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BRICS grits its teeth through a New Delhi breakthrough

A New Delhi declaration nearly 140 clauses long shows what BRICS can do well: keep rivals talking.

Sirius Space Fires Complete STAR-1 Rocket Engine for the First Time

French launch startup Sirius Space Services has successfully test-fired a complete prototype of its STAR-1 rocket engine for the first time. The compa...

In Ceuta, Spain debates: Educate migrant kids or send them home?

Authorities in the Spanish exclave of Ceuta are figuring out what to do with hundreds of recently arrived migrant children who just want to go to scho...

New world map makes Africa look bigger: what’s the fuss about? Cartographers explain

Correcting the mental map of global leaders is an important step in amplifying Africa’s relevance and rights.

Europe’s commercial launch sector picking up the pace

The European space sector is enjoying a run of advances in September, highlighted by Isar… The post Europe’s commercial launch sector picking up the p...

Christine Lagarde: Interview with Ouest-France

US, international partners to bolster global secure communications with updated multinational agreement

The U.S. Department of War, in partnership with defense ministries from 10 international partners, has signed Amendment Three to the multilateral Wide...

Will Houthis' rapid advance drag US, Saudi Arabia back into Yemen?

This week, after launching an unprecedented series of strikes on Saudi Arabia, the Houthis embarked on a sweeping offensive in Yemen, seizing large sw...

Christine Lagarde: Europe seen from Normandy

First HyPrSpace Baguette One Launch Slips to 2027

French launch startup HyPrSpace announced on 11 September that it has pushed the inaugural flight of its Baguette One suborbital rocket to 2027. In Ju...

Some satellite companies still have an appetite for boutique launch services

"Dedicated launch is pretty essential for us for most of our missions."

Russia is weaponizing US-built AI to make killer drones, cyberattack bots, and fake news

AI companies are sounding alarms, but the Trump administration isn’t acting on them.