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Sign up to our free WhatsApp news alerts and daily briefing updates Sign up to our free daily WhatsApp news alerts The US Federal Communications Commission ( FCC ) adopted a new rule governing satellites on Thursday, requiring operators to deorbit satellites within five years of them ending their mission. Satellite operators will have two years to adjust to the new rule, the first of its kind in the US. An existing, decades-old and non-binding guideline had encouraged satellite operators to deorbit their satellites within 25 years of the end of the satellite’s mission. “But 25 years is a long time,” FCC chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said in a press statement Thursday afternoon. “There is no reason to wait that long anymore, especially in low-Earth orbit .” The new rule is necessary, Ms Rosenworcel added, to combat the growing problem of space debris in low Earth orbit. “Right now there are thousands of metric tons of orbital debris in the … [Read more...] about US FCC adopts first ever space junk rule for satellites

Sign up to our free WhatsApp news alerts and daily briefing updates Sign up to our free daily WhatsApp news alerts Nasa ’s James Webb Space Telescope has spotted the oldest star clusters ever seen. The clumps of millions of stars might include the first and oldest stars in the universe, according to the researchers who find them. The findings come from scientific analysis of Webb’s First Deep Field image. That image, which contains thousands of twinkling galaxies, became famous as one of the first pictures to be released from Nasa’s new telescope. “JWST was built to find the first stars and the first galaxies and to help us understand the origins of complexity in the universe, such as the chemical elements and the building blocks of life,” says Lamiya Mowla, Dunlap Fellow at the Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics at the University of Toronto and co-lead author of the study. “This discovery in Webb’s First Deep Field is already … [Read more...] about Nasa’s James Webb telescope spots the oldest star clusters ever seen

The global hunger crisis is so severe that one person is starving to death every four seconds, according to humanitarian relief organizations. Hunger is the biggest crisis facing the globe today and we must all act now to save lives. The Horn of Africa continues to suffer from a prolonged drought, caused by climate change. Families have lost everything as they cannot grow food without rain. Their livestock has died from extreme heat. Millions are desperately searching for food each day. The U.N. World Food Program (WFP) estimated 26 million people in Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya are suffering from severe hunger due to drought. Famine is likely to be declared in parts of Somalia. "Families here have one plea for the rest of the world. Please don't look away. Please help," said Malene Jensen of UNICEF. The world can do more to help concerned mothers in nutrition centers who are watching their children die from hunger. Relief operations in Somalia and other countries have … [Read more...] about A person dies of hunger every four seconds | Opinion

Conservative figures have accused YouTube of political censorship after the video hosting platform removed an interview with Donald Trump over "misinformation." In July, the former president appeared on the Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show , with the interview still available to watch on Facebook and on the podcast's website. However, the interview has been pulled from YouTube, with a message on the site stating that the video had violated its community guidelines. In a series of tweets, Travis said YouTube took down the video for "misinformation" without giving further details. "How does censoring interviews with political leaders aid any voters or democracy itself? This is scary. When have political censors ever been on the right side of history?" Travis tweeted. "Voters should be able to see everything that any political figure says in public in order to judge for themselves whether they want to support or not support that person. That's democracy itself. YouTube … [Read more...] about Donald Trump interview removed by YouTube decried as “insane” censorship

The Justice Department should indict former President Donald Trump in connection with the probe into his handling of sensitive documents in the wake of a "clearly wrong" ruling by Judge Aileen Cannon, Harvard law professor and legal scholar Laurence Tribe said Thursday. On Thursday, Cannon rejected parts of the plan put forth by Judge Raymond Dearie, who she appointed to serve as a special master for reviewing documents FBI agents recovered from Trump's Mar-a-Lago home despite strong objections by the DOJ . One of the aspects of the plan rejected by Cannon was Dearie's order for Trump's lawyers to submit court filings stating if Trump truly thinks that the FBI planted evidence at Mar-a-Lago . Trump has suggested on social media, without evidence, that this is a possibility. "The FBI and others from the Federal Government would not let anyone, including my lawyers, be anywhere near the areas that were rummaged and otherwise looked at during the raid on Mar-a-Lago," … [Read more...] about DOJ should indict Trump after Judge Cannon’s “clearly wrong” ruling: Tribe

An attorney for Donald Trump has claimed that he is being "bullied" out of running for president again in 2024. Speaking to Newsmax 's Eric Bolling the Balance , Alina Habba said that the former president is being unfairly treated as he faces a number of criminal and civil investigations that could hinder his hopes of returning to the White House . The pair suggested that the Democratic Party and the Department of Justice may be trying to "deter" Trump from running again with federal investigation into whether he mishandled sensitive and top secret White House documents that were seized from his Mar-a-Lago office. However, Habba said of the treatment: "It energizes him, it energizes his base. "I think when people see anybody being bullied—which is ironic because when you see the left-wing politics and media always like to say, 'Bullying is wrong, we're pro-this, we're pro-that'—well, what makes it OK to bully someone just because they are Republican? Or … [Read more...] about Donald Trump is being bullied out of running for president again—Attorney

Ben Shapiro and other right-wing political commentators have spoken out in support of Jordan Peterson for crying over Olivia Wilde's recent "incel" comments. Peterson appeared to break down in tears on Piers Morgan Uncensored when he was asked about Wilde's recent statement in which she referred to Peterson as the "pseudo-intellectual hero to the incel community." In his response on British TV, Peterson said he's simply trying to speak to "disaffected young men," with many people on Twitter suggesting the same. While the likes of Shapiro and Matt Walsh spoke out in his defense to their millions of Twitter followers, others mocked Peterson for his show of emotion. "So just to get this straight, Jordan Peterson is a Very Bad Man™ because he tries to help young men who need guidance," Shapiro wrote on Friday. "Olivia Wilde is a Feminist Hero™ because she hates Jordan Peterson, but also apparently creates an uncomfortable work environment for her female stars." Shapiro was … [Read more...] about Ben Shapiro defends Jordan Peterson crying at Olivia Wilde “incel” insult

One of the leaders of GOP efforts to regain control the U.S. Senate said he believes the swing states of Nevada and Georgia are likely to make the difference as the party ramps up spending entering the final stretch of the 2022 midterm election season. In the coming weeks, both parties have combined to spend millions more in Senate races there than in any other battleground states, according to AdImpact data . Reserved advertising buys in the campaign's closing weeks are outpacing spending even in the media blitzes exhibited in the highly contentious Pennsylvania campaign between Republican Mehmet Oz and Democrat John Fetterman. And Republicans intend to win. According to AdImpact data, the GOP outspent Democrats by nearly $5 million in those races through September. Meanwhile, GOP-aligned special interest groups like the Club For Growth have pumped their own millions into the Nevada Senate race, where Republicans have rapidly closed the polling gap between Adam Laxalt … [Read more...] about Rick Scott sees Georgia, Nevada as GOP’s “logical” path to Senate control

House Republicans have filed nine impeachment articles against President Joe Biden , five of which were sponsored by the same congressperson: Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene . According to a recent report by Axios listing a total of 14 impeachment attempts launched by the Republican Party, two more impeachment resolutions were filed by House Republicans against Attorney General Merrick Garland , while Vice President Kamala Harris , Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas were the targets of one impeachment article each. Last week, Greene introduced a new article of impeachment against Biden "for endangering, compromising, and undermining the energy security of the United States by selling oil from the United States' Strategic Petroleum Reserve to foreign nations," a practice that the Trump administration also engaged with. Previous impeachment resolutions launched by the Georgia representative included … [Read more...] about Marjorie Taylor Greene behind more than half of attempts to impeach Biden

Russia has illegitimately annexed four regions of Ukraine under Russian Federation control, a move not recognized by foreign governments including the U.S. Citizens in Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson were said to have voted overwhelmingly in favor of joining—results the U.S. State Department and democracy advocates described as a "sham." However, following Putin's decree and signing on September 30, 2022, of annexation documents, there is still dispute over just how much of these regions Russian forces hold on to. The Claim Multiple tweets sent ahead of Putin's decree to recognize the annexation of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson, on September 30 claim that Russia does not have full control over the regions it wants to bring under its control. In one of those tweets, CNN global affairs analyst Bianna Golodryga wrote: "Here's the problem for the Kremlin: Russia doesn't fully control these territories, and Ukraine is only going to double down … [Read more...] about Fact Check: Putin’s Russia doesn’t fully control annexed Ukrainian regions