Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk visited Indonesia on Sunday to launch the Starlink satellite internet service in the island nation. His recent visit to the archipelago will likely pave the way for a trip to Sri Lanka, as the tech billionaire was spotted exploring opportunities for Starlink services with Sri Lanka’s President Ranil Wickremesinghe. …
The 43rd meeting between the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, and the Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, last week in Beijing underlines the growing anti-Western convergence of strategic interests between two of the world’s longest serving leaders. The expansive agenda outlined by the two leaders demands that Delhi carefully recalibrates its own great power relations and compensates …
The European Space Agency has secured a critical lifeline for its ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover through a newly signed agreement with Nasa. It helps mark a significant milestone in the recovery of the mission, which faced major setbacks after the agency cut ties with Russia in 2022 over its invasion of Ukraine. Russia was the …
Researchers have discovered that the magnetic fields in the halo of the Milky Way have a toroidal structure, extending between 6,000 and 50,000 lightyears from the centre of the galaxy. The Sun is about 30,000 lightyears from the core. A paper describing the findings has been published in The Astrophysical Journal. Illustration of the …
The United States has reacted to the recent meeting between Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and China’s Premier Xi Jinping. During their meeting, Putin and Jinping exchanged hugs in a display of increasing friendship between the two countries. The United States has reacted to the recent meeting between Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and China’s Premier Xi …
French President Emmanuel Macron is calling for an update of the country’s economic ties with China, just as the country’s leader Xi Jinping is expected to travel to France for a State visit. Chinese President Xi Jinping and French President Emmanuel Macron (REUTERS) {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} In a wide-ranging interview with La Tribune Dimanche, …
Four years after ties with India dived when Nepal included the areas of Kalapani, Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura in its new map, the government in Kathmandu has decided to come out with a Rs-100 currency note that depicts the country’s map with the areas under Indian control. The decision on the new currency note, according to …
Luminar Technologies, a maker of lidar sensors for self-driving cars, said on Friday that it would cut its workforce by about 20%, as part of a restructuring plan for the current year. As of December last year, the company had nearly 800 full-time employees in the U.S., Germany, Sweden, India and China. Luminar is also …
Elon Musk’s carmaker Tesla has sued an Indian battery maker for infringing its trademark by using the brand name “Tesla Power” to promote its products, seeking damages and a permanent injunction against the company from a New Delhi judge. Tesla in a hearing at the Delhi High Court this week said the Indian company had …
The workers were trying to protect themselves from the assault. A video claiming to show a Chinese man whipping African workers has gained massive traction on social media. In the accompanying caption, journalist Dom Lucre, who shared the video on X, wrote the employees are being treated like “trans-Atlantic slaves”. In the clip, the employees …