News of space

Touchdown: NASA's Perseverance rover ready to search for life on Mars

18-02-2021 23:22 After seven months in space, NASA's Perseverance rover lands on Mars, ready to embark on its mission to search for signs of past life.

WORLD FOOTBALL

World Cup fixture pile-up overshadows FIFA Congress

17-09-2020 16:43 When the 70th FIFA Congress meets on Friday, one issue will very much be on members’ minds – how to find time in the football calendar for hundreds of qualifying matches for the 2022 World Cup.

by Anthony Harwood

BLOOMBERG

China and Argentina resume joint venture for space exploration

08-08-2020 08:39 China and Argentina have resumed plans to work together on outer space exploration in a sign of the Asian nation’s growing influence in the administration of President Alberto Fernández.

Bloomberg

WeWork in crisis: ‘Workplaces will never be the same after this’

25-03-2020 19:32 WeWork’s strategy consisted in packing the most people in the less space possible to maximise revenue from each co-working office. Now, this approach seems obsolete with the Covid-19 pandemic.