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Asian markets mixed as wary traders weigh latest data
Asian markets mixed as wary traders weigh latest data
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Asian markets fluctuated Monday as traders weighed a bigger-than-expected drop in US retail sales and a Federal Reserve official's support for further monetary tightening. Analysts said that while the one percent drop in retail sales -- double what was forecast -- could give the US central bank more room to pause, it also revived worries that the world's top economy could tip into recession.

SpaceX Starship, world's biggest rocket, set for first test flight
SpaceX Starship, world's biggest rocket, set for first test flight
Business and Economy
by  AFP

SpaceX is counting down to the first test flight on Monday of Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, designed to send astronauts to the Moon and Mars and beyond. Starship is both bigger and more powerful than SLS. It generates 17 million pounds of thrust, more than twice that of the Saturn V rockets used to send Apollo astronauts to the Moon.