June 29 (UPI) — An initial eight-day Boeing Starliner test mission to the International Space Station will be extended indefinitely to test the spacecraft’s thrusters. Test pilots Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are safely aboard the ISS and are not stranded in space, NASA commercial crew program manager Steve Stich said during a briefing Friday. […]
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Holidaymakers ‘really worried’ as Aer Lingus pilots to launch ‘indefinite’ industrial action
Holidaymakers are “extremely worried” about the impact of the scheduled industrial action by Aer Lingus pilots, a travel agent has said. Pilots at Aer Lingus have served notice to the airline that they intend to go on an “indefinite” work to rule starting next week. The notice was served on Tuesday afternoon, and informed Aer […]
Former prisoner given indefinite hospital order for killing Irishman in London
A Hunger Games-obsessed ex-prisoner has been given an indefinite hospital order for the “senseless” killing of an elderly mobility scooter rider five days after his release. Lee Byer was psychotic when he stabbed 87-year-old Thomas O’Halloran in the neck and chest in Greenford, west London, in August 2022. He later wrote repeatedly about a “Hunger […]
Nigeria’s detention of Binance execs is now indefinite without charges
The News LAGOS — Nigeria’s detention of two employees of cryptocurrency exchange Binance will become indefinite should a local court approve the government’s wish to hold them beyond an initial 14-day period. The two employees, an American and a British-Kenyan, have been held by security operatives in Nigeria since Feb. 26. Both men landed the […]