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Europe's JUICE spacecraft ready to explore Jupiter's icy moons

Europe's JUICE spacecraft ready to explore Jupiter's icy moons

Europe's JUICE spacecraft is all ready to embark on an eight-year odyssey through the Solar System to find out whether the oceans hidden under the surface of Jupiter's icy moons have the potential to host extraterrestrial life.

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Turkey postpones NATO talks with Sweden, Finland

Turkey postpones NATO talks with Sweden, Finland

Turkey on Tuesday postponed NATO accession talks with Sweden and Finland, further denting the Nordic neighbours' hopes of joining the Western defence alliance after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Corsica tycoon convicted for harming tortoises during construction

Corsica tycoon convicted for harming tortoises during construction

Corsican construction tycoon Patrick Rocca was fined 150,000 euros Tuesday for harming protected tortoises on a building site even after officials told him to stop.

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Protecting Amazon a tough task, says Brazil's environment minister

Protecting Amazon a tough task, says Brazil's environment minister

Brazil's environment minister Marina Silva knows she has her work cut out to protect the Amazon, the world's largest rainforest that is shared among nine countries.

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Rapid development is main threat to big carnivores: study

Rapid development is main threat to big carnivores: study

Declines in populations of big carnivores like lions, tigers and wolves may be driven more by rapid human economic development than habitat loss or climate change, according to a new study Tuesday.

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Rohit, Gill power India to 3-0 ODI series sweep of New Zealand

Rohit, Gill power India to 3-0 ODI series sweep of New Zealand

Skipper Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill hit attacking centuries to help India sweep the one-day international series against New Zealand with a 90-run victory in the third match on Tuesday.

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Eurostar recovery hampered by post-Brexit checks

Eurostar recovery hampered by post-Brexit checks

Cross-Channel train operator Eurostar complained Tuesday that slower post-Brexit passport checks for travellers are forcing it to run some services almost one-third empty.

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Oscar nominations: five takeaways

Oscar nominations: five takeaways

The nominations for the Academy Awards were unveiled Tuesday, with "Everything Everywhere All at Once" leading the way with 11 nods.

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'Doomsday Clock' moves closest ever to midnight

'Doomsday Clock' moves closest ever to midnight

The "Doomsday Clock" symbolizing the perils to humanity moved Tuesday to its closest ever to midnight amid the Ukraine war, nuclear tensions and the climate crisis.

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Egypt archaeologists uncover 'complete' Roman city

Egypt archaeologists uncover 'complete' Roman city

Egyptian archaeologists said Tuesday they had discovered an 1,800-year-old "complete residential city from the Roman-era" in the heart of the southern city of Luxor.

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