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Schools Shut, Flights Cancelled As Typhoon Ragasa Heads To Hong Kong, China
Hong Kong and parts of southern China were on high alert early Wednesday as Super Typhoon Ragasa approached with powerful winds and lashing rain, forcing Chinese authorities to shut down schools and businesses in at least 10 cities.
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Typhoon Podul Makes Landfall In China After Lashing Taiwan
Typhoon Podul weakened to a severe tropical storm when it roared ashore in southeastern China, state media said, after carving a path across Taiwan, shutting down businesses, grounding flights and knocking out power to thousands of homes.
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Jellyfish Force French Nuclear Plant Shutdown
A nuclear plant in northern France was temporarily shut down after a swarm of jellyfish clogged pumps used to cool the reactors.
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Jeju Air Pilots' Union "Strongly Angered", Reject Plane Crash Blame On Pilots
The Boeing 737-800 was flying from Thailand to South Korea's southwest on December 29 last year but ended upbelly-landing at Muan airport and exploding in a fireball after slamming into a concrete barrier, killing 179 people.
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Starship Flight 8 Explosion Traced to ‘Flash’ in Rocket Engines, SpaceX Investigation Confirms
A sudden flash in one of Starship’s central Raptor engines caused the loss of Flight 8, SpaceX has confirmed. The engine malfunction led to cascading shutdowns and triggered the vehicle’s self-destruct system. FAA oversight has cleared Starship for its ninth test flight, set for May 27, marking the return of the world’s most powerful rocket s...
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Blasts At 3 Pak Air Bases Including Nur Khan, Explosions Over Srinagar
Powerful explosions were reported early Saturday across multiple Pakistani air bases, including a critical installation near the capital Islamabad, prompting the Pakistani government to shut down the country's airspace to all civilian aircraft.
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'I Just Need To Be There': Chaos As Power Cut Hits London Airport Services
Heathrow airport was completely shut down on Friday after a power outage due to a fire at a London electricity substation, causing travel chaos for passengers around the world and the cancellation or diversion of hundreds of flights.
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Air India Flights Among 1,351 Affected By Fire In London, Airport Shutdown
An estimated 1,351 flights, including those operated by Air India, were cancelled or diverted Friday after London's Heathrow airport shut down for the day.
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Major Fire In London Substation, Heathrow Airport Closed, Thousands Without Power
London's Heathrow Airportshut down till midnight today after a fire in a substation in the western part of the city led to a "significant power outage" and left over 16,000 homes without electricity.
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Gautam Gambhir Shuts Down Critics Questioning His Decisions With Powerful '140 Crore Indians' Remark
Gambhir went on to offer clarity on sending KL Rahul at number six instead of a spot higher in the order.
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Adani Group Stocks Rally After Short Seller Hindenburg Research Shuts Down
Shares of Adani Power surged 9.21 per cent, Adani Green Energy soared 8.86 per cent and Adani Enterprises climbed 7.72 per cent.
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NASA Engineers Restore Voyager 1 Communications After 15 Billion-Mile Transmission Disruption
NASA successfully reconnected with Voyager 1 after an unexpected communication disruption caused by a shutdown of the spacecraft’s primary transmitter. Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California pinpointed the cause as Voyager’s fault protection system, which manages power by shutting down non-essential systems. With a second...
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Taiwan Braces For Super Typhoon Kong-Rey, Thousands Evacuated, Schools Shut
Taiwan shut down on Thursday as Super Typhoon Kong-rey neared, forcing thousands to flee from one of the most powerful storms to threaten the island in years.
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Cuba Plunges Into Countrywide Darkness As National Power Grid Fails
Cuba plunged into a countrywide blackout on Friday after one of the island's major power plants failed and caused the national electrical grid to shut down, its energy ministry said.
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NASA Voyager 2 Shuts Down Plasma Science Instrument to Conserve Power
NASA engineers have powered down the plasma science instrument on Voyager 2 to conserve energy. Launched in 1977, the spacecraft is now 12.8 billion miles from Earth. With power decreasing yearly, NASA aims to keep at least one instrument functional into the 2030s. The plasma science instrument, which helped confirm Voyager 2's crossing into inters...
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Schools Shut, Flights Cancelled As Typhoon Ragasa Heads To Hong Kong, China
Hong Kong and parts of southern China were on high alert early Wednesday as Super Typhoon Ragasa approached with powerful winds and lashing rain, forcing Chinese authorities to shut down schools and businesses in at least 10 cities.
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Typhoon Podul Makes Landfall In China After Lashing Taiwan
Typhoon Podul weakened to a severe tropical storm when it roared ashore in southeastern China, state media said, after carving a path across Taiwan, shutting down businesses, grounding flights and knocking out power to thousands of homes.
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Jellyfish Force French Nuclear Plant Shutdown
A nuclear plant in northern France was temporarily shut down after a swarm of jellyfish clogged pumps used to cool the reactors.
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Jeju Air Pilots' Union "Strongly Angered", Reject Plane Crash Blame On Pilots
The Boeing 737-800 was flying from Thailand to South Korea's southwest on December 29 last year but ended upbelly-landing at Muan airport and exploding in a fireball after slamming into a concrete barrier, killing 179 people.
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Starship Flight 8 Explosion Traced to ‘Flash’ in Rocket Engines, SpaceX Investigation Confirms
A sudden flash in one of Starship’s central Raptor engines caused the loss of Flight 8, SpaceX has confirmed. The engine malfunction led to cascading shutdowns and triggered the vehicle’s self-destruct system. FAA oversight has cleared Starship for its ninth test flight, set for May 27, marking the return of the world’s most powerful rocket s...
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Blasts At 3 Pak Air Bases Including Nur Khan, Explosions Over Srinagar
Powerful explosions were reported early Saturday across multiple Pakistani air bases, including a critical installation near the capital Islamabad, prompting the Pakistani government to shut down the country's airspace to all civilian aircraft.
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'I Just Need To Be There': Chaos As Power Cut Hits London Airport Services
Heathrow airport was completely shut down on Friday after a power outage due to a fire at a London electricity substation, causing travel chaos for passengers around the world and the cancellation or diversion of hundreds of flights.
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Air India Flights Among 1,351 Affected By Fire In London, Airport Shutdown
An estimated 1,351 flights, including those operated by Air India, were cancelled or diverted Friday after London's Heathrow airport shut down for the day.
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Major Fire In London Substation, Heathrow Airport Closed, Thousands Without Power
London's Heathrow Airportshut down till midnight today after a fire in a substation in the western part of the city led to a "significant power outage" and left over 16,000 homes without electricity.
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Gautam Gambhir Shuts Down Critics Questioning His Decisions With Powerful '140 Crore Indians' Remark
Gambhir went on to offer clarity on sending KL Rahul at number six instead of a spot higher in the order.
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Adani Group Stocks Rally After Short Seller Hindenburg Research Shuts Down
Shares of Adani Power surged 9.21 per cent, Adani Green Energy soared 8.86 per cent and Adani Enterprises climbed 7.72 per cent.
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NASA Engineers Restore Voyager 1 Communications After 15 Billion-Mile Transmission Disruption
NASA successfully reconnected with Voyager 1 after an unexpected communication disruption caused by a shutdown of the spacecraft’s primary transmitter. Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California pinpointed the cause as Voyager’s fault protection system, which manages power by shutting down non-essential systems. With a second...
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Taiwan Braces For Super Typhoon Kong-Rey, Thousands Evacuated, Schools Shut
Taiwan shut down on Thursday as Super Typhoon Kong-rey neared, forcing thousands to flee from one of the most powerful storms to threaten the island in years.
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Cuba Plunges Into Countrywide Darkness As National Power Grid Fails
Cuba plunged into a countrywide blackout on Friday after one of the island's major power plants failed and caused the national electrical grid to shut down, its energy ministry said.
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NASA Voyager 2 Shuts Down Plasma Science Instrument to Conserve Power
NASA engineers have powered down the plasma science instrument on Voyager 2 to conserve energy. Launched in 1977, the spacecraft is now 12.8 billion miles from Earth. With power decreasing yearly, NASA aims to keep at least one instrument functional into the 2030s. The plasma science instrument, which helped confirm Voyager 2's crossing into inters...
