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NASA DELAYS ARTEMIS II MOON MISSION – NASA postpones crewed Moon flyby after fuel leak detected during final launch rehearsal  NASA has delayed its Artemis Two mission to at least March, after engineers identified technical issues during a final launch rehearsal. The mission, which will send four astronauts around the Moon and back, had been expected to lift off as early as this month. The delay follows a 49-hour countdown simulation at Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. During the so-called “wet dress rehearsal” — a full practice run that includes loading the rocket with liquid fuel — engineers detected a…

SPAIN TO BAN SOCIAL MEDIA FOR MINORS BID – Government studies French-style restrictions for young people under age of sixteen years  Madrid residents appeared to welcome the Spanish government’s plans to ban access to social media for minors under 16, with platforms required to implement age-verification systems. Spain’s Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, announced the plan today as he outlined several measures to ensure a safe digital environment. Sanchez’s coalition government has repeatedly complained about the proliferation of hate speech, pornographic content and disinformation on social media, saying it had negative effects on young people. Sanchez, while addressing the World Government…

GERMANY SETS MILITARY SPACE SPENDING PLAN – To fund intelligence‑gathering satellites, sensors and systems  Germany’s space commander said that the country is weighing investments ranging from spy satellites and space planes to offensive lasers under a 35 billion euro  military space spending plan aimed at countering any military threat in orbit The head of German Space Command, Michael Traut, said Germany will build an encrypted military constellation of more than 100 satellites, known as SATCOM Stage 4, over the next few years. Traut said the network would mirror the model used by the U.S. Space Development Agency, a Pentagon unit…

TRUMP SEEKS $1BN IN DAMAGES FROM HARVARD – White House escalates legal dispute with Ivy League university  U.S. President Donald Trump says his administration is seeking one billion dollars in damages from Harvard University. Trump In a post on social media, said the administration no longer wants any future dealings with Harvard.. The move comes as the administration continues its appeal of a court ruling that found it had unlawfully terminated more than two billion dollars in federal grants awarded to Harvard.. Trump has accused elite institutions of tolerating antisemitism and promoting what he calls radical left-wing ideology. Trump also…

UK DOCTORS VOTE TO CONTINUE INDUSTRIAL ACTION- British Medical Association says a deal is there to be done Resident doctors in England have voted to strike for another six months in their long-running jobs and pay dispute with the government. Their decision means that, unless an agreement emerges, the campaign of strikes by resident doctors will enter its fourth year, as the industrial action began in March 2023. The British Medical Association (BMA) said 93% of the resident doctors who voted in their latest strike ballot endorsed holding a further series of stoppages. In all, 26,696 of the 28,598 resident…

MANDELSON RESIGNS OVER EPSTEIN FILES-  Former UK minister Mandelson quits Labour after new Epstein revelations  Former British government minister Peter Mandelson has resigned from the Labour Party, the party of Prime Minister Keir Starmer, after new reports of his ties to disgraced U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein, media reported on Sunday (February 1). Mandelson, who was fired by Starmer as Britain’s ambassador to the United States last year after previous revelations about his connections to Epstein, said he did not wish to cause “further embarrassment” to Labour, the reports said. Mandelson said he believed allegations that Epstein made financial payments to…

STARLINK IS NOT FOR RUSSIA, SAYS MUSK – Musk says steps to stop Russia from using Starlink seem to have worked  Elon Musk said that the steps SpaceX had taken to stop the “unauthorised” use of Starlink by Russia seemed to have worked. Ukrainian defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov said on Thursday, January 29th, that Ukraine is working with SpaceX to stop Russia from guiding drones using Starlink’s internet system, after Kyiv said it had found it on long-range drones used in Russian attacks. Starlink has expanded Musk’s geopolitical sway. In 2022, he asserted control over how and where Starlink was…

U.S. NAVAL PRESENCE NEAR IRAN GROWS – Iran’s supreme leader warns of regional conflict if the US attacks  Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that if the U.S. attacked Iran, it would create a regional conflict, state media reported on Sunday, February 1st, amid heightened tensions between Washington and Tehran. The U.S. has built up its naval presence in the Middle East after President Donald Trump repeatedly threatened Iran with intervention if it did not agree to a nuclear deal or failed to stop killing protesters. Khamenei said, “(President Trump) regularly says that he has sent ships (…) The…

TRUMP RESPONDS TO IRAN CONFLICT WARNINGS – U.S. and Israeli military leaders meet amid regional tensions  U.S. President Donald Trump addressed warnings from Iran’s Supreme Leader about the risk of a wider regional conflict, saying the United States remained prepared but hopeful for a diplomatic solution. Speaking before attending a wedding at his Mar-a-Lago estate, Trump pointed to the strong U.S. military presence in the region, saying Washington had its “biggest, most powerful ships” positioned nearby and adding that he hoped a deal could still be reached. His comments came as senior U.S. and Israeli military officials held a closed-door…

SENEGAL COACH BANNED AND FINED OVER AFCON FINAL – Thiaw fined $100,000 & given 5 game suspension after he told his players to leave the pitch The Confederation of African Football has suspended Senegal coach Pape Thiaw for five games and fined him $100,000 for “unsporting conduct after he told his players to leave the pitch during the Cup of Nations final against Morocco after they had a goal disallowed, and minutes later Morocco were awarded a penalty that was ultimately missed by Brahim Diaz. CAF also fined Senegal’s federation $615,000 due to the team’s conduct and the behaviour of…