SpaceX’s Starship explodes in latest launch setback for Elon Musk

SpaceX’s Starship explodes in latest launch setback for Elon Musk

Aviation regulator diverts flights from four airports in Florida to avoid falling debris. SpaceX’s Starship has exploded shortly after takeoff in the second launch failure this year for Elon Musk’s interplanetary exploration programme. But Musk’s rocket company was able to successfully return its mammoth first-stage booster to the launchpad following Thursday’s test-flight, catching it in…

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Canada’s Liberals bounce back after years of decline. What’s going on?

Canada’s Liberals bounce back after years of decline. What’s going on?

Montreal, Canada – Just a few months ago, Canada’s governing Liberal Party seemed poised for a resounding 2025 election defeat. Opinion polls showed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s party trailing the opposition Conservatives by as many as 26 percentage points. An affordability crisis and widespread dislike of Trudeau had caused the Liberals’ support to plummet, and calls…

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Why some in the Global South are not mourning the demise of USAID

Why some in the Global South are not mourning the demise of USAID

United States President Donald Trump’s blitzkrieg campaign against the US Agency for International Development (USAID) has demolished the organisation described as the “world’s largest donor” and left aid workers scrambling to salvage the international development aid and humanitarian response system. Many have lamented the grave consequences of the US president’s unprecedented decision as well as…

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