TAMPA: A NASA spaceship is zooming toward the farthest, and quite possibly the oldest, cosmic body ever photographed by humankind — a tiny, distant world called Ultima Thule — some four billion miles away. The US space agency will ring in the New Year with a live online broadcast to mark historic flyby of the mysterious object in a dark and frigid region of space known as the Kuiper Belt at 12.33 am January 1. A guitar anthem recorded by legendary Queen guitarist Brian May will be released just after midnight to accompany a video simulation of the flyby. AFP
Cardi B accuses paparazzi of racism
Sydney: Rapper Cardi B says that some of the racist comments made by Australian paparazzi didn’t “sit well” with her. The rapper arrived in Sydney on Saturday and was greeted by a swarm of photographers. She was not in the mood for pictures, and covered her head in a blanket as she made her way through the terminal. Then as Cardi walked by the paparazzi, a woman photographer said to her: “No wonder your husband left ya”. “As I got here, you know, paparazzi’s all in my face… But what didn’t sit well with me was this man telling me, ‘You’re in Australia now…you’re playing by our rules.’ It don’t sit well with me when a white man tells me that s***. Like, excuse me? Sir… you think this is the 1800s?” she said. Agencies
Israel loses its acclaimed author
Tel Aviv: Israeli President Reuven Rivlin pays respect to Amos Oz, Israel’s best-known author, who died of cancer at the age of 79, as his coffin is placed at a Tel Aviv theatre on Monday. President Rivlin, a childhood friend of Oz, said ‘you were unafraid of being called a traitor. You saw it as a mark of honour’. Reuters
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