Boca Chica: SpaceX’s Starship megarocket blasted off on its latest test flight Tuesday, with President-elect Donald Trump joining Elon Musk to witness the spectacle firsthand in the latest sign of their ever closer ties. But the Republican leader was deprived of the chance to see the booster stage caught in the launch tower’s “chopstick” arms,…
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: A potential plan to bring in more nations on board the ambitious 6th-generation GCAP jet fighter project was discussed today when the leaders of Italy, Japan and Britain met on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Brazil, the office of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Tuesday. Italy, UK…
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: For world leaders and diplomats at the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, US President-elect Donald Trump was the man who cannot be named. Almost nobody would mention the next occupant of the White House directly, even as his impending return to power hung over the meeting. Leaders would instead talk…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched its sixth Starship test flight to space on Tuesday from Texas, eyeing an array of improvements on the rocket as US President-elect Donald Trump watched in person. The roughly 400-foot-tall (122-meter-tall) rocket system, designed to land astronauts on the moon and ferry crews to Mars, lifted off at 4 p.m. CT…
Geneva: The World Health Organization on Tuesday approved an mpox vaccine from Japanese pharma company KM Biologics for emergency use, the second one to get the agency’s seal of approval. The WHO said it granted emergency use listing (EUL) authorisation to the LC16m8 vaccine to “facilitate increased and timely access to vaccines in communities where…
Peshawar, Pakistan: A suicide attack in northwest Pakistan killed 10 soldiers Tuesday, an intelligence source told AFP, after a separate clash less than a day earlier left eight dead in the same region bordering Afghanistan. “A suspected suicide bomber detonated an explosive-laden vehicle near the checkpoint, after which his accomplices opened fire,” an intelligence official…
Washington: Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga urged Ukraine’s Western allies Tuesday to remain “clear-eyed and not give into fear” in the face what he termed Russian “saber-rattling” over its nuclear weapons. Speaking at the US Capitol at a congressional hearing, Sybiga said: “Right now, we see new attempts by the Kremlin to use nuclear saber-rattling…
Washington: President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration plans to target federal regulations championed by President Joe Biden that aim to make automobiles more fuel-efficient and incentivize a shift toward electric vehicles, according to two sources in contact with Trump’s transition team. The move appears aimed at satisfying a Trump campaign promise to “end the EV mandate,”…
Beirut: US special envoy Amos Hochstein said in Beirut Tuesday that an end to the Israel-Hezbollah war was “now within our grasp” as he met officials to discuss a truce plan largely endorsed by Lebanon. The United States and France have spearheaded efforts for a ceasefire in the war, which escalated in late September after…
London: The Delhi-based family of Harshita Brella, the 24-year-old found dead in a car boot in east London recently, have called for justice as the UK police continue to hunt for her husband as a suspect in her murder and renewed their appeal for information on Tuesday. Northamptonshire Police released further CCTV images along with…
