By Joey Roulette and Steve Gorman CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) -Ground teams at Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday filled the main fuel tanks of NASA’s towering, next-generation moon rocket for its debut launch, a flight to kick off the U.S. space agency’s Artemis program 50 years after the last Apollo lunar mission. The 32-story Space …
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By Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A deadly explosion occurred in NATO member Poland’s territory near its border with Ukraine on Tuesday, and the United States and its allies said they were investigating unconfirmed reports the blast had been caused by stray Russian missiles. The explosion, which firefighters said killed two people, raised concerns of Russia’s …
(Reuters) – A meeting on Wednesday between British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the G20 summit has been cancelled, the deputy political editor of the Guardian newspaper said on Twitter. “Sunak’s bilateral with China’s president Xi has been cancelled this afternoon, described as being because of time pressures after the …
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By Marek Strzelecki and Dan Peleschuk WARSAW/KYIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – Two people died in an explosion in a Polish village near the border with Ukraine on Tuesday, firefighters said, with NATO allies investigating unconfirmed reports the blast was caused by stray Russian missiles. The explosion occurred after Russia hammered cities across Ukraine with missiles on …
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(Reuters) – Billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX is in talks to raise funding in a round that would value the rocket-launch and satellite company at more than $150 billion, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The transaction being discussed represents a jump from the $125 billion valuation the company commanded earlier …
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(Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that out of dozens of launches against his country on Tuesday, Russian attacks hit only 10 targets. “Thank you to all our partners who help defend our skies,” he said in his nightly video address, in which he noted the role of sophisticated NASAMS air defence systems. “In …
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PARIS (Reuters) – The European Union stands with Poland, the president of the European Council Charles Michel, said in a tweet after reports of a blast close to the Ukrainian border which could have been linked to Russian missiles. “I am in contact with Polish authorities, members of the European Council and other allies”, he …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Germany will establish a maintenance hub in Slovakia to service and repair weapons it has delivered to Ukraine, German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht said on Tuesday. “We have reached agreement, and work can start immediately so that all the equipment which has been supplied (to Kyiv) can be repaired after coming out …
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PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday agreed it was urgent to de-escalate the conflict in Ukraine and reaffirmed their position on preventing the use of nuclear arms there, the French Presidency said. “The two heads of state reaffirmed their commitment to respecting the territorial integrity and sovereignty …
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By Alvise Armellini ROME (Reuters) – Roberto Saviano, Italy’s best-known anti-Mafia author and a leading human rights campaigner, is due to stand trial in Rome on Tuesday for calling Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni a “bastard”. If convicted of the libel charge Saviano, 43, could in theory face up to three years’ imprisonment, but under Italy’s …
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