Thursday, August 27, 2020

27 August - iGoogle Portal- MSM News

  SpaceNews.com

  • Space Force statement: "We don’t comment on proposed legislation and will announce Space Force ranks when the decision is final.” SpaceNews
  • As Astra prepares for another launch attempt of its small launch vehicle, the company is facing a lawsuit from another company with a similar name. SpaceNews...
  • A new report offers ways both astronomers and satellite developers can reduce the effect megaconstellations have on ground-based astronomy, but warned that no combination of measures...
  • Three Hungarian companies are forming a joint venture to launch the country’s first geostationary communications satellite in 2024. SpaceNews
    • The 45th Space Wing that oversees the space launch ranges in Florida will no longer be a wing, it will be a space delta. SpaceNews

    Sydney Morning Herald RSS News Headlines

  • Officials identified the 31-year-old as the police officer who shot Jacob Blake multiple times in the back, sparking protests across Kenosha.
  • The US has recorded the highest total number of coronavirus cases in the world, while the country's virus death toll is also the world's highest.


  • The Prime Minister said his office had been swamped with letters from Australians with "heartbreaking" stories of being denied medical care due to border closures...

      The Times of India



  • Senior Congress Ghulam Nabi Azad, who was among the 23 leaders who sent a letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi calling for sweeping changes in the party, on Thursday strongly...
  • China’s latest volley of missile launches into the world’s most hotly contested body of water served as a warning to two key US targets: aircraft carriers and regional bases...
  • Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said that the economy is facing an extraordinary 'act of God' in form of the coronavirus pandemic which may result in contraction...
  • India is moving towards setting up its new Air Defence Command (ADC), which will eventually be responsible for guarding the country’s airspace against hostile aircraft, missiles...

    • Four members of a dwindling tribe in India's far off Andaman Islands have tested positive for coronavirus, officials said on Thursday as the country reported 75,760 new infections...

  • Lou Holtz, a former college football coach, caused controversy during the Republican National Convention on Wednesday night when he declared that Democratic presidential nominee...


  • UK’s daily cases tally up from 1,048 on Wednesday; government falls short of contact-tracing target for ninth week in row£13 a day to self-isolate ‘slap in face’ for low-paidFootballer...
  • Only 46% of voters in Britain think their country has done well, compared with 95% in DenmarkCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coveragePeople in Britain have...

    • System still short of 80% target on contacts, and one in seven home tests fail to produce resultCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageEngland’s test-and-trace...

      CNN.com - Top Stories






    • New videos have emerged from the scene of a deadly shooting during a protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, during the third night of unrest after police shot a Black man in the back multiple...

      Washington Post: Breaking News




  • Damaging winds and flash flooding are expected to streak northward and then eastward but storm will gradually weaken.

    • New receipts obtained by The Post show the Trump Organization charged for rooms at Mar-a-Lago even when the president wasn’t there.

    PCWorld



  • The Amazon Halo is a health device that will track your activity, body fat, and tone.
  • In case you haven’t heard, Fortnite is gone from iOS and Android app stores. And it might not be coming back anytime soon. In response to getting dumped from both stores. Epic has sued...



  • With the addition of the Sense and Versa 3, Fitbit is now selling nine different trackers and smartwatches, but they're not all worth buying.

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