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China has unveiled its mission to impact deliberately a near-Earth asteroid by 2030 – a decisive step toward establishing its planetary defense and asteroid resource utilization capabilities.  The move comes three years after the United States successfully conducted its own Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission in 2022, which demonstrated the feasibility of using a kinetic impactor to alter an asteroid’s trajectory. China’s announcement underscores the country’s growing ambitions in space, positioning the nation at the forefront of planetary defense technologies while implicitly signaling its rising influence in outer space affairs. “We have planned to launch this effort as early…

Key details are missing about how Israel carried out its unprecedented attack on Hamas leaders in Qatar, raising questions about whether the number of missiles fired attributed to Israel is correct or whether Israel had a team on the ground helping locate the group’s officials. To begin with, current and former US officials and analysts tell Middle East Eye that the blast site attributed to the Israeli attack is much too small to corroborate several media reports that Israel fired around 10 air-launched missiles into the building. Some eyewitnesses reported hearing upwards of eight blasts during the attack, but experts say that some…

Sep 10, 2025, 04:38 PM ETChristian Eriksen has ended his time as a free agent to sign for VfL Wolfsburg.Eriksen, 33, was released by Manchester United in June after three seasons at Old Trafford, but remained without a club this summer and throughout preseason.The Danish playmaker was recently training with Malmo in Sweden, but has now signed on a two-year deal.Never late to the party…Welcome to Wolfsburg, Christian Eriksen!🐺🤩🇩🇰#VfLWolfsburg pic.twitter.com/cjnmqqPkFB— VfL Wolfsburg EN/US 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 (@VfLWolfsburg_EN) September 10, 2025 Eriksen has made 310 appearances in the Premier League. He was at Tottenham Hotspur between 2013 and 2020. He’s also played…

US President Donald Trump checks his phone as he departs from Trump National golf course in Sterling, Virginia on August 31, 2025, en route to the White House. Andrew Caballero-reynolds | Afp | Getty ImagesThe U.S. Secret Service during a security screening missed finding a gun carried by a member of President Donald Trump’s golf club in northern Virginia while Trump was there, the agency confirmed Wednesday.The member self-reported shortly afterward that he inadvertently carried the gun to Trump National Washington, D.C., in Sterling on Aug. 31, according to a senior Secret Service official.The incident occurred about a year after…

The logo of Chipotle is seen on one of its restaurants in Manhattan, New York City.Andrew Kelly | ReutersChipotle Mexican Grill on Wednesday announced plans to expand to Asia for the first time through a joint venture with SPC Group, a Korean-based restaurant operator.The burrito chain aims to open its first Chipotle locations in South Korea and Singapore in 2026.Out of Chipotle’s more than 3,800 restaurants worldwide, 98% are in the United States, according to company filings. However, Chipotle has been trying to grow internationally in recent years. Most of its international restaurants are in Canada and Europe, although it’s…

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — A Brazilian Supreme Court justice voted Wednesday to acquit former president Jair Bolsonaro of all charges in his alleged coup trial, in the first dissenting vote since the final judicial proceeding began, giving some respite to the far-right leader and potential arguments to his defense team for an appeal after a final verdict.The 70-year-old ex-leader faces a five-member panel of justices who started voting Tuesday on accusations he attempted to illegally hang onto power after his 2022 electoral defeat to current President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Two justices have already voted to convict him. Prosecutors…

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah college where conservative activist Charlie Kirk was fatally shot Wednesday is the state’s largest public university after years of rapid enrollment growth, but is lesser known than other colleges in the state. Utah Valley University was founded under a different name in 1941 as a vocational school focused on providing war production training. It didn’t begin offering four-year degrees until the 1990s, a move that fueled a fivefold increase in enrollment over the next three decades. It now has nearly 47,000 students, according to the university website. Nearly nine out of 10 students…

Sep 10, 2025, 03:48 PM ETNEW YORK — New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, who won the Democratic nomination on a platform of making the city more affordable, is now calling on soccer’s global governing body to make it cheaper for New Yorkers to attend the World Cup.In a petition released Wednesday — the first day fans could begin to apply for tickets via a presale draw — Mamdani demanded FIFA reverse its plan to set prices for next year’s tournament based on demand, likening the practice to “price gouging.”Editor’s Picks1 RelatedThe Democratic socialist, who dubbed his campaign “Game…

Workers picket outside the Boeing Defense, Space & Security facility in Berkeley, Missouri, US, on Monday, Aug. 4, 2025. Neeta Satam | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe union that represents striking Boeing defense workers said Wednesday it has reached a tentative agreement with the company, subject to final voting this Friday.The agreement, set for five years, includes better wages and restores a signing bonus, according to the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Union. Members of the union, largely based in St. Louis, Missouri, will vote on the tentative agreement on Friday morning.Specific details of the new agreement were not…

NEW YORK (AP) — A suspect in the killing of a New York City couple in their 70s whose home was set on fire was taken into custody Wednesday, according to police.Jamel McGriff, a serial robbery suspect on parole, was spotted in midtown Manhattan by New York Police Department officers during an intensive search, Commissioner Jessica Tisch said on X.Police were able to track McGriff’s whereabouts through the usage of the victims’ credit cards. He was picked up at about 5:40 p.m. and charges had not been filed Wednesday evening, according to a police. “Thank you to the best detectives…