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flashEngineers are making final preparations for the first satellite launch from the U.K. later Monday, when a modified passenger plane is expected to release a Virgin Orbit rocket carrying nine small satellites into space.If successful, the mission will mark the first orbital space launch from U.K. soil and the first international launch for Virgin Orbit, founded by British billionaire Richard Branson. The company, which is listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange, has already completed four similar launches from the U.S.The latest mission will see a repurposed Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 aircraft carrying a rocket take off from Cornwall in southwestern…

The University Health Network says it is experiencing an outage with its network. In a tweet Monday just before 1 p.m., the UHN said it was working “to resolve the issue.”By 2 p.m., the network’s website was still unavailable.In a statement emailed to Global News, Gillian Howard, a spokesperson for the UHN said the network is “experiencing outages in our digital systems across our networks.”“Our digital team is investigating the issues and will update periodically,” the statement read. “Clinical areas are using down time procedures at this time.”It was not immediately clear what caused the outage. The University Health Network…

Russia’s Lukoil has agreed to sell its Sicilian refinery to an Israeli-backed private equity fund that has partnered with commodities trader Trafigura in a last-minute bid that gazumped an offer from US-based Crossbridge Energy Partners and oil trader Vitol.The deal, expected to close by the end of March, will allow the plant to avoid nationalisation or closure after EU sanctions cut it off from Russian oil supplies in December.Two people close to the transaction said GOI Energy would pay Lukoil — the largest non-state owned Russian oil company — about €1.5bn to acquire the facility, which can process roughly 355,000…

WWE has paradoxically pinned itself to the mat. Late last week, the US company that produces professional wrestling events said that its founder and former chief executive, Vince McMahon, would return to the company’s board.McMahon left the company last year amid scandal. A WWE board investigation revealed he had personally made almost $20mn of secret payments. Those payments should have been reflected in company financial statements.Such a breach would typically be a career killer. But McMahon owns 40 per cent of WWE shares and, through dual-class shares, controls 80 per cent of the vote. McMahon claims he has returned to…

How did you see yourself as a woman before motherhood, and how do you see yourself now?Pre-motherhood, I was a high-performing yet high-strung overthinker. Setting boundaries was not my strong suit. Now as a mama, I am much more in the moment and in-tune with my current environment. What am I feeling? What needs to happen right now? I am letting things come to me. When something feels important, I waste no time in going after it, but there is a much stronger filter of what deserves my attention. How has motherhood changed how you think about your personal style?I have…

A 16-year-old girl was killed and three teenage boys were hurt – one critically – in a single-car crash on Long Island over the weekend, police said.  The teen girl was driving a 2008 Nissan west on Chicken Valley Road when she suddenly lost control and struck a tree near the Brookville Lane intersection in Old Brookville around 3:30 am. Sunday, Nassau County Police said.  She was pronounced dead on the scene.  Three male passengers – ages 14, 15 and 16 – were taken to local hospitals for treatment, cops said.  A 16-year-old girl was killed when she lost control…

In order to help their own outfield depth, the Mets signed some away from the Yankees. Tim Locastro has agreed to a minor-league deal with the Mets, The Post’s Jon Heyman confirmed. It also includes an invite to spring training, according to FanNation, which first reported the deal. The 30-year-old Locastro spent the last season-plus on the Yankees — with a waiver claim by Boston mixed in last offseason — after the Yankees acquired him from the Diamondbacks in a July 2021 trade. He became a go-to pinch runner when promoted from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Across 47 MLB games with the…

The historic dysfunction surrounding the election of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is raising concern of a debt ceiling crisis this summer or fall that threatens the world economy.Not only does McCarthy lead a slim GOP majority that will be almost impossible to corral, but the concessions he agreed to in order to get the gavel will give extremists considerable influence in tough negotiations. “The debt limit is going to be a problem,” economists at Goldman Sachs plainly warned clients in a report on Monday. “Fiscal deadlines will pose a greater risk this year than they have for a decade.” Failure…

The 2010s color-blocking trend was not for the faint of heart. In that era, designers brazenly clashed bright reds against punchy blues (the Gucci spring 2011 collection is a prime example), creating outfits you could practically see from space. For fans of minimalism or more muted colors, this was definitely not your time to shine. However, today in New York City, Tracee Ellis Ross proved that you can actually do color-blocking in a quieter way.Appearing on the Today show to promote her haircare brand Pattern’s new heat tools, Ross paired several earth tones together. Her Dries Van Noten outfit included…

Two men were stabbed multiple times in New York City on Monday morning by an attacker who jumped out of a passing SUV, cops said. The victims, ages 29 and 27, were walking on Second Avenue near 105th Street in East Harlem around 12:30 a.m. when a man jumped out of a white SUV and began stabbing them, police said. The attacker then fled on foot, leaving the vehicle behind. A person of interest was taken into custody at the scene and police were searching for a second suspect, cops said. The older man was stabbed in the neck and…