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After four previous scrubs or delays in a row since August 7th SpaceX launches Amazon KF-02 Kuipeer Satellites after the 5th attempt August 11th 2025 at 8:35 AM SLC-40 Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, Florida USA.Scott Schilke| SipaUSA |APAmazon shipped another batch of internet-beaming satellites into orbit on Monday atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, after four previous launch attempts were interrupted by weather issues.Monday’s launch is the fourth Kuiper mission, and Amazon now has 102 satellites in orbit.The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 8:35 a.m. ET. Roughly an hour after launch, SpaceX confirmed all 24…

Ford on Monday announced it would invest $2 billion in a Louisville, Kentucky, assembly plant aimed at rolling out more affordable electric vehicles.The investment comes on top of $3 billion already planned for a battery park in Michigan. Together the facilities will create or secure nearly 4,000 new jobs, Ford said in a news release.”We took a radical approach to a very hard challenge: Create affordable vehicles that delight customers in every way that matters – design, innovation, flexibility, space, driving pleasure, and cost of ownership – and do it with American workers,” Ford CEO Jim Farley said in the…

This photo taken on Aug. 11, 2025 shows a view of Shougang Park in Beijing, capital of China. The 2025 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) is scheduled to open on Sept. 10 at Shougang Park in Beijing. (Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin)This photo taken on Aug. 11, 2025 shows a view of Shougang Park in Beijing, capital of China. The 2025 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) is scheduled to open on Sept. 10 at Shougang Park in Beijing. (Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin)This photo taken on Aug. 11, 2025 shows a view of Shougang Park in Beijing, capital of China.…

Listen to article Anas Al Sharif, 28, was among a group of four Al Jazeera journalists and an assistant who were killed in an Israeli strike on a tent near Shifa Hospital in eastern Gaza City. An official at the hospital said two other people were also killed in the strike. Israel bombed the journalists’ tent in Gaza and deliberately assassinated the last remaining journalists, including @AnasAlsharif0 & @Mohamed_qraiqea, who have systematically and dutifully exposed and documented Israel’s genocide and starvation.Israel killed over 230… pic.twitter.com/nqiDZMfefF — State of Palestine (@Palestine_UN) August 10, 2025 Calling Al Sharif “one of Gaza’s bravest journalists,” Al…

President Donald Trump on Monday said he is placing the Washington, D.C., police department under federal control and deploying National Guard troops in order to address what he claims is out-of-control crime in the capital city.Trump, who has threatened to put Washington under federal control, made the announcement at a news conference at the White House that was ongoing as of 10:55 a.m.”This is Liberation Day in D.C., and we’re going to take our capitol back,” Trump said in the White House briefing room. He said he was invoking his authority under Section 740 of the district’s Home Rule Act,…

An anti-terrorism court (ATC), which acquitted PTI’s Shah Mehmood Qureshi, awarded 10 years imprisonment each to PTI’s lawmakers, including former governor Umar Sarfraz Cheema, Dr Yasmin Rashid, Ijaz Chaudhry, Mian Mehmood ur Rasheed, in two different cases registered against them in response to May 9 riots. The ATC judge also awarded five years’ imprisonment each to PTI’s Alia Hamza and PTI’s social activist Sanam Javed. Earlier, the ATC court had reserved decisions after hearing in detail the arguments from both sides at Kot Lakhpat jail on two cases, “Shadman police station attack and burning of police vehicles near Jinnah House,…

Nvidia and AMD have agreed to share 15% of their revenue from sales to China with the U.S. government, the White House confirmed Monday, sparking debate about whether the move could impact the chip giants’ business and whether Washington might seek out similar deals.In exchange for the revenue cut, the two semiconductor firms will receive export licenses to sell Nvidia’s H20 and AMD’s MI308 chips in China, according to the Financial Times.”We follow rules the U.S. government sets for our participation in worldwide markets. While we haven’t shipped H20 to China for months, we hope export control rules will let…

Ghislaine Maxwell on September 20, 2013 in New York City.Laura Cavanaugh | Getty ImagesA federal judge in New York on Monday rejected a request by the Justice Department to unseal grand jury transcripts related to the criminal investigation of Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted procurer for notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.Judge Paul Engelmayer, in his ruling, scoffed at the Justice Department’s rationale for unsealing the Maxwell grand jury transcripts.”Its entire premise — that the Maxwell grand jury materials would bring to light meaningful new information about Epstein’s and Maxwell’s crimes, or the Government’s investigation into them — is demonstrably false,” Engelmayer…

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA – FEBRUARY 01: (R-L) Michael Page of England punches Shara Magomedov of Russia in a middleweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event at anb Arena on February 01, 2025 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)Chris Unger | Ufc | Getty ImagesDays after completing its merger with Skydance, Paramount has acquired the U.S. rights to TKO Group’s UFC for seven years, beginning in 2026.Paramount is paying an average of $1.1 billion per year, totaling $7.7 billion, for UFC’s full slate of 13 marquee events and 30 “Fight Nights,” the companies said in a statement.…

International World Games Association (IWGA) President Jose Perurena attends a press conference in Chengdu, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, Aug. 11, 2025. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)IWGA President Jose Perurena lauded The Chengdu World Games 2025 for world-class organization, vibrant atmosphere, and record-setting standards.CHENGDU, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) — International World Games Association (IWGA) President Jose Perurena expressed high praise for the ongoing Chengdu World Games at a mid-Games press conference here on Monday.”We are extremely pleased with how the Games have unfolded so far. The Local Organizing Committee (LOC), volunteers, and our partners have done an outstanding job,” said Perurena. “The atmosphere has been…