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Civilians killed and injured as major cities are shelled in conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia 

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Azerbaijan’s second-largest city, Ganja, has been hit by heavy shelling today as the country’s forces exchanged heavy rocket and artillery fire with Armenia over disputed territory. Fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh has intensified between the two nations’ forces in the last week, with the breakaway region’s capital and Azerbaijan’s Ganja both hit today. Armenia said that Nagorno-Karabakh’s main … Read more

Donald Trump compares cops who shoot civilians in the back to golfers who choke and miss putts

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Donald Trump began to compare police officers who shoot civilians in the back to golfers who choke and miss putts in an interview broadcast Monday.  Discussing how police shot black man Jacob Blake seven times in the back, the president said: ‘They [the officers] choke, just like in a golf tournament, they miss a 3-foot … Read more

Jacob Blake shooting: Civilians armed for third night of protests

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A group of armed protesters toting AR-15s and other semi-automatic weapons were filmed facing off with an armored police truck in Kenosha before being forced to disperse after officers deployed tear gas grenades. Footage of Monday night’s riots showed several demonstrators cornering a police BearCat vehicle that had been deployed to the streets of the … Read more

Virgin Galactic teams up with NASA to develop ‘high-Mach’ aviation that could transport civilians

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Concorde was a turbojet-powered supersonic passenger jet that was operated until 2003.  It had a maximum speed over twice the speed of sound at Mach 2.04 (1,354 mph or 2,180 k per hour at cruise altitude) and could seat 92 to 128 passengers. It was first flown in 1969, but needed further tests to establish … Read more