SpaceX delivers new crew of 4 to station

Cape Canaveral: A SpaceX capsule carrying four astronauts has pulled up at the International Space Station, their new home until spring. It took 21 hours for the flight from NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre to reach the glittering outpost on Thursday. AP

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Assange given nod to marry in prison

london: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been granted permission to marry his partner, Stella Moris, in Belmarsh Prison, UK authorities say. Assange has been held in London’s high-security prison since 2019. AP

Van Gogh painting auctioned for $35.9 mn

new york: A Vincent van Gogh landscape, “Mueles de ble”, seized by the Nazis during their Second World War occupation of France has sold at auction in New York for $35.9 million, a record for a watercolour by the Dutch impressionist. Reuters

‘Dolphin Tale’ star Winter dies at 16

clearwater (US): A 16-year-old female prosthetic-tailed dolphin named Winter that starred in the “Dolphin Tale” movies died on Thursday at a Florida aquarium despite life-saving efforts to treat a gastrointestinal abnormality, aquarium officials said. AP