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With the holiday shopping season nearly over, the last step is ensuring all your purchases get to your door, hopefully undiscovered.

Axiom Space has decided to change up the method for assembling its commercial space station, meaning the outpost could be free-flying as soon as 2028.

1. Axiom's private space station is coming sooner than we thought  Space.com
2. NASA, Axiom Space Change Assembly Order of Commercial Space Station  NASA
3. Axiom Space to put space station in free flight earlier than planned  The Business Journals
4. Axiom Space revises space station assembly plans  SpaceNews
5. Axiom Space shuffles space station assembly sequence – to get it standalone sooner  The Register

About $21 billion of the disaster aid in the earlier version of the spending bill was assistance for farmers.

The actor talks with Adam Howard about playing a vampire hunter in Robert Eggers’s remake of “Nosferatu.” After hundreds of vampire movies, Eggers “wanted him to be scary again.”

In 1979, a minister received a telegram from Iranian militants who had taken hostages in the American Embassy, inviting him to perform Christmas services. Two days later, he was inside.

The 78-year-old actor reportedly wanted to keep boaters and seaweed away from his private beach.

Learn how NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore got stuck on the International Space Station, and why their return to Earth has been delayed again.

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Campaigners say the case of Gisèle Pelicot is proof France’s rape laws need to be changed as the current legislation is insufficient.

Melbourne indie bookstore owner Leesa Lambert deliberately does not play Christmas carols in her store to try and decrease stress for last-minute shoppers.

Financial institutions that build a presence on the social media platform could gain a first-mover advantage and a communications channel with potential customers, experts say.

Don't replicate these tricks or it could turn into a rough Christmas.

Who doesn’t love a quirky misfit? These characters might not fit in, but they sure know how to steal the spotlight!

Ella Baxter’s new novel reminds us that mediocrity is far more common than genius.

A MAJOR bar chain with 4,500 sites will shutter one of its city centre pubs in just weeks.

COMEDIAN Ben Elton has defended divisive BBC sitcom Mrs Brown’s Boys.

He insisted harsh reviews from critics were hugely unfair.

Ben’s backing comes as show creator Brendan O’Carroll recovers from a racism row over the show, which is one of the Beeb’s most popular programmes.

The star, 69, was forced to apologise for a racist joke on the sitcom’s set.

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In "Holidazed," John C. McGinley plays an ex-Marine who is struggling to feel relevant in his own family, something the actor says he can relate to.

On this week's "Screen Talk" episode, we discuss Barry Jenkins's animated musical prequel and break down who's ahead and behind after the Oscars shortlists.

Go savory with a lemon-and-chive garnish for your latkes, or sweet with apple, pear, cardamom and cinnamon flavors.

India's National Single Window System has processed 7.1 lakh applications, granting 4.81 lakh approvals for various services, including FDI. The country has attracted $991 billion in FDI since 2000, with 67% coming in the last decade. Production-linked incentive schemes have generated ₹1.46 lakh crore in investments and 9.5 lakh jobs.

Anti-fog ski goggles can help you make sure that you can see clearly while you’re skiing, due to the coating on the inside of the lens that keeps moisture away.

Inflation largely due to food prices, which have a rather high weight in the CPI, says MPC’s external member Nagesh Kumar; Though elevated, inflation trajectory remains on the expected lines. food inflation likely to soften in Q4, said Ram Singh