ISTANBUL (AA) – The UAE has announced the postponement until Thursday of the launch of its spacecraft to explore the moon. “Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre announces new launch date for the Emirates Lunar Mission, tomorrow, 1st of December at 12:37 PM (UAE time),” or 0837GMT, the official Emirates news agency said in a Wednesday [&helli...
ANKARA (AA) A moon rover developed in the United Arab Emirates integrated into the Japanese-made Falcon 9 Space X rocket is set for launch on Wednesday, according to national media sources. The launch of the 10 kilogram ‘Rashid Rover’ will mark the 55th launch for SpaceX in 2022. Assuming no setbacks, the rover is expected [&hellip...
ANKARA (AA) – Australian authorities have claimed that the hackers behind the recent massive data breach were in Russia and announced that they would approach Moscow for further action. Federal Police Commissioner Reece Kershaw in a statement said this is a crime that has the potential to impact millions of Australians and damage a significant...
HOUSTON, US (AA) – Elon Musk fired Twitter’s entire board of directors Monday, just a week after finalizing the $44 billion takeover of the social media giant. The swift move made the Tesla and SpaceX CEO the sole director of Twitter. “This is just temporary,” tweeted Musk after purging the company’s top leadershi...
SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – It took 13 years of perseverance and struggles for Bilal Ahmad, a mathematics teacher in the capital of Indian-occupied Kashmir, to produce the region’s first solar-electric automobile that operates completely on solar energy and can also be charged with electrical energy. Ahmad, 40, became an overnight...
HOUSTON, Texas (AA) – A Google employee who became a high-profile opponent of the tech giant’s $1 billion artificial intelligence and surveillance contract with the Israeli military announced her resignation Tuesday. Ariel Koren, a marketing manager with the company, cited what she said is its creation of a hostile work environment...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russia will leave the International Space Station (ISS) project in two years, the head of the Russian Space Corporation (Roscosmos) Yury Borisov has said. After 2024, it was decided to leave the ISS, Borisov added. He, however, said Russia would continue to fulfill its obligations in the program. During a meeting with [&hel...
ANKARA (AA) – Delegations from Türkiye and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will gather at an investment workshop in Istanbul on Wednesday. Three ministers from the UAE, as well as senior officials of investment funds and companies will meet with public and private sector organizations, and business world representatives at the event. According ...
NEW DELHI (AA) – India successfully test-fired a nuclear-capable, long-range ballistic missile on Monday, its Defense Ministry said. “A successful training launch of an Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missile, Agni-4, was carried out at approximately 1930 hours on June 06, 2022, from APJ Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha (eastern India),R...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US sharply denounced North Korea on Wednesday after Pyongyang carried out a series of ballistic missile tests overnight, calling them a threat to security in the region and beyond. State Department spokesman Ned Price emphasized that the tests are in violation of multiple UN Security Council resolutions, which prohi...
