Virgin Galactic’s new spacecraft looms large as company eyes future profitability

Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. says it is making progress building its new Delta-class spacecraft, which it says will help unlock the company’s future profitability.

Source: MarketWatch

Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman and wife found dead at home

The actor best known for his role in The French Connection has died; foul play is not suspected.

Source: Al Jazeera

Trump should block Biden’s AI “gift” to China, Microsoft argues

Microsoft: If US cuts off “friends” from AI chips, China will win AI race.

Source: Ars Technica

How the Tate brothers won US backing for their release

‘Manosphere’ links with Trump’s circle preceded push for Romania to lift travel ban

Source: Financial Times

Austria: Centrist parties form coalition without far right

Five months after its election, Austria will finally have a government — without the party that got the most votes. The three-party coalition will face challenges marrying their different policy …

Source: Deutsche Welle

‘Day of Reckoning’: Trial Over Greenpeace’s Role in Pipeline Protest Begins

Energy Transfer, which owns the Dakota Access Pipeline, is seeking $300 million, a sum that Greenpeace says could bankrupt the storied environmental group.

Source: New York Times

Andrew Tate, arrested on rape and trafficking charges, is allowed to leave Romania for the U.S.

Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan Tate, who face charges in Romania including human trafficking and sexual intercourse with a minor, have left for the U.S.

Source: NBC News

Over 7,000 from scam centers in Myanmar are awaiting repatriation after crackdown

Trapped in virtual slavery, many are lured to work in scam centers where they exploit people around the world through false romances, bogus investment pitches and illegal gambling schemes.

Source: NPR

China’s youth face growing job crisis

101 East meets the job seekers caught up in China’s youth unemployment crisis.

Source: Al Jazeera

Blasts at M23 rally in Congo: 11 killed, 65 wounded

The two explosions in Bukavu, eastern Congo, occurred just after a meeting held by the Alliance Flueve Congo, a rebel group that includes M23 fighters. At least 11 people were …

Source: France 24

Deadly blasts hit M23 rebel rally in captured DRC city of Bukavu

Deaths and injuries reported after explosions at rally attended by thousands in city captured by rebel group

Several people have been killed and dozens more injured after blasts at a …

Source: The Guardian

Mother on Hunger Strike to Free Alaa Abd El Fattah From Egyptian Jail at ‘Risk to Life’

Laila Soueif, the mother of Alaa Abd El Fattah, one of Egypt’s most prominent political prisoners, has fasted for 151 days as she seeks his release.

Source: New York Times