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Private US company set for second Moon landing attempt
AFP, Published on 26/02/2025
» WASHINGTON —Intuitive Machines made history last year as the first private company to put a robot on the Moon, although the triumph was marred by the lander tipping onto its side.
The plot to kill Clinton that history nearly forgot
By Jonathan Landay, Reuters, Published on 23/03/2024
» WASHINGTON - Air Force One with President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton aboard was on its final approach to Manila on Nov 23, 1996, when their US Secret Service detail received alarming intelligence: an explosive device had been planted on the motorcade route into the Philippines capital.
One giant step: Moon race heats up
AFP, Published on 20/08/2023
» PARIS: The crash landing on the Moon of Russia's Luna-25 probe is the latest twist in an international push to return to the Earth's natural satellite that has drawn in the world's top powers and new players.
Ericsson to cut 8,500 jobs worldwide
AFP, Published on 25/02/2023
» STOCKHOLM - Telecom equipment maker Ericsson said Friday it would slash 8,500 jobs worldwide, part of a cost-cutting programme as financial headwinds push operators to rein in spending.
Race against time to relocate NATO's Afghan translators
AFP, Published on 03/06/2021
» LONDON - Like thousands of Afghan translators who served with NATO forces, Nazir Ahmad fears for his life as the US-led alliance scrambles to pull out of the country in the coming weeks.
GameStop effect spreads as calls for probe build
Reuters, Published on 28/01/2021
» The battle between small-time traders and hedge funds that has shaken US and European stock markets moved into Asia on Thursday, with surges in several Australian companies joining a list of social-media hyped moves that have cost financial institutions billions of dollars.
Canada PM refuses to commit to Huawei 5G decision timetable
AFP, Published on 18/11/2020
» OTTAWA - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau -- under pressure from the opposition to ban Huawei from the country's 5G networks -- refused to say Tuesday when he might make his decision, or if it would come before year's end.
China tries to flip the pandemic script, starring a 'reborn' Wuhan
AFP, Published on 06/09/2020
» WUHAN, China: China is recasting Wuhan as a heroic coronavirus victim and trying to throw doubt on the pandemic's origin story as it aims to seize the narrative at a time of growing global distrust of Beijing.
Huawei to open European 5G factory in France
AFP, Published on 28/02/2020
» PARIS - Chinese telecom giant Huawei said Thursday that it would begin manufacturing radio equipment for next-generation 5G networks in France, its first such facility outside of China.
US should buy control of Nokia, Ericsson to fight Huawei: attorney general
AFP, Published on 07/02/2020
» WASHINGTON - The United States and its allies should take controlling stakes in Nokia, Ericsson or both to battle Chinese telecoms giant Huawei's dominance of the 5G market, US Attorney general Bill Barr said Thursday.