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  China’s large reusable Tianlong-3 rocket passes 1,000-tonne thrust ‘major exam’ The Chinese  reusable rocket race  is heating up, with two start-ups and a state-owned developer all aiming for orbital launches by year’s end. If successful, they could help to ease a growing mismatch between China’s limited rocket supply and surging demand. On Monday, Beijing-based  Space Pioneer  completed a full-scale test of the first stage of its 72 metre (236 feet) partially reusable Tianlong-3 rocket from an offshore platform in the eastern province of Shandong. The 35-second burn involved nine Tianhuo-12 engines firing together to produce nearly 1,000 tonnes of thrust in “the most complex and challenging ground trial in rocket development”, according to the company. Now that Tianlong-3 had passed its “major exam”, it was entering the final sprint towards launch, Space Pioneer said on social media. “We aim to fly by the end of this year. After that, we plan to quickly move ...

  Federal Reserve to cut rates as policymakers weigh future moves Yahoo Finance .   `` The Federal Reserve is widely expected to trim its benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point on Wednesday afternoon, while giving investors new clues about  how many more cuts could occur  during the remainder of the year. `` Markets are looking for a 25 basis point reduction, the first of 2025, followed by similar-sized cuts at the last Fed policy meetings of the year, in late October and early December. `` `` How many cuts central bankers envision for the rest of 2025 will come in the form of  the Fed's "dot plot,"  a chart updated quarterly that shows each official's prediction about the direction of the central bank's benchmark interest rate. `` The last dot plot, released in June, revealed a consensus among Fed officials for two cuts this year amid uncertainties about how the Trump administration's policies on tariffs, immigration, and taxes would impact ...

  UK and US strike tech deal as Trump arrives for state visit The Independent .   Britain and the US have struck a tech deal that could bring billions of pounds of investment to the UK as President  Donald Trump  arrived for his second state visit. Prime Minister Sir  Keir Starmer  said the agreement represented “a general step change” in Britain’s relationship with the US that would deliver “growth, security and opportunity up and down the country”. The “tech prosperity deal”, announced as Mr Trump arrived in the UK on Tuesday night, will see the UK and US co-operate in areas including artificial intelligence (AI), quantum computing and nuclear power. It comes alongside £31 billion of investment in Britain from America’s top technology companies, including 30 billion dollars (£22 billion) from Microsoft. Microsoft’s investment, the largest ever made by the company in the UK, will fund an expansion of Britain’s AI infrastructure, which  Labour  se...

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  Robert Redford has died at the age of 89. pic.twitter.com/M8snN2RZjK — Pop Base (@PopBase) September 16, 2025 Jane Fonda mourns the loss of her friend and co-star #RobertRedford : "It hit me hard this morning when I read that Bob was gone. I can't stop crying. He meant a lot to me and was a beautiful person in every way. He stood for an America we have to keep fighting for," the… pic.twitter.com/mMLyPPyl4k — Variety (@Variety) September 16, 2025 There are certain people you know that you’re going to click with. After working with Robert Redford on Brubaker in 1980, we instantly became friends. Working with him again in An Unfinished Life was a dream come true. Rest peacefully, my friend. pic.twitter.com/gYEgi8YiFt — Morgan Freeman (@morgan_freeman) September 16, 2025

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  Analysis-China steel exports poised for record high, risking further tariff backlash Yahoo Finance .   BEIJING (Reuters) -China's steel exports are set to hit an all-time high this year, defying predictions that unprecedented trade barriers would drive down shipments, and threaten to provoke an even fiercer protectionist backlash against the world's dominant producer. Exports will grow 4% to 9% this year to hit between 115 million and 120 million metric tons, according to forecasts from 11 analysts, all of whom had forecast earlier this year that exports would fall. Record exports from China, which produces more than half of the world's steel, underscore how its steelmakers and traders need new markets for metal that can no longer be absorbed at home, where consumption peaked in 2020 before the collapse of the property market. The drive also reflects worry among steelmakers that trade barriers will keep rising. Better to sell as much as possible now, the thinking goes, ac...