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All systems go for Artemis 1 mission to Moon
All systems go for Artemis 1 mission to Moon
World
by  AFP

Fifty years after the last Apollo mission, the Artemis program is poised to take up the baton of lunar exploration with a test launch on Monday of NASA's most powerful rocket ever. A complete failure would be devastating for a program that is costing $4.1 billion per launch and is already running years behind schedule.

Hubble-bubble trouble: Hookah ban leaves Malians divided
Hubble-bubble trouble: Hookah ban leaves Malians divided
Africa
by  AFP

"Shisha-abana," exclaims Bilal, a grocer in Mali's capital Bamako, in the national language Bambara: "Shisha is finished." But it is also a secular nation that tolerates alcohol, even if consumption is limited to certain public places and most shops and restaurants do not serve it.