The new space race
Elon Musk's Falcon 9 is grounded after crash
The Space X rocket Falcon 9 has been banned from flying after an accident, several media reports. The Falcon 9 would have placed satellites in orbit around the Earth, but due to the failure, 20 Starlink satellites are now at risk of burning up, according to AP.
Elon Musk's rocket will be grounded while US authorities investigate the incident, which could cause problems for the trip, which is planned for the end of July. Then it is supposed that billionaire Jared Isaacman will make the first private spacewalk, writes TT.
According to the company itself, the problems were due to a leak with liquid oxygen.
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The election in the USA The electoral movement
Economists: Inflation will get worse if Trump wins
Economists estimate that US inflation would be worse during four years of Donald Trump than during a new term for Joe Biden, in a survey conducted by The Wall Street Journal of 68 professional analysts on Wall Street and in academia.
It is above all Trump's plans to raise tariffs and limit immigration that worry. Limiting immigration risks making it difficult for companies to get hold of enough workers.
CNBC notes that 16 Alfred Nobel economics laureates recently raised the same concern in an open letter.
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Vacation travel
The industry warning: 5,000 delayed flights a day
The airlines' industry organization Airlines for Europe warns that an airspace "filled to the brim" creates chaos this summer, reports Norwegian NRK.
According to the industry association's figures, delays are increasing sharply and now 5,000 flights are delayed every day, and six million travelers are affected.
Among others, Finnair, Norwegian, Lufthansa and British Airlines are included in Airlines for Europe. Norwegian NRK reports that the flight problems are costing the companies a lot of money, among other things because of all the compensation they are forced to pay out to the travelers.
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The Russian invasion The sanctions
"Swedish factory generates profit for Russian oligarchs"
Kubal's aluminum smelter in Sundsvall is owned by Rusal, Russia's largest aluminum producer. This is written by Olesija Horiajnova at the Ukrainian security and cooperation center at DN Debatt.
"Due to the lack of EU sanctions, Rusal through Kubal continues to operate in Sweden and generate profits for Russia and Russian oligarchs."
The money from Rusal goes primarily to the two oligarchs Oleg Deripaska and Viktor Vekselberg. Almost all Russian weapons used in Ukraine contain components from their company, writes Horiajnova.
She calls for a Swedish nationalization of the factory, and tougher sanctions against Russian metal exports in
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