Ukraine’s former defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov said he is seeking U.S. investment for a defence technology fund, according to an interview with the Financial Times published on Sunday.

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NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy from Florida. The observatory will study dark energy and dark matter, search for exoplanets and examine the universe’s expansion. It is headed for Lagrange Point 2, where it is expected to arrive in more than three months, with a five-year mission planned.

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NASA held a post-launch news conference at Kennedy Space Center to discuss the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s initial maneuvers. During the briefing, Administrator Jared Isaacman briefly left after checking his phone, then returned to say that the president wanted to address and congratulate everyone involved in the mission.

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After funding struggles and a name change, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has launched successfully. It will spend three months traveling about one million miles to the second Sun-Earth Lagrange point, where its broad, fast survey capabilities will examine exoplanets and map how dark matter and dark energy shaped the universe.

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NASA launched the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope from Cape Canaveral, Florida, aboard a SpaceX-operated Falcon Heavy rocket. The telescope will survey black holes, exoplanets and exploding stars, reaching a destination about 1.6 million kilometers from Earth in roughly a month. Its first images are expected in early 2027.

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NASA launched the roughly $4 billion Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope from Florida aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. The observatory will study dark energy, dark matter, gravity and exoplanets from Lagrange Point 2, with a planned five-year mission that could be extended by another five years.

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NASA successfully launched its newest space telescope from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center. It reached orbit about 10 minutes after liftoff and is beginning a mission to investigate some of the universe’s biggest unsolved mysteries. Named for astronomer Nancy Grace Roman, scientists have hailed it as a “discovery machine.”

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Türkiye, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia will hold the first meeting under their Mecca defence pact in Istanbul. The three countries signed the defence pact on August 7.

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Senior officials from Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan will meet in Istanbul on Monday for the first committee session created under a joint defence accord signed by the three countries this month, according to a Turkish foreign ministry source.

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A running back at William Jewell College in Missouri died Saturday after a medical emergency during the first quarter of his team’s season opener, shortly after he scored a touchdown and collapsed on the sideline.

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President Donald Trump said on social media Sunday that NBC journalist Kristen Welker would be reported to the Federal Communications Commission for “rebuke or punishment” because of a television segment he disliked.

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US President Donald Trump says he will report NBC journalist Kristen Welker to the Federal Communications Commission for “rebuke or punishment” after she described his endorsements in primary elections as having “mixed results”. Trump has increasingly threatened to use the agency against what he calls false news media.

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President Donald Trump said Sunday that NBC anchor Kristen Welker would be reported to the Federal Communications Commission for “rebuke or punishment” after she reported that his endorsements of candidates for the November midterm elections had produced “mixed results.”

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Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said Ukraine is unwilling to address issues related to settling the conflict. He said a meeting between Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump and Vladimir Zelensky would make sense only to finalize agreements, not to discuss their details.

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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said a summit involving Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump and Vladimir Zelensky could take place only to formalize agreements reached through the peace-making process. He stressed that the agreements would not be a simple deal but a highly complex arrangement involving many details.

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A 31-year-old British woman died in hospital after being stabbed at Rosenheim railway station in Bavaria shortly before 01:00 on Sunday. Police arrested a 27-year-old German man at the scene; the circumstances and motive are under investigation.

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Police in Rosenheim, Germany, detained a 27-year-old German man after a 31-year-old British woman was stabbed at the city’s train station early Sunday. She died in hospital from serious injuries. The suspect was due to appear before magistrates as police investigated the circumstances and motive.

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Libyan political representatives have endorsed a deal intended to clear the way for elections to be held under a unified authority. A composite image shows LNA Deputy Commander-in-Chief Saddam Haftar and Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah.

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Niger’s defence ministry said government forces were gradually restoring control after mutinous soldiers attacked on Saturday. Analysts said the soldiers had stormed the presidential palace and occupied a military base at Niamey’s main airport, resisting loyalist forces until Russia’s Africa Corps intervened.

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Niger’s military-led government says it has contained a mutiny that began at a base in Niamey and spread toward the state broadcaster and presidential palace after hours of gunfire and explosions. Dozens of soldiers were reportedly killed or arrested. Russia’s ambassador said the Kremlin-backed Africa Corps was asked to help neutralise the mutineers, while the mutiny’s leadership and Niger’s military ruler Abdourahamane Tchiani’s whereabouts remained unclear.

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Dozens of servicemen were arrested after Nigerien authorities suppressed a mutiny in Niamey, the Associated Press reported. State broadcaster RTN showed footage of mostly young detainees. AFP said several mutineers were killed as the presidential guard retook Air Base 101, while authorities have not issued official casualty or arrest figures.

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