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As mysteries continue to swirl around the balloon and three other so-far-unidentified objects shot down by the US in recent days, one thing at least has been clear: the weaponry used to knock them out of the sky. Be it the original alleged Chinese surveillance balloon downed off South Carolina, or the as-yet-unknown objects targeted over Alaska, Michigan and Canada, all have met their demise by the same type of missile — the AIM-9X Sidewinder. Here’s what you need to know about it:Who makes and

Mattel Inc., coming off a tough year for toymakers, is relaunching the Barney purple dinosaur character for TV screens, theaters and the toy aisle, betting an icon unveiled three decades ago will resonate with today’s parents and kids.

Almost three in five US teen girls reported feeling sad or hopeless in 2021, the highest level seen in a decade and nearly twice the rate among teenage boys.

Germany and Belgium plan a second interconnector to increase cross-border electricity flows, according to two people familiar with the matter.