“Starship departs for Mars at the end of next year, carrying Optimus. If those landings go well, then human landings may start as soon as 2029, although 2031 is more likely,” Musk said on his X social network. Musk, who is also the Tesla CEO, brought out the company’s Optimus robots at an event last […]
Billionaire Elon Musk and OpenAI jointly proposed a trial in December, according to a federal court filing on Friday. The Reuters Daily Briefing newsletter provides all the news you need to start your day. Sign up here. The parties agreed to delay a decision on whether the expedited case will be decided by a jury […]
Although Iraq proclaimed in 2017 the defeat of the jihadist group on its territory, IS cells have remained active and carry out sporadic attacks against Iraq’s army and police. Abdallah Makki Muslih al-Rufayi “was considered one of the most dangerous terrorists in Iraq and the world”, Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said on social media […]
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday that Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool was no longer welcome in the United States because he was “a race-baiting politician” who hates US President Donald Trump. “The Presidency has noted the regrettable expulsion of South Africa’s Ambassador to the United States of America, Mr. Ebrahim Rasool,” it said in a […]
Trump posted on social media after his envoy, Steve Witkoff, held a lengthy meeting with Putin on Thursday night in Moscow that Trump described as “very good and productive”. “There is a very good chance that this horrible, bloody war can finally come to an end,” Trump said, referring to a U.S. ceasefire proposal that […]
According to details from Forex.pk, 10 grams of 24-karat gold in Saudi Arabia is being sold at SAR 3,589. Additionally, the price for an ounce of gold is Saudi Riyal 11,165. It is important to note that gold rates are subject to global market fluctuations, including those specific to Saudi Arabia, with the last update […]
While Russia has publicly encouraged the use of cryptocurrency and last summer passed a law to allow digital currency payments in international trade, its use in the country’s oil trade has not previously been reported. Some Russian oil companies are using bitcoin, ether and stablecoins such as Tether to smooth the conversion of Chinese yuan […]
In a joint statement issued after talks with Iran in Beijing, Beijing and Moscow also said they welcomed Iran’s reiteration that its nuclear programme was exclusively for peaceful purposes and that Iran’s right to peaceful uses of nuclear energy should be “fully” respected. In 2015, Iran agreed to curb its nuclear programme in exchange for […]
On its website, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration explained that last year’s increase “was due to an unusual amount of ocean warming, combined with meltwater from land-based ice such as glaciers.” According to the analysis led by NASA, which monitors rising water levels using satellite imagery, the world’s seas rose by 0.23 inches (0.59 […]
The back-to-back rulings were the most significant blow yet to the effort by Trump and top adviser Elon Musk to drastically shrink the federal bureaucracy. Government agencies face a Thursday deadline to submit plans for a second wave of mass layoffs and to slash their budgets. Get weekly news and analysis on US politics and […]
