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Biden hosts the Angolan president in an effort to showcase strengthened ties, as Africa visit slips
Biden hosts the Angolan president in an effort to showcase strengthened ties, as Africa visit slips
President Joe Biden is hosting Angolan President João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço in the Oval Office as he seeks to reaffirm his commitment to Africa
2023-12-01 03:55
West Virginia University crisis looms as GOP leaders focus on economic development, jobs
West Virginia University crisis looms as GOP leaders focus on economic development, jobs
West Virginia University is recommending slashing its language department and dozens of other programs amid a $45 million budget shortfall
2023-09-04 23:25
Elon Musk thwarted Ukrainian drone attack on Russian ships, book claims
Elon Musk thwarted Ukrainian drone attack on Russian ships, book claims
Elon Musk ordered SpaceX engineers to cut off Ukrainian access to Starlink satellites near the Crimean coast to prevent a surprise drone attack on Russian warships, a new biography claims. The drones packed with explosives “lost connectivity and washed ashore harmlessly” during the thwarted attack some time last year, Walter Isaacson writes in his upcoming book Elon Musk, according to an excerpt obtained by CNN. Mr Musk told the author that he feared a strike on occupied Crimea would amount to a “mini-Pearl Harbour” and lead to a Russian nuclear retaliation, Mr Isaacson writes. The decision led Ukrainian officials to beg the world’s richest person to reinstate the satellites. The account highlights how Mr Musk unwittingly found himself thrust into the frontlines of the the 18-month-old conflict. “How am I in this war?” Mr Musk reportedly asked the writer, who has previously published biographies of Steve Jobs and Henry Kissinger. “Starlink was not meant to be involved in wars. It was so people can watch Netflix and chill and get online for school and do good peaceful things, not drone strikes.” The world’s richest man found himself thrust into the world of high-stakes diplomacy, and reportedly spoke to US national security adviser Jake Sullivan, joint chiefs chairman Mark Milley and the Russian ambassador to the US. Ukraine’s former deputy prime minister Mykhailo Fedorov also contacted Mr Musk to beg him to switch the satellites back on, according to the book. The SpaceX CEO replied that the drone attack was “going too far and inviting strategic defeat,” and declined to restore access. SpaceX has donated more than 20,000 Starlink terminals to Ukraine after Russia destroyed much of the country’s infrastructure in the beginning of the war in February 2022. Last October, Mr Musk wrote to the Pentagon to say that it could no longer afford to continue funding the service, which he estimated had cost the company hundreds of millions of dollars, CNN revealed at the time. After the story broke, Mr Musk wrote on Twitter, now known as X: “The hell with it … we’ll just keep funding Ukraine govt for free.” According to Mr Isaacson, US Defense officials had been about to hand over a $145m check before his reversal. “Elon succumbed to the bulls*** on Twitter and to the haters at the Pentagon who leaked the story,” SpaceX’s president Gwynne Shotwell reportedly told Mr Isaacson. SpaceX did not immediately respond to a request for comment by The Independent. In a promotional blurb, publishers Simon & Schuster say that Mr Isaacson shadowed Mr Musk for two years to gain an insight into every aspect of the billionaire’s world. The author “attended his meetings, walked his factories with him, and spent hours interviewing him, his family, friends, coworkers, and adversaries”. “The result is the revealing inside story, filled with amazing tales of triumphs and turmoil, that addresses the question: are the demons that drive Musk also what it takes to drive innovation and progress?” * Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson is set to be realeased by Simon & Schuster on 12 September Read More First photo emerges of Elon Musk and his baby twins with Neuralink director How Ukraine’s month-long drone assault has brought the war home for Russians Elon Musk vows to sue ADL for calling him antisemitic after he promoted antisemitic campaign on X The Body in the Woods | An Independent TV Original Documentary The harrowing discovery at centre of The Independent’s new documentary
2023-09-08 02:18
Angels turn first triple play in 26 years during 9th inning against Rays
Angels turn first triple play in 26 years during 9th inning against Rays
The Los Angeles Angels turned their first triple play in 26 years during the ninth inning of Friday night’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays
2023-08-19 12:56
Felony convictions vacated for 4 former Navy officers in sprawling 'Fat Leonard' bribery scandal
Felony convictions vacated for 4 former Navy officers in sprawling 'Fat Leonard' bribery scandal
Felony convictions have been vacated for four former Navy officers in a sprawling bribery scandal due to prosecutorial misconduct
2023-09-07 08:56
Tristan Tate faces backlash for 'ethnic cleansing' tweet criticizing Jewish migration to Israel
Tristan Tate faces backlash for 'ethnic cleansing' tweet criticizing Jewish migration to Israel
Tristan Tate claims 'ethnic cleansing' could have been avoided if people 'were smarter'
2023-10-21 20:21
Martina Navratilova says she's doing 'OK' after being diagnosed with cancer
Martina Navratilova says she's doing 'OK' after being diagnosed with cancer
Martina Navratilova is doing “OK” after being diagnosed with throat cancer and breast cancer
2023-05-21 23:46
Who is Ryan? Elliot Page reveals he had 'discreet but adventurous sex' with closeted actress amid Kate Mara and Olivia Thirlby claims
Who is Ryan? Elliot Page reveals he had 'discreet but adventurous sex' with closeted actress amid Kate Mara and Olivia Thirlby claims
Elliot Page says he was 'desperately in love' with Ryan, but hid the relationship even from his closest friends
2023-06-08 15:18
Biden is 'old,' Trump is 'corrupt': AP-NORC poll has ominous signs for both in possible 2024 rematch
Biden is 'old,' Trump is 'corrupt': AP-NORC poll has ominous signs for both in possible 2024 rematch
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2023-08-28 18:59
US life expectancy rose last year, but it remains below its pre-pandemic level
US life expectancy rose last year, but it remains below its pre-pandemic level
U.S. life expectancy rose last year, but it still isn’t close to what it was before the COVID-19 pandemic
2023-11-29 13:19
Blinken says West Bank unrest an impediment for Israel's normalization hopes
Blinken says West Bank unrest an impediment for Israel's normalization hopes
By Simon Lewis and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON Turmoil in the occupied West Bank, where violence between Jewish settlers
2023-06-29 00:46
US, Iran release prisoners in $6 billion swap deal
US, Iran release prisoners in $6 billion swap deal
Arch-foes the United States and Iran each released five detainees on Monday in a prisoner swap deal that also gives Tehran access to $6...
2023-09-18 23:16