Xuelong 2, China’s first domestically made icebreaker, left Shanghai on July 15 for its first trip to the Arctic. It is not the first time that a Chinese icebreaker has gone to the Arctic, but the ship and voyage underscore Chinese ambitions for the region at a time when many …
Read More »Trump finally acknowledges fight against coronavirus amid sinking polls, Republican Party anger
President Donald Trump gave a new sober tone Tuesday at his first coronavirus press conference in months. At the press conference, he said the outbreak of coronavirus in the United States “would get worse before it got better.” The change in tone was likely triggered by falling polls and growing …
Read More »$ 100 Million Research Center to be Built at Colorado Springs Airport | Deal
California-based defense and security research nonprofit Aerospace Corp. will announce plans Wednesday for a $ 100 million research and development facility at the Colorado Springs airport that will employ 200 people. Aerospace employs 240 engineers, scientists, analysts, and cybersecurity specialists in a 78,000-square-foot building opened in 2007 at the airport’s …
Read More »Tom Brady: “Let’s Stand Together and Demand Responses from the NFL”
AP Better late than never. Or perhaps, in this case, better never than late. Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady did not participate in Sunday’s orchestrated tweet storm by NFL players who pressured the league to do what was necessary to allow the game to run safely. On Wednesday night, after several …
Read More »Musk promises ‘giant contract’ for efficiently mined nickel
(Bloomberg) – Elon Musk has a plea for mining companies: “Please mine more nickel.” “Tesla will give you a giant contract for a long period of time if you mine nickel efficiently and in an environmentally friendly way,” Musk, chief executive of the electric car maker, said during a second-quarter …
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