HELSINKI — Private Chinese space launch firm iSpace has raised $172 million in series B round funding to back development of a new series of launch vehicles and reusable methalox engines. The round was led by Beijing Financial Street Capital Operation Center, CICC Alpha, Taizhonghe Capital, citic securities and more, including existing shareholders, iSpace announced
Kimberly Guilfoyle, the National Chair of the “Trump Victory Finance Committee” and girlfriend of Donald Trump Jr., delivers a pre-recorded speech to the largely virtual 2020 Republican National Convention, from Washington, U.S., August 24, 2020. Kevin Lemarque | Reuters WASHINGTON – The first night of the virtual Republican National Convention featured more than a dozen speakers.
Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Joey Fatone says it’s game if ‘NSYNC and Backstreet Boys ever square off in a battle of the boy bands … and he thinks it wouldn’t even be close!!! We got Joey out at LAX Monday and our camera guy asked him about the possibility of ‘NSYNC and Backstreet battling
U.S. government debt prices were lower on Tuesday morning as traders awaited for a key speech from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell later this week. At around 1:50 a.m. ET, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note rose to 0.6607%, while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond jumped to 1.3623%. Yields move inversely to prices. Investors were monitoring
Neither Taylor Swift nor Selena Gomez are strangers to their drama making headlines, whether it’s due to a breakup or a public feud. But throughout their careers, they’ve never stopped publicly supporting each other. Since becoming friends while both dating Jonas brothers in 2008, they’ve danced at awards shows, performed onstage together, and most recently,
The Batman trailer has brought Nirvana’s 1991 song “Something in the Way” into top digital music charts. Matt Reeves unveiled the first trailer for the movie during the DC FanDome event over the weekend. In the trailer, a reworked version of the Kurt Cobain-written song can be heard in the background, adding an audible dark
The best thing to come of the hour was Taeyang’s 100th day celebration! Other than that, 90 Day Fiance: The Other Way Season 2 Episode 13 was mostly lackluster, and business as usual with some tears tossed in for good measure. Are any of these couples going to survive? Kenny and Armando, for sure, but otherwise? Probably
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Super sniffer: a male pine processionary moth. (Courtesy: Alvesgaspar/CC BY-SA 4.0) Inspired by the behaviour of moths, researchers have developed a novel collective search algorithm for locating the source of an odour. Robots that mimic moth search patterns have been proposed before for the detection of harmful gases and volatile substances. Now, research led Antonio Celani
Pilots talk after exiting a Delta Airlines flight at the Ronald Reagan National Airport on July 22, 2020 in Arlington, Virginia. Michael A. McCoy | Getty Images Delta Air Lines will furlough 1,941 of its pilots in October unless it can reach a cost-cutting agreement with the employees’ labor union, the airline said Monday. U.S. airlines
Traders work during the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on March 17, 2020 at Wall Street in New York City. Johannes Eisele | AFP | Getty Images U.S. stock futures were flat on Monday night after another record-setting session on Wall Street. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures traded just below the
In an effort to rein in resurgent coronavirus cases in Seoul, Korean authorities last week tightened restrictions on public gatherings. This dealt a blow to the local box office which has seen strong performances over the past several weeks with titles like Peninsula and Deliver Us From Evil. But the Top 5 films in the
NROL-44 is the first of the final five missions to be flown by Delta 4 Heavy between now and 2024 WASHINGTON — A Delta 4 Heavy rocket is scheduled to launch a classified mission for the National Reconnaissance Office Aug. 26 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. NROL-44 will be the 41st launch of
Sen. Kamala Harris’ formidable fundraising machine is kicking into high gear now that she’s on the ticket with Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. Since Biden named the California U.S. senator as his running mate, her associates in the business world have been getting calls from new donors, according to people familiar with direct knowledge of
Nao and Lianne La Havas have shared a new collaboration titled “Woman.” Check out the accompanying video below. “This is a song Lianne and I are so happy to put out into the world,” Nao wrote. “I truly believe this is the start of a new dawn where being a woman—esp a woman of colour—can
The New York attorney general’s office on Monday said that it is investigating President Donald Trump and his company over how they valued multiple Trump’s assets on annual financial statements that were used to obtain loans, as well as to get economic and tax benefits. The disclosure of the civil probe by Letitia James’ office
During a recent interview with horror maestro and filmmaking legend John Carpenter, the Halloween director teased that The Thing reboot is in development courtesy of Blumhouse Productions and Jason Blum. After declaring that the 1982 science fiction horror movie classic is the one from his back catalogue that he is most proud of, Carpenter all
MTV is reviving the ’16 and’ format for its latest series. The network on Monday announced 16 and Recovering, a brutally honest wake-up call in the tradition of 16 and Pregnant, which helped reduce teen pregnancy to record lows (National Bureau of Economic Research). The four-part docu-series follows nine students at Northshore Recovery High School,