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Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay $4.1 mn in Sandy Hook damages
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay $4.1 mn in Sandy Hook damages
by  AFP

A Texas jury on Thursday ordered far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay more than $4 million in damages to the parents of a child who was killed in the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. The jury deliberated for one day before deciding on the amount of compensatory damages Jones should pay for falsely claiming that the Sandy Hook shooting was a "hoax."

South Korea launches first lunar orbiter
South Korea launches first lunar orbiter
by  AFP

South Korea's first-ever lunar orbiter was launched from the US Thursday on a year-long mission to observe the Moon, live video showed, with a payload including a new disruption-tolerant network for sending data from space. One of the instruments will evaluate disruption-tolerant, network-based space communications, which, according to South Korea's science ministry, is a world first.

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