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Radio Free Asia resumes China broadcasts after Congress restores funding cut by Trump

Broadcaster shut down news operations last year after Trump administration’s funding cuts prompted mass layoffs

The Independent UK

Government accused of 'betraying' London leaseholders as £250 ground rent cap announced

In its manifesto, Labour promised to ‘act where the Conservatives have failed and finally bring the feudal leasehold system to an end’

Evening Standard

Rayner urges government to stand firm over £250 ground rents cap

Former deputy PM warns against ‘vested interests’ trying to block measures for leaseholders in England and Wales

The Guardian - UK

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Missing RFA Sailor Case Raises Tough Question: Is Britain's Naval Workforce Stretched Too Thin?

The extensive search for a missing Royal Fleet Auxiliary sailor off Ireland's coast has ended, raising questions about whether Britain's naval workforce is under increasing strain.

International Business Times UK

'I took his soul': teen's poem of Easter show killing

A teenager has admitted stabbing a young worker at an Easter show but denies intent to kill despite claims he was fighting a war with a rival gang.

AAP

Radio Free Asia suspends news operations amid cuts and US government shutdown

RFA will begin closing overseas bureaus, as well as laying off and paying severance to staff members, with the hope that it could return in the future

The Guardian - AU

Radio Free Asia says it is halting its news operations due to funding troubles

Radio Free Asia says it is shutting down its news operations starting on Friday

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Skyrora becomes 1st British company to get license to launch from the UK

Scotland-based Skyrora has received the first U.K.-issued vertical launch license for a homegrown company, enabling rocket launches from SaxaVord Spaceport in the Shetland Islands.

Space

ESA selects 5 rocket companies for European Launcher Challenge

Germany's Isar and RFA, France's Maiaspace, Spain's PLD Space, and UK-based Orbex have been pre-selected for ESA's €169 million launcher initiative.

Space

Reporting from behind shifting front lines in Myanmar’s civil war

Journalists with the Shan State-based news outlet Shwe Phee Myay continue to report amid civil war and repression.

Al Jazeera

New South Carolina Income Tax Cut Might Eat Your Cash

South Carolina’s flat income tax bill could have the majority of residents paying higher income taxes. Find out how.

Kiplinger

US Government-Funded Media Sue Trump Officials Over 'Unconstitutional' Shutdown Orders

Voice of America and Radio Free Asia are suing Trump officials over the abrupt termination of their funding, calling the move unconstitutional and a threat to global press freedom.

International Business Times UK

Trump’s shuttering of global media agency endangers reporters, staff say

Employees who may have to return home countries risk death or imprisonment at hands of authoritarian governments

The Guardian - US

'Bloody Saturday': Trump Shuts Down US Government-Funded Broadcasters, Sparking Free Press Fears

Trump also mentioned in the order that DOGE has already identified billions in "waste, fraud, and abuse" from these federal agencies.

International Business Times UK

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Al Jazeera

Chinese state media revel in demise of Voice of America, Radio Free Asia

Shutdown of US-funded news outlets ends more than 80 years of uncensored news broadcasts in China.

International Business Times

China Calls Media Outlets Facing Trump Funding Axe 'Notorious'

Beijing on Tuesday said media outlets facing the axe by US President Donald Trump had a "notorious" history of reporting on China, as Cambodia's autocratic former leader hailed the move for "combating fake news".

The Guardian - AU

Chinese state media celebrates Trump’s cuts to Voice of America and Radio Free Asia

Chinese state media hails US president’s order to strip back government funding to news organisations he deems ‘radical’

Latin Times

China Praises Trump for Silencing Voice of America: 'Thank You Comrade'

Chinese nationalist influencers have taken to social media to thank President Donald Trump for terminating media organizations Voice of America (VOA) and Radio Free Asia (RFA), outlets that heavily criticized the Chinese government.

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The National (Scotland)

German military could launch intelligence satellites from Scotland under new plans

GERMAN military intelligence gathering satellites could be launched into space from Scotland under a proposed initiative.

The Independent UK

German military could launch intelligence satellites from Scotland

Its space command wants to use SaxaVord Spaceport for ‘sovereign launch’ capabilities.

Evening Standard

Actor Stephen Graham backs new organisation to help ex-offenders find work

The Rebuilding Futures Alliance has been launched to offer former inmates the chance to learn a skilled trade in the transport sector.

Evening Standard

Spaceport on Shetland Islands will be ready for launch by July, MPs told

The Scottish Affairs Committee heard SaxaVord Spaceport on Unst is ‘absolutely’ planning on a launch this year.

The National (Scotland)

Could we soon see a Scottish astronaut launch into space from Scotland?

ON February 22, 2019, David Mackay made history by becoming the first Scottish astronaut ...

Evening Standard

Royal Navy submarine used to warn off Russian spy ship loitering over cables

The nuclear-powered hunter-killer submarine surfaced close to the Yantar to let the Russian ship know it was being watched.

Space

UK approves 1st vertical rocket launch from Saxavord Spaceport

German launch startup Rocket Factory Augsburg has taken a step towards a first launch by gaining a first-ever license to vertically launch an orbital rocket from mainland Europe.

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