On June 18, 2025, at 11 p.m., SpaceX engineers began what was expected to be a routine six-engine static fire test—a ground test for an upcoming launch—at Starbase’s Massey test site. However, Ship 36 suffered a catastrophic failure during propellant loading, which Elon Musk attributed to a nitrogen COPV failure occurring “below its proof pressure.” Ellen Gainsford reports.| International news from the Americas - France 24
Over the weekend, huge crowds gathered in cities across the US for demonstrations against President Donald Trump's policies. Some online have been alleging that the American news channel MSNBC used old…| France 24
YouTube agreed to pay $22 million to settle US President Donald Trump’s lawsuit over his post-Capitol riot suspension, according to a court filing Monday. The funds will go to a White House ballroom…| France 24
The vicious public row between US President Donald Trump and his billionaire backer Elon Musk has worsened after Musk publicly accused Trump on Thursday of being named in government files related to…| France 24
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After Elon Musk’s Starlink, France’s Eutelsat is the second-largest low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite company in the world. Some Europeans see it as a solution to reining in Musk’s influence and reducing…| France 24
The Trump administration's cuts to the US Agency for International Development (USAID), which provides 40 percent of humanitarian funding worldwide, could lead to 14 million deaths by 2030, a study in…| France 24
