Baghdad (AFP) May 3, 2023
Iraq's oil minister expressed hope Wednesday his government can reach an agreement soon on the resumption of crude exports from the autonomous Kurdistan region to Turkey.
Ankara stopped importing oil from Iraqi Kurdistan in March after the International Chamber of Commerce ruled the federal government in Baghdad was the only entity authorised to manage exports.
Baghdad and the Kurdish au
Dubai (AFP) May 3, 2023
Global energy firms should help fill a $29-million gap in funding to safely remove oil from an abandoned tanker off Yemen's coast, the war-ravaged country's largest private company said Thursday.
Hayel Saeed Anam Group (HSA), which in August contributed $1.2 million to a United Nations clean-up campaign, made the appeal hours before a virtual donor conference hosted by Britain and the Nether
Hong Kong (AFP) May 4, 2023
Asian markets rose on Thursday, shrugging off the sour mood surrounding the Federal Reserve's announcement that it was raising interest rates yet again and likely keeping them high for the foreseeable future.
All three major US indices declined along with the dollar after the Fed's hike, while recession worries drove US oil prices below $70 a barrel, where they remained on Thursday.
But
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Washington DC (SPX) May 04, 2023
GOES-U, the fourth and final satellite in NOAA's GOES-R Series, recently completed a successful test deployment of its solar array to ensure it will function properly in space.
This critical test verified that the satellite's large, five-panel solar array - which is folded up when the satellite is launched - will properly deploy when GOES-U reaches geostat
Oak Ridge TN (SPX) May 04, 2023
An Oak Ridge National Laboratory-developed advanced manufacturing technology, AMCM, was recently licensed by Orbital Composites and enables the rapid production of composite-based components, which could accelerate the decarbonization of vehicles, airplanes and drones.
Additive manufacturing compression molding, or AMCM, uses short-fiber-filled polymer and continuous fiber to print directl
Washington (AFP) May 3, 2023
The White House plans to meet with top executives from Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Anthropic on Thursday to discuss the promise and risks of artificial intelligence.
Vice President Kamala Harris and other US administration officials will discuss ways to ensure consumers benefit from AI while being protected from its harms, according to a copy of an invitation seen by AFP.
US President
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 04, 2023
Tactical planning started an hour and a half later than usual this morning, because we had to wait for better-illuminated Navcam images of the Ubajara block (seen at bottom center in this image). The Rover Planners needed these better images to determine whether the Ubajara target can be brushed using the DRT, and promptly confirmed that they are GO for brushing!
This was good news, becaus
Washington DC (SPX) May 04, 2023
This year and next, Americans will have the extraordinary opportunity to witness two solar eclipses as both will be visible throughout the continental U.S. On Oct. 14, 2023, the moon will obscure all but a small annulus of the sun, producing a "ring of fire" eclipse. On April 8, 2024, the eclipse will be total in a band stretching from Texas to Maine.
Both occurrences promise to be remarka
San Jose CA (SPX) May 04, 2023
Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS) has signed an agreement with Hello Space, an internet of things (IoT) through satellite tech company, to carry a hosted payload of a demo deployer carrying four pocketqube satellites on the Vigoride-7 mission targeted to launch on the SpaceX Transporter-9 mission no earlier than October 2023.
Hello Space is a satellite IoT service provider company capable of cr
Vienna VA (SPX) May 03, 2023
Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) has announced the launch of its new Deep Navigation Analytics (DNA) Platform, a centralized, space-powered hub that delivers essential insights to maritime stakeholders through three layers: maritime weather data APIs, actionable intelligence APIs, decision support solutions and visualizations.
The platform utilizes radio occultation (RO) data acquired by th
Munich, Germany (SPX) May 04, 2023
When Edwin Hubble observed distant galaxies in the 1920s, he made the groundbreaking discovery that the universe is expanding. It was not until 1998, however, that scientists observing Type Ia supernovae further discovered that the universe is not just expanding but has begun a phase of accelerating expansion.
"To explain this acceleration, we need a source," says Joe Mohr, astrophysicist
Boca Raton FL (SPX) May 04, 2023a
Terran Orbital Corporation (NYSE: LLAP), a global leader in satellite-based solutions primarily serving the aerospace and defense industries, has announced mission success for the first pair of Terran Orbital-developed spacecraft operating in or around the geosynchronous orbit (GEO) belt.
The two spacecraft were built for Lockheed Martin and successfully completed their on-orbit demonstrat
Miami FL (UPI) May 4, 2023
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 56 Starlink satellites early Thursday morning from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The Falcon 9 lifted off at the scheduled 3:31 a.m. EDT launch time, with no need for a backup launch. The 56 Starlink Internet satellites were launched from Space Launch Complex 40 and carried to low-Earth orbit.
Arlingtonw VA (SPX) May 04, 2023
AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV) has been awarded a $10 million contract by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to co-design and co-develop conceptual designs and engineering development units of Mars Sample Recovery Helicopter flight systems.
Future efforts could include detailed design, build, and test of qualification and flight hardware. The helicopters build upon the Ingenuity Ma
An ad calls on Donald Trump's supporters to vote for him in the upcoming presidential election to defeat Joe Biden's "tin pot dictatorship."
Mother Dairy has cut maximum retail prices (MRP) of its edible oils, sold under Dhara brand, by Rs 15-20 per litre with immediate effect in line with the reduction in global prices. The stock with revised MRP is expected to hit the market next week. The reduction comes following the food ministry's direction to edible oil industry body SEA regarding the need for downward revision of the MRP of cooking oils. "The MRP of Dhara edible oils are being reduced by Rs 15-20 per litre across variants with immediate effect. Читать дальше...
'The horrific impacts of British colonisation, including the genocide of our people, theft of our land and denigration of our culture, are still felt today'
Potential for digital news publishers, content creators to get growth avenues, it says
Francesca Albanese has faced calls for her dismissal from multiple fronts, including Israel and the US.
The AIIMS INISS result is expected to be released on May 5 on the official website of AIIMS at aiimsexams.ac.in
CASES of potentially deadly diabetes are on the rise with millions of Brits thought to be at risk.
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In the first phase of the UP Municipal Election 2023, 44,232 candidates are competing, and more than 2.40 crore people are eligible to vote
Chare Smith and his Uphill Cricket Club 1st XI teammates defeated Bridgewater Cricket Club’s 3rd XI by 74 runs in their season opener. Batting first Uphill scored 220/9 in their allotted 40 overs,