Attacks by new rebel alliance stoke fear Ethiopia is returning to war
Tigray rebels said they were responding to a “full-scale offensive” by the government, which countered that it was the rebels who started the fighting. Source link
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Stoke Space raises another billion to rival SpaceX at re-flying rockets
The fuel for a fully reusable rocket that can unlock truly low-cost access to space isn’t methane or liquid oxygen. It’s cash, and Stoke Space Technologies is tanking up. The company has now “completed the initial closing” of a $1 billion Series E round intended to help it reach orbit and prepare a new, larger rocket for operations. “This round is really to scale,” CEO Andy Lapsa told TechCrunch. “To lay the infrastructure, to scale in production and flight frequency, and importantly to fund the development of the second generation vehicle.” The round was led by Point72 Ventures (hedge fund billionaire Steve Cohen’s tech investment vehicle), and Spark Capital, and included investment from General Innovation, Glade Brook Capital, US Innovation Technology, Washington Harbour Partners, Woven Capital and Y Combinator, among others. Stoke is one of a handful of startups attempting to compete with Elon Musk’s SpaceX in the low-cost rocket launch space. SpaceX was built around the Falcon 9, which has a reusable booster stage, and now Musk and company are trying to field a …
Stoke City v Swansea City Championship TV channel, live stream, kick-off time
Stoke City and Swansea City battle it out on Saturday afternoon to kick off their 2026/27 Championship campaigns. Mark Robins’s side, who beat Oldham 2-0 in their Carabao Cup first round showdown last weekend, are entering their ninth consecutive season in the Championship. Stoke were relegated from the Premier League in 2018 but they haven’t made any inroads in securing promotion back to the top flight with the Potters only finishing as high as 14th in the last eight years. Like Stoke, Swansea had a spell as a Premier League regular from 2011-2018 but they’ve struggled in recent years. They finished in the Championship play-offs in 2020 and 2021 – losing to Brentford on both occasions – but they haven’t finished higher than 10th since then. Both Stoke and Swansea’s ultimate aim for the campaign will be to make a play-off push and the fact that eighth will be enough to make it in this season is an added bonus for both sides. Radio Times has rounded up everything you need to know about how …
Elon Musk and America’s Far Right Stoke Anger Over Murder of UK Teen
Musk also shared a video from far-right British agitator Tommy Robinson calling on people to gather outside Southampton Central Police State on Tuesday night, echoing calls from Reform Party leader Nigel Farage for people to respond to the incident with “pure cold rage.” “I heard someone say this wasn’t about race; this is about race,” Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, told the crowd. Later, protesters were blocked from entering the street where Digwa lived with his family, the BBC reported. Stoking Tensions UK Home secretary Shabana Mahmood called the violence “completely unacceptable” and condemned those stoking tensions: “There can be no justification for hijacking this tragedy to stir up violence and disorder.” But far-right figures in America continued to push the antiwhite narrative. “You will be called racist for standing up for the West, or watch your boy bleed out on camera,” right-wing podcaster and conspiracy theorist Mike Cernovich posted on X. Matt Walsh, who earlier in the week called Nowak’s murder the “systemic hatred, oppression, and marginalization of white people,” shared footage …
Inexpensive seafloor-hopping submersibles could stoke deep-sea science—and mining
But as with any sort of new type of technology, “there’s always growing pains,” recalls Orphan. Frigid temperatures and steep topography added unseen challenges, and it took the full three weeks for the sub to get high-resolution photographs of the seeps. The setback didn’t dull Orphan’s excitement about the potential of these machines. “There’s a lot of real, unknown science right at that interface between the sediment and the ocean surface,” she says. “The Orpheus-type class of instrument, with the right kinds of sensors and samplers, could be a very enabling tool.” Russell envisions pairing the vehicles with specially designed payloads that can sense the heat of chemical seeps and detect plumes of sediment, DNA shed from ocean life-forms, or the magnetic tug of buried cables. The vehicles are the “the best of both worlds,” says Andrew Sweetman, a deep-sea ecologist at the Scottish Association for Marine Science, who has not worked with Orpheus. While they can roam large areas like an AUV, they can also carry out precise sampling maneuvers like a remotely operated …
Italy suspends defence agreement with Israel as Lebanon attacks stoke tensions
Italy has suspended its defence agreement with Israel, which involves the exchange of military equipment and technology research, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and diplomatic sources said Tuesday. “In view of the current situation, the government has decided to suspend the automatic renewal of the defence agreement with Israel,” Meloni said on the sidelines of an event in Verona, according to Italian news agencies ANSA and AGI. An Italian diplomatic source confirmed to AFP that the agreement had been suspended, saying: “It would have been politically difficult to keep it going.” Approved by Israel in 2006, the agreement is reviewed every five years. It calls for cooperation across defence industries, education and training of military personnel, research and development and information technology, among others. Tensions between the two countries have risen over the past week after the Italian government accused Israeli forces of firing warning shots at a convoy of Italian UN peacekeepers in Lebanon. Italy summoned Israel’s ambassador in protest over the incident that damaged at least one vehicle but caused no injuries. On Monday, …
Banker’s Payments to Big Names in Brasilia Stoke Election Tensions
By Ricardo Brito and Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA, April 9 (Reuters) – A Brazilian banker arrested last month on fraud allegations had paid millions to powerful figures across the political spectrum, tax records reviewed by Reuters show, during a period when his bank was seeking to avoid liquidation. The payments add to the chances that a scandal around failed lender Banco Master could have an impact on general elections in October, when Brazilians choose a new president, governors and lawmakers. At the center of the fallout is Daniel Vorcaro, head of Banco Master who had overseen a rapid expansion that surprised some analysts. His alleged influence over senior central bankers is now the subject of a criminal investigation. In tax documents subpoenaed by a congressional inquiry and reviewed by Reuters, Banco Master reported making hefty payments to former President Michel Temer, a former senior adviser to ex-President Jair Bolsonaro and a former finance minister who introduced Vorcaro to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. The documents also confirmed press reports that the bank had paid a …
Derby County v Stoke City Championship TV channel, live stream, kick-off time
Championship play-off chasers Derby County welcome Stoke City to Pride Park on Easter Monday. The Rams are hunting a top-six spot in the final weeks of the season but have work to do to unseat the teams above them. Though Stoke’s hopes of a late play-off charge appear to be over, the visitors are not a team to be taken lightly. Mark Robins has plenty of talent to call on and will want his side to finish the season with a flourish. Radio Times has rounded up everything you need to know about how to watch Derby County v Stoke City on TV and online. Read more football features: Best players in the world | Best players of all time | Live football on TV today When is Derby County v Stoke City? Derby County v Stoke City will take place on Monday 6 April 2026. Check out our live football on TV guide for the latest times and information. Derby County v Stoke City kick-off time Derby County v Stoke City will kick off …
Stoke City v Oxford United Championship TV channel, live stream, kick-off time
Championship duo Stoke City and Oxford United do battle in front of the Sky Sports cameras on Wednesday evening. The Potters will be desperate to put an end to their eight-game winless run, which has seen them exit the FA Cup and slide into the bottom half of the table. Mark Robins’s side remain clear of the relegation battle but can bid goodbye to their play-off aspirations if they cannot get back on track soon. Though Oxford have shown some positive signs in draws away at high-flying Coventry and Middlesbrough in recent weeks, they are running out of time to mount their Championship survival charge. A five-game winless run and the form of the teams above them has seen the Yellows drift even further from safety with a little more than a quarter of the season to go. Radio Times has rounded up everything you need to know about how to watch Stoke City v Oxford United on TV and online. Read more football features: Best players in the world | Best players of all …
In the West Bank, new Israeli regulations stoke Palestinian fears of annexation
While previous American administrations have condemned Israeli expansion in the West Bank, neither the White House nor the State Department have issued statements about the new measures, and it is unclear whether the issue came up when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with President Donald Trump last week in Washington, their seventh meeting in the past year. In an interview with Axios last week, Trump said that he was opposed to annexation, although he didn’t directly address the new rules. “We have enough things to think about now,” he said. “We don’t need to be dealing with the West Bank.” Netanyahu, who faces an election later this year, deems establishing any Palestinian state a security threat and his ruling coalition, which has a large voter base in the settlements, includes many members who want Israel to annex the West Bank. Far-right politicians like Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich “certainly want to use this in the Israeli domestic political sphere with their base,” said Michael Koplow, the chief policy officer at the Israel Policy Forum, an …