Elon Musk’s SpaceX announced plans Tuesday to build a $100 billion facility in the southern US state of Louisiana to launch its highly anticipated Starship megarockets, currently being developed at the company’s Texas Starbase. “A spaceport on the Louisiana Gulf Coast enabling a multiplanetary future,” declared the SpaceX website. The new facility will be built in Vermillion Parish, about…
Canada on Tuesday announced counter-tariffs on US goods ranging between 15 and 50 per cent, intensifying the trade war between the historically close allies. Ottawa’s retaliation will take effect September 8, a timeframe earlier outlined by Prime Minister Mark Carney after US President Donald Trump’s 50 per cent duties came into place Saturday. Canadian officials said Tuesday that the…
Dolly Parton, the American country music singer who rose from poverty in Tennessee to become a US cultural giant with hits like “Jolene” and “Coat of Many Colours”, has died at 80, her family said Tuesday. “Dolly has lived in the light and is in the arms of Jesus,” her nephew Bryan Seaver said in a video on social…
India is targeting a fivefold expansion of its space economy to nearly $44 billion by 2033, seeking to convert advances in space science into high-skilled jobs and innovative applications. Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said India’s space economy was currently valued at about $8.4 billion, with significant potential to reach nearly $44 billion over the next decade. Speaking at…
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has proposed a $103,265 fee for new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers, including those with advanced degrees. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) posted the proposed regulation on the Federal Register on Monday, ahead of its formal publication on Tuesday, which will begin a 30-day public comment period. Mr Trump first imposed…
Zambian authorities, on Monday, closed the country’s highest courts, preventing access to the premises on the final day the opposition could file a legal challenge to this month’s disputed presidential election. A memorandum issued by the judiciary’s chief administrator stated that, “For security reasons, all members of staff are advised not to report for work today.” Police spokesperson Godfrey…
