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No Brexit likelier than no deal
Featured, United Kingdom

No Brexit likelier than no deal

    Parliament is more likely to block Britain's exit from the European Union than allow it to crash out without a deal, Theresa May is set to warn as she launches a last-ditch plea to MPs to back her Brexit deal. The Prime Minister will use a speech on the eve of the critical Commons vote on her exit plan to urge MPs to consider the "consequences" of their actions on the faith of British people in democracy. She is expected to reiterate her warning that "catastrophic harm" will be inflicted to trust in politicians if they fail to implement the result of the referendum. With less than 36 hours to go until the long-awaited vote, Mrs May will say, based on last week's Westminster drama, that she now believes MPs blocking Brexit is a more likely outcome than leaving witho...
Nasa warns of near miss asteroid passing Earth
Featured, Technology

Nasa warns of near miss asteroid passing Earth

     A giant asteroid is due to whizz past the Earth in the early hours of this morning as Nasa warns another rock could destroy the planet next century. The asteroid will make an Earth Close Approach" today, passing around two million miles away from our planet that is about eight times the distance to the Moon away. It may seem a lot, but in space terms that is deemed near all the more alarming given its whopping size, as big as 460 feet in diameter, which is considered 'potentially hazardous'. Dubbed Asteroid AG3, it measures around twice the wingspan of a Boeing 747 aeroplane, reports the Express. A NASA report on asteroid dangers reads: Larger Near-Earth Objects greater than 140 meters have the potential to inflict severe damage to entire regions or continents. ...