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Swedish-American marine biologist and astronaut

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ISS astronauts ordered to shelter in SpaceX capsule as Russian air leak worsens, then given all-clear
NASA ordered five astronauts to shelter in a SpaceX Dragon capsule and prepare for a possible evacuation on Friday after an air leak on the Russian side of the International Space Station worsened, before standing down hours later.

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215 votes and coal smoke

Trump absorbs war-powers rebuke as Lebanon truce frays and Washington revives coal

Washington spent the night arguing over how much war a president can wage without Congress, while a Lebanon ceasefire began looking fragile almost immediately. Elsewhere, a damaged Dreamliner embarrassed Lufthansa, Germany tried to cut its care bill, Anthropic asked rivals to slow down, and Marjane Satrapi's death drew tributes across Europe.

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China and the West: decoupling

The simultaneous entry into force of the EU's outbound screening regime and China's retaliatory reporting rules creates a foundational legal collision for firms, escalating the conflict from policy announcements to operational enforcement across multiple fronts.

ISS astronauts ordered to shelter in SpaceX capsule as Russian air leak worsens, then given all-clear