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Ukraine awards Elon Musk high state honour as it seeks to use Starlink more

Elon Musk’s Starlink system has become the lifeblood of Ukraine’s battlefield communications and a tool for piloting drones.

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CIA director John Ratcliffe (right) with US President Donald Trump. Ratcliffe’s reported Moscow visit comes as US-brokered talks aimed at ending Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have stalled.

SpaceX announces plans for $100 billion ‘spaceport’ in US state of Louisiana

SpaceX’s new facility will create more than 3,000 new jobs and enable “a multiplanetary future”, said the Elon Musk company.

Tesla teases imminent launch of Cybercab ‘robotaxi’

The gold-coloured vehicle can carry two passengers and marks the first Tesla car with no steering wheel or pedals.

China’s Zhuque-3 rocket comes home for first time, closing in on SpaceX

A Zhuque-3 rocket lifts off from Jiuquan, one of China’s main launch centres.

X says Turkish court ordered block of Istanbul Mayor Imamoglu’s candidacy account

The court ordered X to restrict access to jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu’s account to protect national security and public order.

Myanmar leader says Starlink used by scam centres

In October 2025, Starlink said it had cut services to more than 2,500 internet devices at Myanmar scam centres.

Multi-billionaire Musk plans major US Republican midterm spending push: Report

Elon Musk holding up a chainsaw onstage during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, in the US on Feb 20, 2025.

Musk’s X says Australia social media ban crackdown undermines international law

SpaceX launches 13th Starship test, briefly deploys first upgraded Starlinks

The SpaceX Starship lifts off with its booster on the rocket’s 13th test flight from the SpaceX launch complex in Texas on July 24.

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