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Panattoni snaps up 10 acres to expand Sittingbourne development

Panattoni snaps up 10 acres to expand Sittingbourne development

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Logistics property developer Panattoni has acquired a further 10 acres of land in Swale, Kent. The purchase will take Panattoni’s investment in the area to £170 million as it looks to create what will now be a 36-acre logistics park at Sittingbourne, targeting net zero carbon emissions. Work recently got under way on the speculative development to deliver the first phase of the park, comprising two units of 440,000 sq ft and 205,000 sq ft respectively. Completion of these units is expected in March 2025. The new land will enable the developer to prepare plans which could see up to a further 128,000 sq ft of commercial space developed at Panattoni Park Sittingbourne. These proposals, which would be subject to a planning application, could see construction start later this year and complete by the third quarter of 2025. Tony Watkins, head of development for the South East and London at Panattoni, said: “The acquisition of the additional 10 acres reflects the attractiveness of the location, with demand for high quality logistics facilities continuing to outstrip …

EQT snaps up API and identity management software company WSO2 for more than 0M

EQT snaps up API and identity management software company WSO2 for more than $600M

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WSO2, a company that provides API management and identity and access management (IAM) services for enterprises, has been acquired by Swedish investment giant EQT. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but TechCrunch has learned via sources that the deal values WSO2 at “more than” $600 million, with EQT attaining a “significant majority” stake for the price. WSO2’s products include an open source API manager, comparable to something like Google’s Apigee, which businesses use for building and integrating all their digital services, either in the cloud or on-premises. The company offers tangential services such as API management specifically for Kubernetes, as well as its flagship Identity Server — a little something like Okta — that companies use for managing identity and access functionality in their apps, such as single sign-on (SSO). WSO2, which was founded out of Sri Lanka in 2005, had raised around $130 million in funding from the likes of Intel, Cisco and Goldman Sachs, with its most recent tranche coming via a $93 million Series E round in 2022. An official valuation …

Spacecraft approaches metal object zooming around Earth, snaps footage

Spacecraft approaches metal object zooming around Earth, snaps footage

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A spacecraft has carefully approached and imaged a large hunk of metal orbiting Earth — a step in tackling humanity’s mounting space junk woes. The delicate space mission, undertaken by the Japanese satellite technology company Astroscale, used its ADRAS-J satellite to travel within several hundred meters of an abandoned section of a noncommunicative, derelict rocket, proving it could safely observe in such close proximity. “Pics or it didn’t happen,” the company posted on X (formerly Twitter). “Behold, the world’s first image of space debris captured through rendezvous and proximity operations during our ADRAS-J mission.” SEE ALSO: NASA scientist viewed first Voyager images. What he saw gave him chills. The mission is part of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA, which is Japan’s NASA counterpart) “Commercial Removal of Debris Demonstration” project, which seeks a proven way to remove problematic space junk from Earth’s orbit. A collision involving a large object can create thousands more pieces of debris, stoking a domino effect of future impacts. The experimental spacecraft will now continue to closely approach the rocket, which …

Paris Hilton poses in an animal-print string bikini and harness for ‘Cowboy Barbie’ Coachella snaps

Paris Hilton poses in an animal-print string bikini and harness for ‘Cowboy Barbie’ Coachella snaps

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While “that’s hot” may mean one thing for attendees at the desert music festival Coachella, it certainly means something else for Paris Hilton. The 43-year-old hotel heiress and DJ attended the music festival in Indio, California over the weekend for its first three days, and was even a surprise guest for Vampire Weekend’s set. While she brought a host of looks that spanned her flowy and colorful range to black on black ensembles, for one of her many photoshoots, she took things up a notch considerably. Paris shared new snaps on her Instagram rocking a purple animal-print string bikini near a hot tub, completing her look with a heart-shaped purse with the word “PARIS” on it. She added to the ensemble a black harness above her waist, suede cowboy boots, a wide-brimmed hat, and her signature nude makeup look, calling the ensemble “CowboyCore Barbie does Coachella.” Fans immediately raved over the fit in her comments section, with Lauren Sanchez leaving a flame emoji. A fan added: “Ahhhh slayed the house down booots!!!” with another saying: …

Mars spacecraft snaps glorious view of Martian volcanoes — and a surprise

Mars spacecraft snaps glorious view of Martian volcanoes — and a surprise

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What an extraterrestrial view. The long-lived Mars Express Orbiter — a European Space Agency (ESA) spacecraft that has flown around Mars for over two decades and recently eclipsed 25,000 orbits — captured a highly detailed image of the Red Planet. And among the giant Martian volcanoes is a surprise. “The stunning view shows volcanoes, valleys, craters, clouds, and even a flying visit from Mars’s largest moon, Phobos,” the ESA wrote. SEE ALSO: NASA scientist viewed first Voyager images. What he saw gave him chills. Here’s what you’re seeing in the outer-space vista below: – Olympus Mons: The largest bulge near the top left is Olympus Mons, the biggest volcano in our solar system. It’s about the same size as Arizona, and reaches a whopping 16 miles (25 kilometers) high. (Mount Everest is 5.5 miles high.) Mashable Light Speed – Volcanic trio: Below Olympus Mons is a line of three similarly colossal volcanoes: Ascraeus Mons, Pavonis Mons, and Arsia Mons. They are shield volcanoes, which tend not to be explosive. Instead, lava oozes out of vents, …

Princess Beatrice’s husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi shares dreamy travel snaps from New York

Princess Beatrice’s husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi shares dreamy travel snaps from New York

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Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi travels all over the world as a property developer, with his latest trip taking the father-of-two to the US. The 40-year-old, who is the founder of Banda property, shared some dreamy snaps from New York on Tuesday on his personal Instagram account. One showed the stunning view across the river from the observation deck of Edge at 30 Hudson Yards – the third tallest office building in the city. Edoardo also posted an image outside a beautiful townhouse, with the caption “NYC Meetings”. His business has property across the globe, including New York and San Francisco in the United States. It’s not known if his wife, Princess Beatrice, 35, has accompanied Edoardo to the Big Apple but the royal has worked for US-based tech company Afiniti since 2016 as its Vice President of Partnerships & Strategy. © Instagram / @edomapellimozziThe property developer shared this dreamy view from Edge at Hudson Yards The couple have a two-year-old daughter, Sienna, while Edoardo also has a seven-year-old son, Christopher Woolf, known as Wolfie, from his …

Selena Gomez shares throwback Instagram snaps from major milestone moment

Selena Gomez shares throwback Instagram snaps from major milestone moment

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When nostalgia hits, there is no option other than to ride the wave. Former Disney star and contemporary beauty icon Selena Gomez took a trip down memory lane recently when she posted a series of snaps on her Instagram Stories, dating from back when she was in the process of creating her makeup line, Rare Beauty. The 31-year-old stopped us in our tracks last month when she brought her beauty A-game to the prestigious SAG Awards. The Only Murders in the Building actress looked radiant in custom Atelier Versace, teamed alongside a bronzy tonal makeup moment. Voluminous lashes, glowy skin and a terracotta lip shade united to form a cohesive, sultry look. © GettyThe actress looked characteristically glamorous at the SAG Awards Looking every inch the beauty entrepreneur is her forte, but if you need any more proof that Selena knows her stuff, just take a look at her behind-the-scenes photo archive. MORE: Selena Gomez proves her new blonde hair goes perfectly with this classic makeup trend READ: Selena Gomez’s post-breakup anthem outfit is utter perfection © Instagram / …

Zara and Mike Tindall’s bond with Phillips children: Sweetest snaps of Uncle Mike with Savannah, 13, and Isla, 11

Zara and Mike Tindall’s bond with Phillips children: Sweetest snaps of Uncle Mike with Savannah, 13, and Isla, 11

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Zara and Mike Tindall are every inch the doting parents, to their three children, Mia, 10, Lena, five and Lucas, who happens to have a birthday this week. Talking about how Zara as a mother, the former England rugby player revealed exactly what he thought of his adoring wife’s instincts when chatting to HELLO! at the Legends of Rugby Dinner last year. “Her passion her compassion, her dedication, I think they are the foundations of any great mother, it’s just born in,” the I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! star said. “She punishes herself for going to work because she doesn’t want to leave them, I take my hat off to all women out there.” © ShutterstockZara and Mike Tindall are proud parents and an aunt and uncle Their incredible parental instincts are also part of what makes the happy couple the most caring aunt and uncle to their nieces, 13-year-old Savannah and 11-year-old, Isla Phillips, who are the daughters of Peter Phillips and his ex-wife, Autumn. Zara and Mike’s sweetest aunt and uncle moments… Family festivities …

Netanyahu snaps back against growing US criticism after being accused of losing his way on Gaza

Netanyahu snaps back against growing US criticism after being accused of losing his way on Gaza

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TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu railed Sunday against growing criticism from top ally the United States against his leadership amid the devastating war with Hamas, describing calls for a new election as “wholly inappropriate.” In recent days, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, the highest-ranking Jewish official in the country and a strong Israel supporter, called on Israel to hold a new election, saying Netanyahu had “lost his way.” President Joe Biden expressed support for Schumer’s “good speech,” and earlier accused Netanyahu of hurting Israel because of the huge civilian death toll in Gaza. Netanyahu told Fox News that Israel never would have called for a new U.S. election after the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001, and denounced Schumer’s comments as inappropriate. “We’re not a banana republic,” he said. “The people of Israel will choose when they will have elections, and who they’ll elect, and it’s not something that will be foisted on us.” When asked by CNN whether he would commit to a new election after the war ends, …

Israel’s Netanyahu snaps back against growing U.S. criticism

Israel’s Netanyahu snaps back against growing U.S. criticism

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TEL AVIV —  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu railed Sunday against growing criticism from the United States against his leadership amid the devastating war with Hamas, saying the pressure won’t stop Israel from achieving “total victory.” In recent days, top officials from the U.S., Israel’s staunchest ally, which has provided key military and diplomatic support, have publicly voiced their frustration with Netanyahu and his government. President Biden accused Netanyahu of hurting Israel because of the huge civilian death toll in Gaza. U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.), the highest-ranking Jewish official in the country and a strong Israel supporter, called on Israel to hold a new election, saying Netanyahu had “lost his way.” Biden expressed support for what he called Schumer’s “good speech.” The U.S. also has expressed concerns about a planned Israeli assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where about 1.4 million displaced Palestinians are sheltering, and support for a new round of talks aimed at securing a cease-fire in exchange for the return of Israeli hostages taken in Hamas’ Oct. …