Washington DC (UPI) May 2, 2024 SpaceX successfully launched the Maxar 1 mission carrying two next-generation WorldView Legion satellites Thursday in California. The mission launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base at approximately 11:36 a.m. local time. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was used. The 20th launch and landing of the Falcon 9 first...

Paris (AFP) May 2, 2024 French President Emmanuel Macron said the question of sending Western troops to Ukraine would "legitimately" arise if Russia broke through Ukrainian front lines and Kyiv made such a request, in an interview with The Economist published Thursday. Macron in the interview doubled down on his comments from earlier this...

Wellington (AFP) May 2, 2024 New Zealand's foreign minister on Friday hit out at China's bid for an increased security presence in the Pacific Islands, warning against actions that could "destabilise" or undermine regional security. "China has a long-standing presence in the Pacific, but we are seriously concerned by increased engagement...

Washington DC (UPI) May 2, 2024 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel in the Middle Eastern country on Wednesday as the Biden administration pushes to secure a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war and prevent its ally from invading the southern Gaza city of Rafah. Blinken ended his three-day,...

Honiara (AFP) May 2, 2024 Solomon Islands' lawmakers elected China-friendly former foreign minister Jeremiah Manele as prime minister on Thursday, choosing him over an opposition leader intent on curbing Beijing's reach in the Pacific nation. Manele won 31 votes in a secret ballot of 50 MPs, said Governor-General David Vunagi, the climax...

Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 03, 2024 oneNav, a developer of global navigation satellite system (GNSS) technology, has launched L5-direct, a GNSS product capable of directly acquiring and tracking L5-band signals. This innovation arrives amid growing concerns over Russian forces using GPS jamming techniques in Europe to impair American drones in...