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Washington mobilizes allies in the Arctic
Sep 21, 2026 (AFP)
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday stressed the need for investment in the Arctic while meeting with his counterparts from seven countries in the regio...
Maldives unveils $20 billion UAE investment
Sep 21, 2026 (AFP)
The Maldives government said Monday it had approved a $20 billion investment by an Abu Dhabi-based company to build a marina, homes and hotels on reclaimed land...
NASA scan discovers new, 'once in a century' Moon crater
Sep 17, 2026 (AFP)
A researcher at NASA has found a massive, recently-formed crater on the Moon, a rare occurrence that only happens "once in a century or even longer," according ...
Doubts as Italy eyes electric future for steel plant
Sep 17, 2026 (AFP)
Italy's government says the country's largest steel works must be converted to electric after a court-ordered shutdown of polluting furnaces but, as Rome seeks ...
'I am the hoax buster': Trump rejects AI danger warnings
Sep 15, 2026 (AFP)
US President Donald Trump on Monday dismissed fears that artificial intelligence could wipe out humanity, repeatedly calling them a hoax and rejecting global ca...
Ukraine winemakers defy war to make a splash at home
Sep 15, 2026 (AFP)
As this year's harvest season entered full swing, a winery in western Ukraine had an additional task to oversee: installing solar panels to help it weather blac...
'I am the hoax buster': Trump rejects AI danger warnings
Sep 14, 2026 (AFP)
US President Donald Trump on Monday dismissed fears that artificial intelligence could wipe out humanity, repeatedly calling them a hoax and rejecting global ca...
As African space race heats up, Senegal pursues homemade satellites
Sep 09, 2026 (AFP)
Senegalese engineers in hairnets and white gloves are carefully assembling a nanosatellite at a French lab -- another step towards fostering their own space ind...
As African space race heats up, Senegal pursues homemade satellites
Sep 09, 2026 (AFP)
As the Senegalese engineers assemble their satellite -- wearing hairnets and white gloves as they probe a miniature black box, small enough to be held with one ...
Germany's Isar Aerospace launches rocket into orbit from Norway
Sep 05, 2026 (AFP)
Germany's Isar Aerospace launched a rocket into orbit from Norway on Saturday as Europe races to boost its ability to economically send satellites into space in...
Germany's Isar Aerospace launches rocket into orbit from Norway
Sep 05, 2026 (AFP)
Germany's Isar Aerospace launched a rocket into orbit from Norway on Saturday as Europe races to boost its ability to economically send satellites into space in...
White House pressures US companies to ditch Paris space summit
Sep 03, 2026 (AFP)
The White House is pressuring American space companies, including billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX, to decline French President Emmanuel Macron's invitation to a ...
SpaceX, Blue Origin ditch Paris space summit: ministry
Sep 03, 2026 (AFP)
SpaceX and its rival Blue Origin are among four US companies to have cancelled attendance at a Paris space summit next week, France's ministry for higher educat...
White House pressures US companies to ditch Paris space summit: report
Sep 03, 2026 (AFP)
The White House is pressuring American space companies, including billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX, to decline French President Emmanuel Macron's invitation to a ...
Nepal floods should mobilise climate action: UN green fund chief
Sep 02, 2026 (AFP)
Nepal's flood disaster and Europe's wildfires should turn attention to the cost of climate change, the head of the world's biggest climate fund said in an inter...
NASA launches Roman telescope on cosmic mapping mission
Aug 30, 2026 (AFP)
NASA launched its new flagship space telescope on Sunday, embarking on a multi-year mission to create an unprecedented map of the cosmos and shed light on some ...
NASA's Roman telescope set to launch on cosmic mapping mission
Aug 30, 2026 (AFP)
NASA is preparing to launch its new flagship space telescope on Sunday, embarking on a multi-year mission to create an unprecedented map of the cosmos and shed ...
Ukraine and Russia seeking Starlink alternatives: Zelensky
Aug 23, 2026 (AFP)
Ukraine and Russia are both developing their own alternatives to Starlink, the satellite system used for battlefield communications whose access is ultimately c...
South Korea to send its first container ship through Arctic
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
South Korea plans its first trial voyage through the Arctic this week as Middle East conflict disrupts global shipping, Seoul's oceans ministry said Thursday, w...
Milky Way's fastest star discovered spinning around black hole
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
Astronomers have discovered the fastest star in the Milky Way zooming at 25,000 kilometres a second around the supermassive black hole at the centre of our gala...
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