this post was submitted on 11 Nov 2024
47 points (100.0% liked)

Interesting Global News

2613 readers
607 users here now

What is global news?

Something that happened or was uncovered recently anywhere in the world. It doesn't have to have global implications. Just has to be informative in some way.


Post guidelines

Title formatPost title should mirror the news source title.
URL formatPost URL should be the original link to the article (even if paywalled) and archived copies left in the body. It allows avoiding duplicate posts when cross-posting.
[Opinion] prefixOpinion (op-ed) articles must use [Opinion] prefix before the title.


Rules

1. English onlyTitle and associated content has to be in English.
2. No social media postsAvoid all social media posts. Try searching for a source that has a written article or transcription on the subject.
3. Respectful communicationAll communication has to be respectful of differing opinions, viewpoints, and experiences.
4. InclusivityEveryone is welcome here regardless of age, body size, visible or invisible disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender identity and expression, education, socio-economic status, nationality, personal appearance, race, caste, color, religion, or sexual identity and orientation.
5. Ad hominem attacksAny kind of personal attacks are expressly forbidden. If you can't argue your position without attacking a person's character, you already lost the argument.
6. Off-topic tangentsStay on topic. Keep it relevant.
7. Instance rules may applyIf something is not covered by community rules, but are against lemmy.zip instance rules, they will be enforced.


Companion communities

Icon attribution | Banner attribution

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

Britain's oldest satellite is in the wrong part of the sky, but no-one's really sure who moved it.

Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20241111020924/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpwrr58801yo

SpinScore: https://spinscore.io/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Farticles%2Fcpwrr58801yo

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] BigMikeInAustin 3 points 3 weeks ago

The conspiracy would be Russia or China trojan horses putting a US friendly satellite above the US and have been using it to spy.

Though they keep saying it instead, so supposedly it doesn't have power to be running.

Which I'm not clear if it can move it with its own power still, or will have to wait until a space junk removal spaceship can move it.