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Japanese rocket launch fails in blow for space agency
Japanese rocket launch fails in blow for space agency

The launch of a Japanese rocket taking satellites into orbit to demonstrate new technologies failed after blast-off on Wednesday because of a positioning problem, the country's space agency said. Researchers and private companies had engineered new technologies to be tried out in space as part of the agency's third Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration programme.

Climate unease leaves Aussie mines scrambling for staff
Climate unease leaves Aussie mines scrambling for staff

Australia's world-beating mining firms are flush with cash and desperate for staff but green-minded workers are shunning the high-paying sector, causing serious staff shortages, the government warned Wednesday. But this year the Australian Resources and Energy Employer Association warned the sector needed an extra 24,000 new workers over the next five years.

Prince, Andy Warhol feature in Supreme Court copyright case
Prince, Andy Warhol feature in Supreme Court copyright case

Pop music and art converge on the US Supreme Court on Wednesday as it hears whether a photographer should be compensated for a picture she took of Prince used in a work by Andy Warhol. After hearing oral arguments on Wednesday, the nine judges on the Supreme Court will decide whether Warhol's work is transformative, and deserving of protection, or infringing.