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US debt talks on knife edge
US debt talks on knife edge
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.

Business tough in China as national security trumps all
Business tough in China as national security trumps all
by  AFP

Doing business in China has become harder and potentially more perilous as the government prioritises an ever-widening definition of national security over all else, despite insisting the country has reopened for trading.

After SpaceX, NASA taps Bezos's Blue Origin to build Moon lander
After SpaceX, NASA taps Bezos's Blue Origin to build Moon lander
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.

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