TORONTO: By organising an automobile parade with more than 2,000 vehicles that covered many kilometres, Canadian Sikhs set a new record in favour of the Khalistan campaign.
The polling for the Khalistan Referendum will take place on September 18 at the Gore Meadows Recreation Centre in Brampton, but extensive preparations have already begun.
Videos that have gone viral depict a long line of vehicles leaving Malton, Ontario draped with hundreds of Khalistan flags in support of the country and the upcoming referendum.
The videos depict a long line of Khalistan sympathisers, which is reminiscent to the recent “Freedom Convoy” trucker protests in Canada.
During Sunday’s high-stakes match against India, star wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan experienced knee soreness. Team doctors are currently keeping an eye on him.
Rizwan won’t be practising today, according to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).He will be able to participate in tomorrow’s game against Afghanistan in Sharjah, however the team’s doctors are keeping an eye on him.
After experiencing knee soreness on September 4 during Pakistan vs. India, Rizwan got a preventative MRI on Monday.Rizwan was doing well at the time, according to skipper Babar Azam, who had claimed to have spoken with him.
During Imran Khan’s speech in Peshawar, YouTube was shut down in Pakistan for all users.”Metrics confirm that YouTube is disrupted on several internet providers in #Pakistan while former prime minister Imran Khan live streams,” the internet monitoring service Net Blocks tweeted.
“The limitations come despite the lifting of PEMRA’s ban on Khan’s statements by the Islamabad High Court.”Several users began griping on Twitter that they were unable to access the streaming website before to the former prime minister’s speech.
On the microblogging platform Twitter, #YouTubeDown has also become a top trend.
Imran Khan, the chairman of the PTI and a former prime minister, declared on Tuesday that he had had enough of the “cabal of crooks” the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) was using to spread false information about him.
Khan’s latest remarks against the military and its senior commanders have drawn harsh criticism from PDM, the ruling parties that have constituted the government after Khan was removed as prime minister in April.
The PTI chairman’s Faisalabad jalsa speech, in which he implied that if a “patriotic” army head were chosen, he would not spare the current rulers, infuriated the military forces, who were equally outraged.
Mbappe dismisses talk of rift with France teammate Pogba over blackmail affair
Kylian Mbappe on Monday played down suggestions that his relationship with Paul Pogba could be impacted after his name came up in a blackmail affair engulfing his France teammate.
Pogba says he is the victim of a multi-million euro blackmail plot to discredit him by claiming he asked a witch doctor to cast a spell on Mbappe.
The claims about the witch doctor were revealed publicly by Pogba’s elder brother Mathias.
Paul Pogba, who left Manchester United in the close season to return to former club Juventus, denies the accusation.
“No because today as things stand I prefer to believe what my teammate says,” Paris Saint-Germain star Mbappe said when asked if there might be a problem with Pogba.
Mbappe was speaking at a press conference ahead of Tuesday’s Champions League game between PSG and Pogba’s Juventus in Paris.
“He called me and gave me his version of events. It is his word against his brother’s word. I am going to trust my teammate,” Mbappe said of his fellow 2018 World Cup winner.
“I think it’s in the interests of the national team as well with a big tournament coming up.
“At the moment he already has certain problems and now is not the time to add to those problems.
“We’ll see what happens but I am quite detached from all that.”
A criminal investigation was launched in France last week into the affair.
Based on the findings of a preliminary investigation last month it will examine allegations — for now against persons unknown — including blackmail by an armed gang, kidnapping and membership of a criminal conspiracy.
Pogba is sidelined for Juve’s clash with PSG on Tuesday and faces a battle to be fit for France’s defence of the World Cup trophy in Qatar starting in November.
KARACHI: The fluctuation in the demand and supply of the US dollar in the currency market contributed to the Pakistani rupee’s sustained decline versus the greenback in the interbank market. The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) reported that the rupee depreciated by over Re1 (0.40%), or closing at 219.86 against Friday’s close of 218.98.
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Dealers and traders predict that the rupee would fluctuate between 218 and 19 in the next days. The demand from importers and the inflows of [supply] from exporters and remitters will have an impact on the currency movement during the week.
However, the negative economic effects of the country’s terrible floods and the soaring inflation rate would undermine confidence in the rupee.As the margin between rates in the interbank market reduced, the movement of the rupee on the open market also attracted attention.
As Pakistan tries to purchase more basic goods in the wake of the country’s floods, analysts anticipate some pressure on the rupee. Many people also think that the demand may be restrained, which would keep the current account balance in check.
Mohammad Rizwan, the wicketkeeper batsman for Pakistan, injured himself during the Asia Cup 2022 match against India and got an MRI scan.After receiving Rizwan’s report, the medical staff will decide whether or not he may participate in the competition again.
On its website, Espncricinfo reviewed players who could take Rizwan’s place as wicket-keeper.Espncricinfo claims that Pakistan is lacking a skilled wicketkeeper. Although they are not experts, Khushdil Shah and Fakhar Zaman are capable of doing Rizwan’s duties.
Mohammad Haris, who travelled with the team on its tour of the Netherlands, might be the second option. Haris, however, is not presently a member of the Asia Cup team.
If Rizwan is unable to compete, Haris will need to be flown to Dubai to fill in.On September 7 (Wednesday), Pakistan and Afghanistan are scheduled to play in Sharjah.
The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) issued a warning to TV broadcasters on Monday, requesting that they stop airing any material that was critical of the government’s institutions.
The regulatory council ruled that any material against institutions that was either broadcast live or was filmed and produced under the channels’ banner should not be broadcast.According to Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority statement, TV broadcasters continue to disobey orders despite previous warnings.
No doubt exists in our minds regarding the licensees’ lax enforcement of the Code of Conduct and Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority regulatory authority’s failure to penalize licensees for any violations of the Code of Conduct, according to the statement.
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad was released from the hospital on Sunday after being hospitalised for corona virus, according to a statement released by his office.
The 97-year-old, who held the position of premier for more than 20 years and is currently in the legislative process, has a history of heart issues. He has undergone bypass surgery and heart attacks.
Mahathir will stay under quarantine at home until Tuesday after being admitted to the National Heart Institute on Wednesday after testing positive for the coronavirus, according to the statement.
According to past statements from him and government officials, he has gotten at least three doses of the COVID vaccination, with the final shot scheduled for November 2021.
Virgin River, a lighthearted sitcom on Netflix, will continue after season five, according to the network’s executives.”I feel like there is a lot more storytelling to offer us,” she continued, “based on what we’re witnessing with season four and the anticipation for season five.”
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She also made a suggestion that, in the near future, the narrative might stop being concerned with the lives of Mel Monroe and Jack Sheridan, the two primary protagonists.
We’re paying very close attention because we know that this is an incredibly rich universe of characters and that people can’t get enough. It will be interesting to see which characters continue to stand out and which fans want to see more of.
WASHINGTON: According to court filings that were unsealed on Friday, the FBI found more than 11,000 official documents and pictures during its search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida resort on August 8. It also discovered 48 empty files marked “classified.”
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One day after hearing oral arguments from Trump’s attorneys and the Justice Department’s top two counterintelligence prosecutors about whether she should appoint a special master to conduct a privilege review of the seized materials at Trump’s request, US District Judge Aileen Cannon in West Palm Beach unsealed the documents.
Cannon said she would agree to unseal two records submitted by the Justice Department but she deferred making a decision right now on whether to choose a special master.Trump’s appointment of William Barr, a former US attorney general, raised concerns about the value of such a choice.
LAHORE: The British Council and the Lahore Biennale Foundation (LBF) have collaborated to start the Virtual Museum initiative, which aims to create and market art-related non-fungible tokens (NFT) to raise money for flood relief.
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On Sunday, the project begins at LNC of Arts.The virtual museum, which is a component of the British Council’s Pakistan-UK Season: New Perspectives programme, provides artists, scholars, and other creative practitioners with a digital platform to reconsider our common cultural heritage and aesthetic language.
The virtual museum encouraged a wide range of curators, associates, and artists to respond to and contribute to Pakistan’s rich, complex post-independence history.
The project draws on the global reality of virtual connectivity despite physical borders, giving cyberspace an excellent platform for local and international debates. Its goal is to encourage more significant sociocultural changes.
Ukraine’s Prime Minister Denys Shmygal on Sunday voiced hopes that Germany would become a leading player helping Kyiv to build up its air defences, as he sought more heavy weapons for Kyiv from Berlin.
Shmygal is the first high-level Ukrainian official to visit Germany in months, in a sign of eased tensions between Kyiv and Berli after a rocky patch.
Germany’s initial stuttering response on providing military support to Kyiv following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine had sparked consternation.
But Shmygal acknowledged during his visit that Germany has since significantly stepped up its military aid, with heavy armaments such as the tank howitzer 2000 or MARS rocket launchers all “working well on the battle field”.
The air defence system Iris-T is expected to be delivered in the autumn, he said, adding that Ukraine “hopes that Germany will become one of the leaders in the process of developing Ukrainian air defense”
Kohli guides India to 181-7 against Pakistan in Asia Cup Super Four
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Star batsman Virat Kohli hit his second successive fifty as India made 181-7 against Pakistan in their opening Super Four match at the Asia Cup on Sunday.
Kohli, who hit 60 off 44 balls before being run out in the final over, helped India survive a middle-order stutter to post a competitive total after being put in to bat first in Dubai.
He reached his 32nd half-century in 36 balls with a six off pace bowler Mohammad Hasnain amid chants of “Kohli, Kohli” at a packed stadium.
Leg-spinner Shadab Khan stood out with figures of 2-31 from his four overs.
India skipper Rohit Sharma came out all guns blazing to smash pace bowler Naseem Shah for a six and four in the opening over of the match.
Opening partner KL Rahul soon took the cue to whack Naseem for two cracking blows over the fence.
The openers put on 54 runs briskly and attempted to make full use of the powerplay, when only two fielders are allowed outside the inner circle, by hitting lofted shots, but Rohit fell when he mistimed Haris Rauf.
Khushdil Shah clung on to a sky-high catch as Rohit went back after scoring 28 off 16 balls in the sixth over.
Shadab struck the next over to cut short Rahul’s stay on 28 and then left-arm orthodox spinner Mohammad Nawaz removed the dangerous Suryakumar Yadav for 13.
Kohli, who has slowly come out his lean patch with scores of 35 and 59 in the previous two matches, kept the score ticking and got the occasional boundary.
But Pakistan kept chipping away with wickets including the left-handed Rishabh Pant for 14 and Hardik Pandya for a second-ball duck off Hasnain.
Wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan had an injury scare when he landed awkwardly on his right leg in an attempt to stop a bouncer but was able to continue.
Ravi Bishnoi finished off the innings with two boundaries as Fakhar Zaman faltered twice in the deep, including dropping a catch that reached the ropes.
DUBAI: After being called to bat at the Asia Cup Super Four stage, Ind openers Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul destroyed Pakistani spinners.
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Before Rohit was sent back to the pavilion by Haris Rauf with a slow delivery, both openers had scored 28 runs each, totaling 54 runs.
However, Ind didn’t stop there, going on to score 62 runs in the powerplay against Pak, a record for them. In a T20I cricket match against their bitter rivals, Rohit and Rahul also helped Ind achieve their quickest fifty.
The previous powerplay record for Ind vs Pak was a 48-1 score in Ahmedabad in 2012.When this report was filed, India were batting at 173-7 in 19.4overs.
War crimes trial in post-WWII Ukraine unveiled at Venice festival
Watching the powerful historical testament to the horrors of war and the depths of human cruelty in “The Kiev Trial” at the Venice Film Festival, it can seem that little has changed.
The out-of-competition documentary by Ukranian director Sergei Loznitsa uses archival footage of a now-forgotten war crimes trial of 15 Germans held in Kyiv in 1946.
But the atrocities that witnesses recount in the black-and-white film has echoes of war crimes that Ukraine accuses Russia of having committed on its soil in recent months.
The International Criminal Court is currently investigating war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide in Ukraine.
“History repeats itself when we do not learn from history. When we don’t study and don’t want to know,” warned Loznitsa, speaking to journalists Sunday.
This year, when Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began in February, “we all realised we were (back) 80 years ago,” he said.
“We just started to repeat the same things. And it means we did not learn after the war.”
The trial was held in January 1946, just as the Allies’ groundbreaking Nuremberg Trials against Nazi war criminals were beginning
Stalin sought to use the trials in Kyiv for his own propaganda purposes, Loznitsa said.
The Ukranian director relied on about three hours of footage shot by the Soviets to document the trial, including the arraignment, witness testimony, defence statements and verdict — and finally, the public hanging of the 15 defendants.
The atrocities occurred on different dates and in different places throughout Ukraine, including Babyn Yar, where nearly 34,000 Jews were shot to death in massive pits.
Babyn Yar was the subject of a documentary by Loznitsa last year that played at the Cannes Film Festival in May.
Buried alive In “The Kiev Trial,”, witnesses describe the countless horrors inflicted on the local population by the Germans — children shot in their mothers’ arms, the elderly ordered to lie down in pits and shot by drunken firing squads, old men set upon by dogs, people thrown down a mine shaft, patients in a psychiatric hospital shot, and more.
The prosecutor asks one defendant why he felt it necessary to shoot the children in a town that his troops were razing to the ground.
“Because they were all running around the village,” he replies.
Watching the powerful historical testament to the horrors of war and the depths of human cruelty in “The Kiev Trial” at the Venice Film Festival, it can seem that little has changed.
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The out-of-competition documentary by Ukranian director Sergei Loznitsa uses archival footage of a now-forgotten war crimes trial of 15 Germans held in Kyiv in 1946.
But the atrocities that witnesses recount in the black-and-white film has echoes of war crimes that Ukraine accuses Russia of having committed on its soil in recent months.
The International Criminal Court is currently investigating war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide in Ukraine.
“History repeats itself when we do not learn from history. When we don’t study and don’t want to know,” warned Loznitsa, speaking to journalists Sunday.
This year, when Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began in February, “we all realised we were (back) 80 years ago,” he said.
“We just started to repeat the same things. And it means we did not learn after the war.”
The trial was held in January 1946, just as the Allies’ groundbreaking Nuremberg Trials against Nazi war criminals were beginning
Stalin sought to use the trials in Kyiv for his own propaganda purposes, Loznitsa said.
The Ukranian director relied on about three hours of footage shot by the Soviets to document the trial, including the arraignment, witness testimony, defence statements and verdict — and finally, the public hanging of the 15 defendants. powerful
The atrocities occurred on different dates and in different places throughout Ukraine, including Babyn Yar, where nearly 34,000 Jews were shot to death in massive pits.
Babyn Yar was the subject of a documentary by Loznitsa last year that played at the Cannes Film Festival in May. powerful
Buried alive
In “The Kiev Trial,”, witnesses describe the countless horrors inflicted on the local population by the Germans — children shot in their mothers’ arms, the elderly ordered to lie down in pits and shot by drunken firing squads, old men set upon by dogs, people thrown down a mine shaft, patients in a psychiatric hospital shot, and more.
The prosecutor asks one defendant why he felt it necessary to shoot the children in a town that his troops were razing to the ground.
“Because they were all running around the village,” he replies.
It has been criticised that Meghan Markle uses Prince Harry as a “prized possession” in her podcast to remind listeners of her initial claim to fame.
They sort of need him and they don’t because he was supposed to be in the first Spotify series, and the first one did have a lot of him in, and clearly it was extremely staged, the expert claimed in response to Prince Harry’s cameo appearanc in Meghan’s podcast.
She added, “Harry wasn’t pulling it off so well. Meghan can pull off scripted fairly well. I personally saw through it.”The expert continued, “I think she’s like, ‘you can just remind everyone why I’m famous and then keep your mouth shut.”
Before drawing a conclusion, she added, “I think you’re exposing us for being a bit false because you haven’t got your acting training.”
Farah returns to winning ways in London half-marathon.
British distance great Mo Farah found himself top of the podium again with a third victory in the ‘Big Half’ — a London half-marathon — on Sunday.
Farah’s win, which a month ahead of the London Marathon proper, followed the four-time Olympic champion’s shock defeat by club runner Ellis Cross in a 10 kilometre race in London in May.
That reverse led to a fresh debate over whether the 39-year-old Farah, who won double Olympic gold (5,000m and 10,000m) at both the 2012 and 2016 Games, should retire from competitive racing.
But he was out on front in south London on Sunday, crossing the finish line in Greenwich in a time of 61 minutes and 49 seconds after surging clear of the field in the final three miles of a 13.1-mile course.
Jack Rowe was second and defending champion Jake Smith third.
“Today wasn’t easy but most important is the win and it is nice to be back,” Farah told BBC Sport.
Somalia-born Farah, who in July revealed he had been illegally trafficked into Britain as a child, added: “The key thing for me today was to try and win, no matter what happened.
“It was to play around with things, pick up my drink and all practice ahead of the London Marathon.”
Scotland’s Commonwealth Games gold medallist Eilish McColgan won the elite women’s race with a record time of 67.34 minutes but unlike Farah she will not be competing in the London Marathon.
McColgan suffered an adverse reaction while refuelling during long-distance races and has been diagnosed with rebound hypoglycemia — a condition affecting endurance athletes that leads to reduced blood sugar levels and means there is not enough glucose in the blood to meet the body’s demands.
But McColgan stuck to water on Sunday as she bettered Charlotte Purdue’s time of 69.51 minutes last year.
“To run a two-minute course record, I can’t ask any more,” she said.
According to Miftah Ismail, the finance minister of Pakistan, the economy would expand by more than 3.5% during the fiscal year that began in July, according to a report from Bloomberg News on Saturday.
Inflation, which is at a 47-year high and is the second-highest in Asia, is expected to peak soon and average 15% for the year, according to Ismail’s forecast, according to the report.
Ismail was quoted as warning that restrictions on luxury goods might last longer than currently envisaged.Insisting that import payments should match dollar inflows, the minister continued by saying that he wants Pakistan to live within its means.
FLORIDA: NASA has abandoned an effort to launch its massive, next-generation rocketship for the second time in a week, citing a persistent fuel leak that the space agency said may push back the launch of its moon-to-Mars Artemis programme by at least several weeks.
About three hours before the scheduled 2:17 p.m. EDT (1817 GMT) liftoff time for the 32-story-tall Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and its Orion capsule from Cape Canaveral, Florida, preflight procedures were suspended for the day.
The unmanned test mission, intended to send the capsule to the moon and back, was to serve as the SLS’s first journey.
Ever come across a pakora that you would never want to eat? There is, however, one cute “pakora” that everyone would want to show their affection to rather than feast on.
This article’s “savoury” isn’t a real food item; rather, it’s a newborn girl with the name of the popular cuisine that is frequently enjoyed with tea on rainy days.vWhile naming a child after a favourite celebrity or location is frequent, naming someone after food is exceedingly unusual.
Instead of advertising a new offer or menu item, a well-known restaurant in Newtownabbey, Ireland, stated that a British couple who frequents it had named their newborn daughter after the fritters they serve as part of their South Asian cuisine.
ATHENS: According to the migration minister’s statement on Sunday, Greece has stopped more than 150,000 unauthorised immigrants at its land and marine borders so far this year.
“Since the beginning of the year, 154,102 irregular migrant entries have been stopped. In August alone, some 50,000 attempted to invade Greece “Mitarachi the Notis told.
The conservative Greek government, which took office in 2019 and will run for reelection in 2020, places a high priority on border control.In an effort to stem the influx of migrants, the government revealed plans to build an additional 80 kilometres (40 miles) of a wall along the Greek-Turkish border at Evros.
ISLAMABAD: Former interior minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed declared on Sunday that PTI Chairman Imran Khan will issue a call for a march on Islamabad once the floodwaters subside, lashing out at the coalition government over rising inflation and its alleged plan to impose additional taxes worth Rs608 billion on the general public.
The Awami Muslim League (AML) leader’s declaration comes a day after Imran Khan threatened to return with his followers to the federal capital if the PM Shehbaz Sharif-led government continued to “persecute” party members with legal proceedings at a public gathering in Gujrat.
“The IMF and the government reached yet another agreement for the collection of Rs608 billion. The former interior minister declared, “First they raided the national treasury, and now they’re looking to take people’s pockets.
Sheikh Rasheed stated that the flash floods in Sindh have “opened the eyes” of the locals to the situation with the flooding there. The Pakistan Democratic Movement’s (PDM) reputation has been tarnished, he claimed.
Tanya Pardazi, a Canadian TikTok influencer, passed away on August 27th as a result of a tragic skydiving accident. Pardazi, 21, was referred to by her friends as “the bravest girl” when she died while jumping at Skydive Toronto.
The South Simcoe Police Service verified the devastating news in a release published on Sunday.” The skydiver dropped a swiftly rotating primary parachute at a low altitude without the time/altitude required for the backup parachute to expand,” the skydiving facility said in a statement posted on Facebook.
Pardazi had more than 95,000 followers as a TikToker She had just completed a solo class at Skydive Toronto, and the deadly fall was her first solo jump.
KARACHI: On the opening day of the Asian Bodybuilding Championship, which is currently taking place in Kyrgyzstan, Pakistani bodybuilders won three medals across several categories.
Gul Nawaz won a silver medal in the juvenile division, Fida Hussain won a silver medal in the senior men’s division, and Faisal Khan won a bronze medal in the 60 kg division.
“Thank God, I have brought home a silver medal for my nation. To get to this point and earn a medal for my nation, it took a tremendous amount of effort, “said he.
The fact that Pakistan won medals overwhelmed Gul and Faisal as well. Up to 10 Pakistani bodybuilders are competing in the Asian Bodybuilding Championship’s 14 different divisions.
KARACHI: Despite the much-anticipated renewal of the multi-billion loan programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and currency appreciation, volatility dogged trade in the stock market in the previous week.
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The key KSE 100-share index finished the week down 282 points, or 0.7%, to conclude at 42,309.11 points.Investors’ reactions to the destruction brought on by the nation’s disastrous floods and their overall effect on the economy set the tone for the rest of the week on a bad note.
The executive board was scheduled to convene later in the day to make final decisions regarding Pakistan’s Extended Fund Facility, thus caution was also exercised (EFF).
In a Polish town, the corpse of a “female vampire” was discovered with a sickle across her throat.So that she could not “return from the dead,” her toe was discovered padlocked. While conducting archaeological research, the skeleton was found at a cemetery from the 17th century.
Along with the skeleton’s remains, a silk headdress was discovered, indicating her high social standing.The project team leader claimed that the body was interred in an unorthodox manner.
He claimed that in earlier times, when people did not want their dead to come back to life, they would sometimes burn, cut off their limbs, or shatter their bodies with stones before burying them.
The Balochistan government made the decision on Saturday to begin opening all educational institutions in the province on September 5.All schools and institutions will resume on September 5, according to a statement made by provincial education minister Mir Naseebullah Khan Marri.
The minister stated that Naseerabad and Jafarabad, the areas most severely impacted by the catastrophic floods, will decide whether to open schools later.
Due to severe floods caused by the monsoon rains that were above average, Balochistan’s educational institutions were forced to close on August 22.On August 29, the educational institutions reopened.
After technical difficulties prevented its initial attempt, NASA will try again on Saturday to launch its new 30-story rocket and send its unmanned test capsule toward the Moon.
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it will make history if the enormous Space Launch System (SLS) successfully launches, as it will be the first mission under the Artemis program to plan a return to the Moon, 50 years after the last Apollo mission.
With a potential two-hour delay, the launch from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center is slated for 2:17pm (1817 GMT).Jeremy Parsons, the Kennedy Space Center’s deputy manager of exploration ground systems, declared on Friday that “our team is prepared.”
