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United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the first two demonstration satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper broadband internet constellation stands ready for launch on pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on October 5, 2023 in Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States.Paul Hennessey | Anadolu Agency | Getty ImagesAs Amazon chases SpaceX in the internet satellite market, the e-commerce and computing giant turned to Elon Musk’s rival company to get its next batch of devices into space.On Wednesday, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Kuiper satellites lifted off from a launchpad on Florida’s Space Coast at 2:30 a.m. ET.…

President Xi Jinping told Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in their meeting in Beijing on Tuesday that China stands ready to work with Australia “to push the bilateral relationship further.” During the meeting, Albanese raised Australia’s concern about China’s lack of proper notice about its warships’ live fire exercise early this year. The prime minister later told journalists Xi had responded that “China engaged in exercises, just as Australia engages in exercises.” The government’s proposed sale of the lease of the Port of Darwin, now in the hands of a Chinese company, was not raised in the discussion. On Taiwan, Albanese…

Bitcoin fell below the $117,000 level on Tuesday after cryptocurrency-related bills were blocked in the House of Representatives.The price of bitcoin was last down 2.8% at $116,516.00, according to Coin Metrics. That marks a pullback from the day’s high of $120,481.86.Stock Chart IconStock chart iconBitcoin/USD Coin Metrics, 1-dayThe drop comes on the heels of multiple crypto-related bills failing to overcome a procedural hurdle in the House, with 13 Republicans voting with Democrats to block the motion in a 196-223 vote.In recent days, bitcoin has been trading at all-time highs, spurred by institutional buying of bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) amid rising…

Leeds United have agreed a fee in excess of £12m with Newcastle for midfielder Sean Longstaff. The 27-year-old has entered the final year of his current contract at St James’ Park. Leeds saw three bids rejected from Newcastle for the player, with their previous offer worth an initial £10m plus £2m in add-ons.Longstaff is an academy graduate whose sale would represent pure profit for Newcastle in terms of PSR.The midfielder featured 32 times for Newcastle last season, including five appearances in the Carabao Cup as Eddie Howe’s side ended the 70-year wait for a domestic trophy on Tyneside. With 171…

Championship side Derby County has signed Charlotte FC and United States striker Patrick Agyemang, the two clubs announced on Tuesday.The fee is in the neighborhood of $7 million, which ESPN reported in in June.Editor’s Picks2 RelatedAgyemang, 24, recently helped the U.S. finish second in the 2025 Gold Cup with two goals across six appearances.”I’ve heard about [the move] once I was getting into the national team for the Gold Cup,” Agyemang said in an interview with Derby’s website. “And obviously, in the moment, you’re like, ‘that’s something I’m interested in!’ But you want to focus on what you’re doing.”Then, as…

Shayne Coplan, founder and chief executive of Polymarket, speaks during the New York Times annual DealBook summit at Jazz at Lincoln Center on December 04, 2024 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty ImagesTwo federal investigations of the online prediction betting site Polymarket have been closed with no charges filed against the cryptocurrency-based marketplace, a person familiar with the matter told CNBC on Tuesday.”Polymarket has received declination notices from the U.S. Justice Department and Commodity Futures Trading Commission related to investigations into the company,” said the person, who was granted anonymity to discuss non-public actions. The company declined to…

A renowned professor of Holocaust and genocide studies has called Israel’s war on Gaza an “inescapable” case of genocide, joining a chorus of prominent Israeli and Jewish scholars coming to the same conclusion about Israel’s 21-month war on the besieged enclave. Omer Bartov, a professor at Brown University and a former Israeli army soldier, wrote in The New York Times on Tuesday that after deliberating and examining Israel’s war, his “inescapable conclusion… [is] that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people”. “Having grown up in a Zionist home, lived the first half of my life in Israel, served in the IDF [Israel Defence Forces]…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A trio of cryptocurrency bills that had been expected to pass the House this week stalled on Tuesday after a bloc of Republicans unexpectedly joined with Democrats to prevent the legislation from coming up for debate and votes. The procedural snafu brought the House’s so-called “crypto week” to a standstill — and dealt a blow to President Donald Trump, who had strongly urged Republicans to pass the bills as part of his push to make the U.S. the “ crypto capital of the world.”A group of 13 Republicans joined all Democrats in opposition to a procedural vote…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump told reporters Tuesday that he plans to place tariffs of over 10% on smaller countries, including nations in Africa and the Caribbean.“We’ll probably set one tariff for all of them,” Trump said, adding that it could be “a little over 10% tariff” on goods from at least 100 nations. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick interjected that the nations with goods being taxed at these rates would be in Africa and the Caribbean, places that generally do relatively modest levels of trade with the U.S. and would be relatively insignificant for addressing Trump’s goals of reducing…

The Major League Soccer Players Association reached an agreement with the league to secure an increase in the percentage of prize money received from the FIFA Club World Cup, sources confirmed to ESPN.The Collective Bargaining Agreement had stated that players receive 50% of money from outside tournaments with a cap of $1 million. A source with knowledge of the discussions previously told ESPN that a revised proposal from MLS committed to granting players on the three participating teams 20% of the performance-related payments for wins, draws and round advancement.The two parties failed to reach an agreement prior to the start…