North America

  • Jan 9
  • 2 min read

Vulcan's success may hasten sale of US-owned ULA

Yesterday's first flight of ULA's Vulcan launcher was also the first flight of its BE-4 engine, built by Blue Origin

United States
  • Jan 8
  • 7 min read

Gaza war puts US corporates in a tight spot

Many corporate leaders were caught unprepared for the schisms within their workforces exposed by the war in Gaza

United States
  • Jan 8
  • 7 min read

Russian airlines will recover slowly from sanctions

State subsidies and the seizure of foreign-leased aircraft have enabled Russia to absorb the initial shock of sanctions

Russia
  • Jan 8
  • 2 min read

New US budget deal may be too late and lack support

House and Senate leaders last night announced a deal on total spending for the current fiscal year

United States
  • Jan 8
  • 2 min read

Biden attacks Trump to rally his own supporters

President Joe Biden used the anniversary of the January 6 riot to argue that the 2024 election is all about democracy

United States
  • Jan 5
  • 6 min read

US infrastructure cybersecurity is improving slowly

Federal efforts to boost the cybersecurity of US critical infrastructure are encountering an uneven subnational response

United States
  • Jan 5
  • 2 min read

Washington will welcome doubts over Chinese chips leap

A teardown of latest Huawei hardware casts doubt over China's capabilities to produce the most advanced semiconductors

United States
  • Jan 5
  • 2 min read

Food price slowdown will be very slow and very uneven

Food prices fell for the 19th month in 21 but remain 27% higher than at the start of 2019; sugar prices fell promisingly

International