Global National

Global National: Aug. 8


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The Artemis II crew, including Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, has taken its first look at the spacecraft which will fly the group around the moon in November 2024. How time is of the essence for NASA as it aims to beat China to the punch in an intensifying space race. The construction cost overruns for the Trans Mountain pipeline are ballooning to staggering levels. How the company's plans to offset those costs have backfired, and why one former construction manager feels the expansion project was troubled from the start. Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has built his reputation as an outspoken critic of the federal Liberal government and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Now the party is trying to showcase Poilievre's softer side. How his family is a part of this advertising blitz, and the key voters being pursued. While tech giants are compensating the Australian media for their news content, they won't do the same for Canadian broadcasters and publishers. Why it worked Down Under but not in the Great White North. Plus: Thursday is the new Friday. Why companies are also reaping the benefits of four-day workweeks. And a team of Korean scientists says it has synthesized a superconducting material called "LK-99," which could make many things, including power lines, batteries, travel, and health care far more efficient -- if it's true. Why optimism is now fading about the claims.
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