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Map showing the areas where the shadow of the Moon will pass during the total solar eclipse in Mexico, US and Canada on April 8

Totality Insanity: Eclipse Frenzy Hits North America

The Moon's shadow will land on Mexico's Pacific coast at 2:07 pm ET (1807 GMT), then speed northeast across a 15-state swath of the United States and on to Canada, exiting the continent over Newfoundland just under an hour and a half later.
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Intuitive Machines, the Houston company leading mission "IM-1," hopes to become the first non-government entity to achieve a soft touchdown on the Moon and land the first US robot on the surface since the Apollo missions more than five decades ago

Private US Spaceship Takes Off For The Moon

A US spaceship attempting a lunar landing lifted off early Thursday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the second such private-led effort this year after the first ended in failure.
Influential Democratic lawmaker Adam Smith sits down with AFP ahead of his trip to the Munich Security Conference

Biden Elderly But Equal To The Task, Says Top Democrat

US President Joe Biden may not have the stamina for a conventional campaign but he's up to the task of governing, influential House of Representatives lawmaker Adam Smith told AFP Wednesday, dismissing speculation over alternative candidates.
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, seen here in Washington earlier this month, had apologized after keeping his cancer diagnosis secret

Hospitalized Pentagon Chief Hands Duties To Deputy

Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks "assumed the functions and duties" just before 5:00 pm (2200 GMT), Pentagon spokesman Pat Ryder said in a statement, adding that Austin was still receiving treatment and that the White House and Congress had been informed.
Toby Keith, seen here performing in 2021, was a controversial figure in the United States

US Country Music Star Toby Keith Dies Aged 62

Country music star Toby Keith, celebrated in Middle America for his patriotic fervor and songs extolling the pleasures of drinking, has passed away aged 62, a statement on his social media account said Tuesday.

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