TOKYO (Reuters) – Kairos, a small, solid-fuelled rocket made by Japan’s Space One, exploded shortly after its inaugural launch on Wednesday as the firm tried to become the first Japanese company to put a satellite in orbit. The 18-metre (59 ft) solid-fuel rocket exploded seconds after lifting off at 11:01 a.m. (0201 GMT), leaving behind…
The tech industry is witnessing a high tide of layoffs since 2022, and even now, the trend seems to be incessant. Recently, the video game company, Bungie, has hit with another round of layoffs. In a move that echoes the industry-wide trend of layoffs, Bungie CEO Pete Parsons revealed that the company will be reducing…
Dubai: Dubai announced on Sunday that work had begun on a new terminal at Al Maktoum International Airport, which the Gulf emirate’s ruler said will become “the world’s largest” at a cost of almost $35 billion. “We approved the designs for the new passenger terminal at Al Maktoum International Airport, and (are) commencing construction of the…
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A powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake hit central Japan early this morning today, followed by tsunami warnings. Authorities have asked people to evacuate and move to higher grounds. A tsunami of 1.2 metres was confirmed to have arrived in Wajima city in Ishikawa prefecture. The Indian Embassy in Japan has set up an emergency control room…
Moscow: As many as 95 people are still missing after last week’s attack near Moscow when gunmen sprayed concertgoers with automatic weapons and set the venue on fire, a Russian news outlet reported on Wednesday. The official toll from the attack on Crocus City Hall now stands at 140 dead and 182 wounded. But the Baza…
Japan’s weather agency said Monday that last year was the hottest since records began, mirroring other nations as ever-rising greenhouse gas emissions fuel climate change. Worldwide, 2024 was expected to have been the warmest recorded, the UN’s weather and climate agency said last week, capping a decade of unprecedented heat and other types of extreme…
US President-elect Donald Trump will be sentenced in the hush money case on January 10, days before his planned return to the White House, a New York judge ruled on Saturday. In an 18-page decision, Judge Juan Merchant said that a conditional discharge would be imposed on Mr Trump – meaning the case would be…
Tech mogul Elon Musk on Friday announced that he plans to use only social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, for messages and audio/video calls and is going to stop using his phone number. “In a few months, I will discontinue my phone number and only use X for texts and audio/video calls,” he…
Seoul, South Korea, Reuters — South Korea’s authorities investigating last month’s Jeju Air plane crash have submitted a preliminary accident report to the UN aviation agency and to the authorities of the United States, France and Thailand, an official said on Monday. The investigation into the deadliest air disaster on the country’s soil remains ongoing, the report made available on Monday…