or worse off?
Wired 868
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August 14, 2025
On 25 July, Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president Kieron Edwards suggested that “progress” was being made with regards to the country’s eligibility law, which would widen the pool of players available for the national football...
At The Movies: “Jurassic” “Jaws”
East Penn Press - Pennsylvania
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Big Dinosaurs. Big Pharma. These disparate topics might not seem to have links across the epochs. They do in “Jurassic World: Rebirth.” Big Dinosaurs, a type of reptile that first appeared during the Triassic period 243 million to 233 million...
Europe says it leads the world in Earth Observation. But what is it?
Euronews
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August 13, 2025
Published on 13/08/2025 - 16:10 GMT+2 •Updated 16:11 The heavy-lift launcher, developed over a decade by the European Space Agency (ESA) and ArianeGroup, was launched from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana this Tuesday. After just over...
What was in the sky? Witnesses, experts speculate on strange sightings captured on camera
Yahoo News
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Missourians who had their eyes to the skies Tuesday night in hopes of catching the Perseid meteor shower, were surprised to see something much bigger than a shooting star. Witnesses all across the Show-Me State, and in Kansas and Illinois, took to...
Story Applications Watch: MetOp-SG-A1 and Sentinel-5 media briefing 23/07/2025 1328 views 38 likes Read
ESA
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Applications 23/07/2025 1328 views 38 likes With launch slated for August, the first MetOp Second Generation satellite, MetOp-SG-A1, which also carries the Copernicus Sentinel-5 mission, is currently undergoing final preparations for liftoff...
‘Learn a little bit every day': Orb over Connecticut catches attention of many
NBC Connecticut
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August 13, 2025
Did you see the mysterious object in the skies over Connecticut on Tuesday night? It was captured on video and shared widely on social media. Well, it turned out to be a rocket launching out of South America headed north. The NBC Connecticut...
Story Applications First MetOp-SG and Sentinel-5 launched 13/08/2025 5399 views 42 likes Read
ESA
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Applications 13/08/2025 5385 views 42 likes Ushering in a new era of weather and climate monitoring from polar orbit, the first in a new series of satellites, MetOp Second Generation, has been lofted into orbit aboard an Ariane 6 rocket from the...
Lights seen over Eastern U.S. were likely from European rocket launch
CBS 3 Philly - Pennsylvania
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Along the East Coast of the U.S. on Tuesday night, onlookers snapped pictures and took video of strange lights in the sky — what could it be? Photos shared across social media showed a sort of wobbling white shape that looked like a boomerang or...
U.S. issues travel warning for 5 countries: ‘Practice enhanced precautions’
Syracuse.com - New York
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August 14, 2025
The United States has issued a travel warning for Americans traveling to five countries. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in an update to its global travel alert that polio is circulating in Finland, Germany, Spain, the...
Mystery object that appeared in sky over Connecticut identified
WTOC 11 - Georgia
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August 13, 2025
(WFSB) - Viewers spotted a mystery object that appeared in the sky over Connecticut on Tuesday night. Channel 3 viewers sent in photos of it through social media. Viewers reported that the photos were taken in places like Watertown, Bristol, and...
What was mystery light seen in Lehigh Valley sky last night?
Morning Call - Pennsylvania
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August 13, 2025
Several residents in the Lehigh Valley and throughout Pennsylvania reported seeing a “spinning light” object in the sky Tuesday night. Many people posted images of the object on social media, leading to speculation about the cause of the anomaly....
What was white spiral spotted in Tuesday night sky over PA, Del?
The News Journal - Delaware
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As star gazers were looking for Perseid meteor shower's zooming fireballs or Vulcan rocket launch on Tuesday night, multiple sightings of a mysterious white spiral had viewers stumped and questioning the unidentified object. Many people took to...
Perseid meteor, Vulcan rocket launch or UFO; white spiral in night sky over PA, Delaware
Yahoo News
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As star gazers were looking for Perseid meteor shower's zooming fireballs or Vulcan rocket launch on Tuesday night, multiple sightings of a mysterious white spiral had viewers stumped and questioning the unidentified object. Many people took to...
Strange light seen in Philly sky Tuesday night likely caused by rocket launch
Philly Voice
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August 13, 2025
Some people observing the night sky in Philadelphia on Tuesday spotted an unusual display of light glowing in the shape of a boomerang. The same pattern was observed in the night sky along much of the East Coast, prompting speculation about its...
Stargazers dazzled as spirals of light appear in night sky
ABC News - New York
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August 13, 2025
Stargazers on the lookout for the Perseid meteor shower were treated to an extra nighttime spectacular on Tuesday night as spirals appeared in the sky along the East Coast. The unusual light show -- which appeared to show circling lights in the...
Science ABC News Stargazers dazzled as spirals of light appear in night sky
Yahoo News
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Stargazers on the lookout for the Perseid meteor shower were treated to an extra nighttime spectacular on Tuesday night as spirals appeared in the sky along the East Coast. The unusual light show -- which appeared to show circling lights in the...
Ashley Thomas AKA Bashy reveals biggest hope for Netflix drama Hostage and how acting came before rapping
Radio Times
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This article first appeared in Radio Times magazine. In Netflix's new thriller Hostage, Ashley Thomas plays Dr Alex Anderson, the husband of Prime Minister Abigail Dalton and a medic with Médecins sans Frontières who is taken hostage while working...
Global ‘mining mafia’ feeds China’s appetite for gold, investigation shows
The New Zealand Herald
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August 13, 2025
As part of a strategic effort to reduce reliance on the US dollar, insulate itself from potential United States sanctions and build its own capacity to influence the international monetary system, China is procuring gold at a voracious pace. This...