SpaceX launches 4 amateurs on private Earth-circling trip CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) SpaceX’s first private flight streaked into orbit Wednesday night with two contest winners, a health care worker and their rich sponsor, the most ambitious leap yet in space tourism. It was the first time a spacecraft circled Earth with an all-amateur crew […]
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Thursday that Australia s new nuclear-powered submarines would not be allowed in its territorial waters under a long standing nuclear free policy. A new Indo-Pacific security partnership announced by U.S. President Joe Biden, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, will see the United States and Britain provide Australia with the technology and capability to deploy nuclear-powered submarines. The Indo-Pacific deal is widely seen as a counter to China s growing influence in the region. I discussed the arrangement with Prime Minister Morrison last night, Ardern said at a news conference. I am pleased to see that the eye has been turned to our region from partners we work closely with. It s a contested region and there is a role that others can play in taking an interest in our region. But the lens we will look at this from will include stability, she said. However, Ardern s
LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson demoted his top diplomat and fired his education minister in a major government shakeup Wednesday, as he tried to move on from a series of political missteps and revive his promise to “level up” prosperity across the U.K.