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A Rural Village Voted to Leave the U.K., Stirring Britainโ€™s Migration Debate

9 October 2026 at 04:01
A plan to house 1,250 asylum seekers on the outskirts of Piddington prompted a symbolic independence vote, highlighting a growing dilemma for the government.

ยฉ Joe Giddens/Press Association, via Associated Press

Local residents unveiled a โ€œPrincipality of Piddingtonโ€ sign in the village of Piddington, Oxfordshire, England, after they voted to become independent in a symbolic โ€œreferendum.โ€

Some Palestinians Express Discomfort With Protest Targeting Mamdani

9 October 2026 at 01:09
Palestinian advocates acknowledged the range of viewpoints within their movement but were dismayed by the vitriol directed at Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a longtime ally of their cause.

ยฉ Hilary Swift for The New York Times

Soon after Mayor Zohran Mamdani arrived at a vigil marking the third anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel, pro-Palestinian demonstrators disrupted the event to denounce him.

SpaceX calls for better coordination in orbit after near-misses with Starlink

8 October 2026 at 21:37

Space has plenty of room for more megaconstellations, but only if all operators are willing to share information about where their satellites are and where they're going, a top executive at SpaceX and its AI subsidiary said this week.

Michael Nicolls, SpaceX's vice president for Starlink and president of Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company, xAI, used a presentation Tuesday at the International Astronautical Congress in Turkey as a clarion call for improved data-sharing among satellite operators.

SpaceX's Starlink constellation now has more than 11,000 satellites, about two-thirds of all active spacecraft in low-Earth orbit. Radars and telescopes routinely track thousands more pieces of space junk.

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