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Cosmic Girl, a Boeing 747 modified to carry the LauncherOne rocket under its left wing, took off from the new Cornwall Spaceport in Newquay, U.K., Monday night. The craft is seen here hours before taking off.

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U.K.'s highly touted space launch fails to reach orbit due to an 'anomaly'

12:15pm January 10, 2023

by Bill Chappell

Virgin Orbit says its LauncherOne rocket "experienced an anomaly" just before it could deliver its payload. The problem arose shortly after a maneuver called the "barbecue roll."

People in Odesa try to do business even after Russian attacks leave them in the dark

8:15am January 10, 2023

by Tim Mak

Ukrainian officials in Odesa say the local economy has contracted 40% since the war began. The shutdown of the local ports and unreliable electricity have forced businesses to adapt.

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The innovative Danish restaurant Noma, which has reclaimed the title of world's top restaurant several times, said that it will shut down and become "a pioneering test kitchen dedicated to the work of food innovation and the development of new flavors."

Famed Danish restaurant Noma will close by 2024 to make way for a test kitchen

9:11pm January 09, 2023

by The Associated Press

Chef Rene Redzepi's house of Nordic gastronomy will close by the winter of 2024 and re-emerge as Noma 3.0, the Copenhagen eatery said on its webpage.

The impact of Prince Harry's media blitz

5:41pm January 09, 2023

by Eric Deggans

Prince Harry is having an eventful week with a book coming out and multiple TV interviews.

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Worshipers pray during an Orthodox Christmas mass in a basement shelter in Chasiv Yar, eastern Ukraine, on Jan. 7. As artillery boomed outside and fighter jets flew overhead, Orthodox Christians in a battered eastern Ukraine town held a Christmas service in a basement shelter vowing, not to let war ruin the holiday.

Latest on Ukraine: The Russian Christmas cease-fire that wasn't

11:03am January 09, 2023

by NPR Staff

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

High energy prices and inflation are taking a toll on U.K. businesses

5:13am January 09, 2023

by Willem Marx

More than 11,000 small businesses closed in the UK last year. Many smaller shops could not keep up with higher energy costs, inflation and competition from online retailers.

Substances found during the search are examined on the premises of the fire department in Castrop-Rauxel, Sunday, Jan.8, 2023. In Castrop-Rauxel, there was a large-scale operation by the police and fire department on Saturday evening. A special task force (SEK) was also on the scene, a police spokeswoman told the German Press Agency on Saturday evening.

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An Iranian man has been held in Germany for allegedly planning a chemical attack

9:38am January 08, 2023

by The Associated Press

Police and prosecutors said the man and another person were detained overnight in the town of Castrop-Rauxel, northwest of Dortmund.

How the U.K. royals and British tabloids came to rely on each other for relevance

8:02am January 08, 2023

by Ayesha Rascoe

Prince Harry says his family has placed stories about him and his wife in the British tabloids. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Adrian Bingham, co-author of "Tabloid Century," to hear how that works.

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Melissa Thorpe, head of Spaceport Cornwall, in front of Cosmic Girl.

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The first orbital space launch from British soil will take off on Monday

5:01am January 08, 2023

by Giulia Heyward

LauncherOne will depart from Spaceport Cornwall and will take satellites into orbit.

On Christmas, Ukraine's Orthodox Christians try to find solace

5:10pm January 07, 2023

by Tim Mak

NPR's Tim Mak is in Ukraine as people there celebrate their first Christmas since the invasion.