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SpaceX cancels Starship megarocket launch in latest setback
AFP, Published on 25/08/2025
» SOUTH PADRE ISLAND (UNITED STATES) - SpaceX canceled a planned test flight for its Starship megarocket on Sunday, saying it needed time to troubleshoot problems, in the latest setback for Elon Musk's behemoth after a series of explosive failures.
Mexican navy sailing ship crashes into Brooklyn Bridge, killing 2
The New York TImes, Published on 18/05/2025
» NEW YORK — A Mexican navy sailing ship on a goodwill tour drifted directly into the underside of the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday night, smashing its masts and rigging and killing two people.
In skies, as on land, European forces face gaps if US pulls back
AFP, Published on 11/04/2025
» LEEUWARDEN (NETHERLANDS) — Fighter jets from the United States, France, Finland and Germany roar into the skies from a Dutch base as part of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (Nato) biggest air exercise this year.
Singapore reports 23 tonnes of oil leak near Sentosa
Bloomberg, Published on 07/02/2025
» A diesel oil leak was discovered in the southern waters of Singapore on Wednesday, caused by a damaged shore fuel hose on an island near Sentosa.
Singapore container ship logjam spills over to Malaysian port
Bloomberg News, Published on 09/07/2024
» SINGAPORE - Container ship congestion in Singapore, one of Asia's busiest ports, is spreading to neighbouring Malaysia, snarling supply chains and causing delays in the movement of consumer goods.
Singapore bunker fuel schedules tighten, premiums rise on Red Sea impact
Reuters, Published on 25/01/2024
» SINGAPORE - Shippers and trading firms are facing longer waits and higher prices for low-sulphur fuel deliveries at Singapore, the world's top bunker hub, as refuelling demand rises due to ship diversions from Red Sea tensions, industry sources told Reuters.
S.Africa clinic hopes to save penguins' future
AFP, Published on 14/06/2023
» GQEBERHA (SOUTH AFRICA) - A small fish is dangled under the beak of an emaciated penguin at a South African clinic, to whet the bird's appetite.
Out of gas in orbit? This US space company is here to help
AFP, Published on 27/04/2023
» COLORADO SPRINGS (UNITED STATES) - The US company Orbit Fab is aiming to produce the go-to "gas stations" in space, its CEO tells AFP, hoping its refueling technology will make the surging satellite industry more sustainable -- and profitable.
An anxious Asia arms for a war it hopes to prevent
The New York TImes, Published on 26/03/2023
» TINIAN, Northern Mariana Islands: The tiny island of Tinian was the launch point for U.S. planes carrying atomic bombs to Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Now a new runway is being carved from the jungle, just south of World War II ruins.
Australian surfs for 40 hours to smash world record
AFP, Published on 17/03/2023
» SYDNEY - Australian Blake Johnston on Friday shredded the world record for the longest surfing session, dodging swarms of jellyfish to ride hundreds of waves across 40 punishing hours.