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US debt talks on knife edge
US debt talks on knife edge
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Talks to avoid a US debt default were on a knife edge Saturday as President Joe Biden warned he would not accept "extreme" Republican demands but suggested there remained a path to success.

After SpaceX, NASA taps Bezos's Blue Origin to build Moon lander
After SpaceX, NASA taps Bezos's Blue Origin to build Moon lander
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Two years after awarding Elon Musk's SpaceX a contract to ferry astronauts to the surface of the Moon, NASA on Friday announced it had chosen Blue Origin, a rival space company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, to build a second lunar lander. Blue Origin had also competed for the first contract, and filed an unsuccessful lawsuit against NASA when SpaceX was chosen as the sole lander provider.

Russian economy pressured as hundreds more added to US blacklist
Russian economy pressured as hundreds more added to US blacklist
Business and Economy
by  AFP

The United States added hundreds more companies and individuals to its sanctions blacklist Friday as it broadened efforts to choke of Russia's global supply chains and starve its economy over its war on Ukraine. In all about 300 individuals, companies, institutes, ships and aircraft involved in alleged sanctions-violating activities were added to US Treasury and State Department blacklists.