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US authorities announced Friday that two drawings worth $2.5 million stolen by the Nazi regime and eventually displayed in American museums will be returned to relatives of Fritz Grunbaum, an Austrian Jewish cabaret performer killed in the Holocaust.
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Japan Moon lander 'appears to have landed': space agency
Japan's precision Moon lander "appeared" to have landed on the lunar surface early Saturday, but confirmation was still awaited, space agency JAXA said.
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Japan's "Moon Sniper" was set to touch down early Saturday on the lunar surface, one of myriad new missions on the back of renewed interest in Earth's natural satellite.
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US spaceship lost over S. Pacific following failed Moon mission
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Axiom launches third mission to ISS, carrying European space hopes
An all-European crew including Turkey's first astronaut launched for the International Space Station on Thursday with Axiom Space, as countries increasingly look to the private sector to fulfill their ambitions in the cosmos.
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Japan's 'Moon Sniper' attempts historic lunar landing
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Meta joins rivals in pursuit of human-level AI
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Belgium's Africa museum pores over colonial-era collection
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Crippled spaceship set for fiery reentry into Earth's atmosphere
A crippled American spaceship is set to burn up in the atmosphere over a remote region of the South Pacific on Thursday, bringing a fiery end to its failed mission to land on the Moon.
Axiom set for third mission to ISS, carrying European space hopes
An all-European crew including Turkey's first astronaut are set to launch for the International Space Station on Thursday with Axiom Space, as countries increasingly look to the private sector to fulfill their final frontier ambitions.
TSMC to launch chipmaking plant in Japan, but US plant to face delays
Taiwan's TSMC will open its latest chipmaking foundry on Japan's Kyushu island on February 24, but a plant in the United States will face further delays, the company said Thursday.
Taiwan's TSMC to launch Japan chipmaking plant in February
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Decay in state dental care leaves UK patients down in the mouth
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Samsung turns to AI to regain smartphone throne
Samsung on Wednesday released its latest Galaxy smartphones with new artificial intelligence features as the South Korean giant seeks win back its spot as the world's biggest phone seller from Apple.
European crew poised for private mission to International Space Station
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Turkey's first astronaut set to boost Erdogan's ambitions
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Webb telescope discovers oldest black hole yet
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High hopes for Japan's 'Moon Sniper' mission
Japan's "Moon Sniper" spacecraft will attempt a historic touchdown on the lunar surface this weekend using pinpoint technology the country hopes will lead to success where many have failed.
Women's health gap costs $1 trillion worldwide: report
The huge gap between how women and men's health are treated costs $1 trillion a year worldwide, the World Economic Forum said on Wednesday.
Bolivian toymaker restores limbs, dignity with 3D-printing
As a kid growing up in poverty in rural Bolivia, Roly Mamani built his own toys. Now a 34-year-old engineer, he 3D prints limbs for Indigenous compatriots scarred by life-changing accidents.
Volocopter flying taxi seeks to seduce Paris
A German company is seeking to use the exposure generated by the Paris Olympics to overcome the opposition of local politicians and demonstrate that flying taxis can serve the French capital.
Fujitsu says morally obliged to compensate wronged UK postmasters
Fujitsu has a moral obligation to help compensate UK postmasters wrongly convicted because of a bug in its accounting software, its European director said on Tuesday.
IMF chief says AI holds risks, 'tremendous opportunity' for global economy
Artificial intelligence poses risks to job security around the world but also offers a "tremendous opportunity" to boost flagging productivity levels and fuel global growth, the IMF chief told AFP.
Adecco chief says AI will create new jobs
Artificial intelligence raises serious concerns for jobs but it will also create new positions, the head of Adecco, the world's biggest temporary staffing agency, told AFP.