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Jefrë Manuel to hold first solo museum exhibition in PH

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 13 01:23 PM

US-based Filipino artist Jefrë Figueras Manuel is back in the Philippines for his first ever solo museum exhibition in the country. Read more »

'The Witcher: Blood Origin' star Michelle Yeoh stays ready to fight

Yong Chavez | TFC News Hollywood
Posted at Dec 26 01:27 PM

Michelle Yeoh shared how she incorporates fight training in her everyday life and how she handles her first time as a best actress contender. Read more »

Uncrewed Blue Origin rocket crashes, capsule recovered

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 13 05:32 AM

It was the 23rd mission for the New Shepard rocket program, named after the first American in space, and the first to end in failure. Read more »

Amazon signs on launch partners for space internet

Tangi Quemener, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 05 08:46 PM

Amazon said that its contracts with Arianespace, Blue Origin and United Launch Alliance (ULA) are the largest commercial procurement of launch vehicles in history. Read more »

Blue Origin launches its fourth crew to final frontier

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 01 08:44 AM

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin successfully carried out its fourth crewed spaceflight Thursday, a ten-minute ride beyond the planet's atmosphere and back again. Read more »

US comic Pete Davidson not going to space after all

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 18 03:36 PM

American comedian and actor Pete Davidson isn't going to space next week after all. Read more »

US Senate bill to sanction Chinese officials blocking coronavirus origins probe

Owen Churchill, South China Morning Post
Updated as of Jan 12 11:08 AM

Sixteen Republican sponsors want to investigate whether the virus somehow escaped from an infectious diseases lab. The bill has no support from Democrats, who have accused Republicans of fueling anti-Asian racism in the US with coronavirus rhetoric. Read more »

Real talk: Si Maritess ka rin

Evelyn O. Katigbak
Updated as of Nov 22 05:12 PM

There’s a gossip in each one of us—whether you’re a labandera or sosyalera, a tambay or public servant Read more »

Blue Origin, Boeing chart course for 'business park' in space

Reuters
Posted at Oct 26 08:30 AM

Billionaire Jeff Bezos-owned Blue Origin on Monday unveiled plans to develop a commercial space station called "Orbital Reef" with Boeing, aiming to launch the spacecraft in the second half of this decade. Read more »

Star Trek's William Shatner becomes world's oldest space traveler

Mike Blake, Reuters
Updated as of Oct 14 08:22 AM

William Shatner - Captain James Kirk of "Star Trek" fame - on Wednesday became the oldest person in space. Read more »

Rocket carrying William Shatner blasts off into space

Mike Blake, Reuters
Posted at Oct 13 11:39 PM

William Shatner embodied the promise of space travel in the classic 1960s TV series "Star Trek" and seven subsequent films. Read more »

With 'Captain Kirk' aboard, Blue Origin to return to space

Reuters
Posted at Oct 12 07:05 PM

As one of four passengers selected for the flight, William Shatner, at age 90, is poised to become the oldest person ever to venture into space. Read more »

William Shatner lends Blue Origin star power

Issam Ahmed, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 09 10:50 AM

On October 12, William Shatner -- Captain James T. Kirk on 'Star Trek' -- is set to become the first member of the iconic show's cast to journey to the final frontier, as a guest aboard a Blue Origin suborbital rocket. Read more »

Unity of China, US on COVID-19 probe sought to prevent future outbreaks

Eduardo Baptista, South China Morning Post
Posted at Oct 01 01:10 PM

The US and China need to put aside differences and work together to set new safety standards for laboratories doing virus research, said Jeffrey Sachs, chair of the Lancet Covid-19 Commission that oversees task forces to combat the coronavirus pandemic and prevent future outbreaks. Read more »

China defends cooperation with WHO on COVID-19 origins

Catherine Wong, South China Morning Post
Posted at Sep 30 01:13 PM

China has sought to defend its cooperation with the World Health Organization in the search for the origins of COVID-19, releasing a summary of its actions so far. Read more »

Chinese scientists: COVID could have spread first in US

Josephine Ma, South China Morning Post
Posted at Sep 24 12:49 PM

It was 'highly probable' COVID-19 started to spread in the United States in September 2019, a group of Chinese scientists said in a new paper published on the preprint platform of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Read more »

'Political rows hamper COVID-19 origins hunt'

Simone McCarthy, South China Morning Post
Posted at Aug 29 09:22 AM

The WHO’s COVID-19 lead Maria Van Kerkhove says it wants to get ‘back to the science’ as Washington and Beijing continue to trade barbs. Read more »

Biden: China withholding info on COVID-19 origins

Issam Ahmed, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 28 01:51 PM

President Joe Biden said Friday that China was withholding "critical information" on the origins of COVID-19. Read more »

Experts say urgent search for COVID origins ‘stalled’

Natalie Handel, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Aug 26 11:13 AM

The search for the origins of the pandemic is at a standstill even as time is running out, scientists charged with the task by the UN warned. Read more »

EXPLAINER: Why is the US probing COVID-19 origins?

Robert Delaney, South China Morning Post
Updated as of Aug 24 12:20 PM

US President Joe Biden’s administration is expected to announce the results of a three-month investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic as soon as this week, potentially aggravating US-China friction as health authorities globally struggle to subdue the ever-evolving contagion. Read more »