citizens

05 Feb

Commitment to our citizens more than anything else: Israel Def Min to US envoy

Tel Aviv, Feb 5, Israel Defence Minister Yoav Gallant has said that the commitment to the citizens of the country is more important for the government than anything else. He conveyed this to Amos Hochstein, the vising special envoy of US President Joe Bien, in Tel Aviv on Sunday, said the minister's office. It may be noted that Hochstein played a major role in brokering arrangements between Israel and Lebanon, such as the late 2022 agreement delineating the maritime border between the two countries. In November 2023 also, Hochstein landed in Israel in an attempt to curb the re-emerging violence…

28 Feb

SpaceX to fly 2 private tourists around moon in 2018

Washington: US aerospace major SpaceX has announced plans to fly two private citizens on a week-long trip around the moon next year. The two individuals approached SpaceX for the trip and they have "already paid a significant deposit" to do a moon mission, the company said in a statement on Monday. "Fly me to the moon ... Ok," SpaceX CEO Elon Musk tweeted after the announcement was made. Lift-off will be from the Kennedy Space Center's historic Launch Complex 39A at Cape Canaveral in Florida -- the same launch pad used by the Apollo programme for its lunar missions. "Like the Apollo astronauts…