https://thehill.com/business/4885098-teamsters-withhold-endorsement-2024/
https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/nasa-s-voyager-1-probe-swaps-thrusters-in-tricky-fix-as-it-flies-through-interstellar-space
NASA's most distant spacecraft had a critical thruster problem far from home. Fixing it required a long-distance call to overcome extreme cold and dwindling power.
https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2024/09/17/italy-to-buy-25-extra-f-35-fighter-jets-under-new-budget/
Rome will also invest half a billion euros in 2024 on development of the Global Combat Air Programme sixth-generation fighter.
https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/09/17/germanys-conservatives-choose-the-countrys-probable-next-leader
Friedrich Merz is in pole position to take over as chancellor at the election in 2025
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/portugal-asks-europe-help-wildfires-rage-2024-09-16/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/south-korea-declares-emergency-medical-response-doctors-strike-rcna170975
The government will also temporarily raise the fees doctors receive from health insurance around a national holiday period as the strike increases strains on the medical system.
https://www.twz.com/air/chinese-h-6-missile-carrier-jets-appear-for-the-first-time-off-alaska
The arrival of Chinese H-6s off American shores is a major, but not unexpected landmark in China's power projection evolution.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/plans-to-modernize-notre-dames-stained-glass-windows-move-ahead-despite-heritage-experts-rejection-180985070/
The French Ministry of Culture has selected eight finalists to design replacement windows for the celebrated cathedral—and not everyone is happy
https://english.elpais.com/travel/2024-09-15/good-manners-become-collateral-victims-of-mass-tourism-in-japan.html
New visitors are often uninterested in the cultural aspects of the country, and show no inclination to observe its rules of etiquette. Overcrowding is also a problem on public transportation and at landmark sites
https://www.reuters.com/world/spain-says-venezuela-arrests-foreigners-destabilizing-country-2024-09-14/
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