NASA on Tuesday named three U.S. astronauts and an Italian astronaut to serve as the crew for its next Artemis mission, a spacecraft docking demonstration in Earth’s orbit next year that will test landers from Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin for the first time in space.
The rescue of two U.S. Army helicopter crew members by a Navy drone has spotlighted Task Force 59, the U.S. Navy’s first dedicated unmanned systems unit, based in Bahrain and part of Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT), which oversees U.S. naval operations in the Middle East.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said Iran shot down a U.S. Apache helicopter that was patrolling the Strait of Hormuz overnight and vowed to respond, but gave no other details.
Britain, Canada, France and Norway announced new coordinated sanctions on Tuesday against Israeli networks involved in financing, enabling and carrying out violence in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
The U.S. Federal Reserve will hold its key interest rate for the rest of 2026, according to a strong majority of economists in a Reuters poll, the first clear consensus on that view this year as war-driven inflation proves more persistent than expected.
Bonds have failed to shield investors during the Iran war. Now, some fund managers say that may be about to change, with debt poised to reclaim its safe-haven role if inflation starts hitting growth.
SpaceX’s landmark listing this week is set to test the “Elon premium” that has made Tesla one of the most highly valued U.S. companies and a must-have among retail investors.
Wall Street’s major indexes advanced on Tuesday, as technology stocks rose for a second day after last week’s rout, and easing hostilities in the Middle East aided sentiment.
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Global airlines’ push to attract premium customers is making fast in-flight Wi-Fi an increasingly important perk, turning a once-patchy paid service into an emerging battleground between Elon Musk’s Starlink and Jeff Bezos’ Amazon Leo satellite network.