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Indian lunar orbiter hit by heat rise

NEW DELHI, India (CNN) — Scientists have switched off several on-board instruments to halt rising temperatures inside India’s first unmanned lunar spacecraft. The spacecraft carrying India’s first lunar probe, Chandrayaan-1, lifts off from Sriharikota. Mylswamy Annadurai, the project director for the lunar mission, told CNN that temperatures onboard Chandrayaan-1 had …

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Catalonia poised to call referendum on split from Spain

Tomas Sereda | Getty Images Park Guell in Barcelona, Spain. Under Article 155 of Spain’s constitution, Madrid has the power to intervene directly in the running of Catalonia’s regional government, forcing it to drop the vote and obey the law. This could involve sending in the police or suspending the …

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Trump interactions were ‘weird and peculiar,’ former US attorney Preet Bharara says

Getty Images Former United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara attends the Senate Intelligence Committee where FBI Director James Comey is sent to testify in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill June 8, 2017 in Washington, DC. The New York City federal prosecutor …

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Los Angeles Museum Starts a Kickstarter Campaign for a Traveling Egg-Shaped Gallery

Photo A rendering of the copy of the Nuevo Museo de Arte Contemporáneo that will be at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The egg-shaped structure will be part of the museum’s exhibition, “A Universal History of Infamy,” opening Aug. 20. Credit Museum Associates/LACMA If all goes as planned …

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White House reiterates that Trump is committed to fair US elections free from any interference

Getty Images President Donald Trump speaks during the Faith & Freedom Coalition’s Road to Majority Conference June 8, 2017 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump is committed to ensuring that U.S. elections are conducted fairlyand protected from interference from anyone, the White House said on Thursday. “The president takes our …

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Auto industry may face an unprecedented buyer’s strike: Morgan Stanley

In the automobile market, it’s not just the subprime loans but falling used-car values that have one widely followed analyst worried. “A stretched auto consumer, falling used prices, and technological obsolescence of current cars are ingredients for an unprecedented buyer’s strike,” Morgan Stanley Equity Analyst Adam Jonas said in a …

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Malaysian anti-graft body to probe corruption claims at Felda Global Ventures

Goh Seng Chong | Bloomberg | Getty Images A worker walks through a palm oil plantation in Johor, Malaysia. CEO Zakaria Arshad has denied wrongdoing and refused to step down as instructed by chairman Mohd Isa Abdul Samad, according to a letter seen by Reuters. Zakaria had called on the …

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Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party says will seek to form minority government

Chris J Ratcliffe | Getty Images Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn arrives at Labour Headquarters on June 9, 2017 in London, England. After a snap election was called by Prime Minister Theresa May the United Kingdom went to the polls yesterday. The closely fought election has failed to return a clear …

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Donald Trump calls James Comey’s actions ‘cowardly’ in tweet

Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Donald Trump addresses a joint news conference with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, U.S. June 9, 2017. President Donald Trump is predicting that former FBI Director James Comey’s “leaks will be far more prevalent than anyone …

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