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Katy Perry sings in space on Blue Origin mission
By Joe Brock Pop star Katy Perry and five other women launched into space on a Blue Origin rocket and successfully returned to Earth on Monday, marking the first all-female spaceflight in more than 60 years.
Katy Perry back on Earth after launching into space with all-female crew on Blue Origin rocket
Pop star Katy Perry and five other women launched into space on a Blue Origin rocket and successfully returned to Earth on Monday, marking the first all-female spaceflight in more than 60 years. The crew lifted off from West Texas at 9:31am ET and travelled to the edge of space, where they experienced a brief period of weightlessness before returning to Earth in a flight lasting around 11 minutes, according to a live broadcast by Blue Origin, the space company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos.
Inside the Subsea Cable Firm Secretly Helping America Take On China
By Joe Brock July 6 (Reuters) – On Feb. 10 last year, the cable ship CS Dependable appeared off the coast of the island of Diego Garcia, an Indian Ocean atoll that’s home to a discreet U.S. naval base. Over the next month, the ship’s crew covertly laid an underwater fiber-optic cable to the military base, an operation code-named “Big Wave,” according to four people with direct knowledge of the mission, as well as a Reuters analysis of satellite imagery and ship tracking data.
Exclusive-China plans $500 million subsea internet cable to rival U.S.-backed project
By Joe Brock SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Chinese state-owned telecom firms are developing a $500 million undersea fiber-optic internet cable network that would link Asia, the Middle East and Europe to rival a similar U.S.-backed project, four people involved in the deal told Reuters. The plan is a sign that an intensifying tech war between Beijing and Washington risks tearing the fabric of the internet.
US and China wage war beneath the waves - over internet cables
It started out as strictly business: a huge private contract for one of the world's most advanced undersea fiber-optic cables. It became a trophy in a growing proxy war between the United States and China over technologies that could determine who achieves economic and military dominance for decades to come.
Indonesia to tighten used shoe import controls after Reuters report
Indonesia will tighten customs checks at small ports to crack down on the illegal import of second-hand shoes, the industry ministry said on Monday, responding to a Reuters report that found footwear donated to a recycling scheme in Singapore was shipped to Indonesia.
Shell declares force majeure on Nigeria Bonny oil exports
ABUJA (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell RDSa.L has declared force majeure on Nigerian Bonny Light crude oil exports after shutting down the 150,000 barrel per day Nembe Creek pipeline for repairs, the company said on Wednesday. “The current exercise aims to remove a significant number of oil theft connections and repair any leaks on the pipeline,” Shell Nigeria’s Managing Director Mutiu Sunmonu said in a statement.
Sky-high cost of ageing ships sounds inflation
By Joe Brock SINGAPORE- Shipping companies are transforming rust buckets into gold mines in a modern-day alchemy that could fuel already rampant inflation for years to come. The disruption to world trade caused by pandemic lockdowns and a shortage of new cargo vessels has pushed freight rates for ageing container ships to record highs.
COVID Curbs Bite At Chinese Ports, Threatening Global Supply
By Joe Brock March 16, 2022 The queues of container ships outside major Chinese ports are lengthening by the day as COVID-19 outbreaks in manufacturing export hubs threaten to unleash a fresh wave of global supply chain shocks, ship owners, logistics firms and analysts say. China is experiencing its biggest spike in COVID-19 infections since an initial outbreak in the central city of Wuhan was contained in early 2020.
A global plastic treaty - that tackles production as well as waste - is within reach, says UN
United Nations negotiators have agreed a roadmap for a global plastic treaty. The draft treaty is significant in its attempt to address single-use plastic and its production, not just waste management. If the current draft is approved, it will be a setback for companies that manufacture plastic. The UN believes it will have "something truly historic on our hands" if the treaty is adopted.
'Biggest green deal since Paris': UN agrees plastic treaty roadmap
The United Nations approved a landmark agreement to create the world's first ever global plastic pollution treaty on Wednesday, describing it as the most significant environmental deal since the 2015 Paris climate accord.
UN hails progress on global plastic treaty
The United Nations is set to approve a plan to create the world's first ever global plastic pollution treaty, describing it as the most significant green deal since the 2015 Paris climate agreement. Member states have held talks for more than a week in Nairobi to agree the outline of a pact to rein in plastic pollution, an environmental crisis that extends from ocean trenches to mountain tops.
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