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NASA and Forest Service Use Balloon to Help Firefighters Communicate

NASA is participating in a collaborative effort to use high-altitude balloons to improve real-time communications among firefighters battling wildland fires.   The rugged and often remote locations where wildland fires burn mean cell phone service is often limited, making communication between firefighters and command posts difficult.   The flight testing of the Strategic Tactical Radio […]

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Redesigning Space: The Power of Collaboration (Replay)

Redesigning Space: The Power of Collaboration (Replay)

Join us November 13 at 11:00 AM EST for a dynamic webinar that brings together key players from across the space industry to explore the growing need for a more collaborative approach to designing the next generation of satellite systems. Traditionally, satellite operators set the agenda, with launchers and infrastructure providers adapting to meet those

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Lufthansa Group expands Summer 2025 network with new destinations

Lufthansa Group expands Summer 2025 network with new destinations

Lufthansa Group has unveiled its 2025 summer schedule, offering travelers more than 12,000 weekly flights to over 300 destinations worldwide, available for booking now across Lufthansa, Discover Airlines, Austrian Airlines, Swiss International Air Lines, and Edelweiss. The expanded routes include new transcontinental connections to Windhoek, Calgary, Orlando, Halifax, and Seattle, as well as various European

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Hyatt to Add Hotel La Compañía del Valle, an Art and Wellness House, in Panama

Hyatt to Add Hotel La Compañía del Valle, an Art and Wellness House, in Panama

Set to debut in early 2025 as part of The Unbound Collection by Hyatt, this story-worthy hotel serves as the second Hotel La Compañia property to open in the La Compañia Hotels & Resorts portfolio. Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) and Shebandowan Holdings, S.A. today announced plans for Hotel La Compañía del Valle in Valle

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Wyndham and Lafayette Square Unlock New Financing Opportunities for Diverse Hotel Owners

Wyndham and Lafayette Square Unlock New Financing Opportunities for Diverse Hotel Owners

PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has teamed up with investment firm Lafayette Square to provide diverse hoteliers with improved access to capital. Through an exclusive relationship, Wyndham will vet and directly connect qualified owners with Lafayette Square, which aims to help hoteliers with up to $100 million in combined financing from the firm

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Hennessy reveals collaboration with artist Jean-Michel Othoniel

Hennessy reveals collaboration with artist Jean-Michel Othoniel

Hennessy, the popular cognac brand, has revealed its latest collaboration with acclaimed artist Jean-Michel Othoniel, renowned for his sculptures and hand-blown glass artworks. Image supplied This partnership merges the realms of fine art and luxury spirits, resulting in two creations: the Hennessy X.O Masterpiece and the Hennessy X.O Limited Edition. Hennessy has partnered with esteemed

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Africa: Measles Cases Surge Worldwide, Infecting 10.3 Million People in 2023

Africa: Measles Cases Surge Worldwide, Infecting 10.3 Million People in 2023

Atlanta / Geneva — Worldwide, there were an estimated 10.3 million cases of measles in 2023, a 20% increase from 2022, according to new estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Inadequate immunization coverage globally is driving the surge in cases. Measles is preventable with

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Google removes EU-based news content from search feeds as part of 'time-limited test'

Google removes EU-based news content from search feeds as part of ‘time-limited test’

The test aims to provide regulators and publishers with further data on how Google is used to access news content. ADVERTISEMENT Google has begun a “small, time-limited test” in eight countries to determine the impact of removing European Union-based news publishers from a user’s search results. The “AB testing” applies to Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Greece,

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Matt Gaetz News Confirms Trump's Revenge Talk Wasn't Bluster

Matt Gaetz News Confirms Trump’s Revenge Talk Wasn’t Bluster

This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. Comb through just about any political nerd’s text chains in the last 48 hours and there is one profane piece of shorthand that likely appears repeatedly regardless of their political affiliation: WTF? 

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Harry Potter's Phelps Twins on 'Wizards of Baking,' New HBO Series

Harry Potter’s Phelps Twins on ‘Wizards of Baking,’ New HBO Series

James and Oliver Phelps may not be sporting the trademark red Weasley hair, but the twins are still instantly recognizable to fans of the “Harry Potter” franchise having played cheeky brothers Fred and George for almost a quarter of their lives. Now, a decade on, they’re back at Leavesden Studios just outside London, where the

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