Trump eases commercial rocket launch regulations in win for Musk's SpaceX
• Aug 14, 2025, 1:53 AM
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US President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order easing regulations for the country's private space industry, including stripping away some environmental restrictions around rocket launches. The move, which was slammed by one environmental group as "reckless", will likely be a boon for Trump's former advisor Elon Musk, whose SpaceX company dominates the US space industry.
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New data shows record drought in Europe
• 3:08 PM
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Europe is parched: new data from the European Drought Observatory shows more than half of the continent is experiencing record drought this month amid a summer of heatwaves. Story by Charlotte Lam.
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The fight over Asia's rivers: China and India rush to build mega-dams
• 10:41 AM
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India and China are racing to build mega-dams along major rivers that would massively affect water supplies to both countries. The source of that water is a glacier in Tibet, which supplies millions of people with water downstream - and there are high po
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