LONDON (Reuters) – In 1973, Arab members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries brought the U.S. economy to its knees. Now, the 60-year-old cartel and Washington Washington are more likely to bid. File photo: Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia shakes hands with US President Donald Trump …
Read More »China says Mars probe frozen; No word on reusable spacecraft
BEIJING (AP) – China’s Mars probe Tianwen-1, which exploded in space in July, is now more than 15 million kilometers (9 million miles) on its way from Earth to the Red Planet, the National Space Administration said Saturday. The administration said the TNV-1 is in a stable position, having completed …
Read More »China, India agree to release troops on disputed border India News
On Friday, the foreign ministries of China and India agreed in a joint statement that their troops should be released quickly from the months-long blockade on their long-disputed Himalayan border. Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar met during a meeting of SCO …
Read More »A scan of 10.3 million stars is not a sign of aliens – yet
This is a disturbing aerial view of the low frequency radio telescope, Morchison Widefield Array (MWA), published on September 8, 2020 in Western Australia. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Scientists have completed an extensive search for extraterrestrial cultures by scanning about 10.3 million stars using a radio telescope in Australia, but have …
Read More »India and China accuse each other of firing on tense border India News
China and India have accused each other of firing on their flashpoint Himalayan border in a bid to escalate military tensions between nuclear-armed Asian rivals. Relations between the two countries have soured since a hand-to-hand clash in the Ladakh region on June 15 in which 20 Indian soldiers were killed. …
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