The quest to return to the Moon has hit another snag. NASA is delaying Artemis II again, as interrupted helium flow to the rocket’s upper stage forces a rollback to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) and wipes out the March launch window. The US space agency said on Saturday that it was troubleshooting interruptions in the flow of helium to the rocket’s interim cryogenic propulsion stage, which uses the lighter-than-air gas to maintain environmental conditions in the stage’s engin...

For over a year, Minor Group has been considering placing its owned hotel assets—many originating from the merger with NH Hotels—into a dedicated real estate vehicle (REIT). Its CEO now confirms that the launch is imminent, with the objective of accelerating deleveraging. A parallel spin-off of the Restaurants division is also on the agenda. Speaking at Minor International’s annual press conference, Chief Executive Officer Dilip Rajakarier announced the near-term creation of a hotel Real E...

Arctic Notebook, Feb. 21: Washington Times Defense and National Security Correspondent John T. Seward is on assignment in frigid northern Alaska, covering the U.S. Army’s “premier Arctic training exercise.” As tensions rise in the frozen north, Mr. Seward’s reporter’s notebook dispatches go inside his experience observing the American military’s preparation for combat in the sub-zero temperatures. FORT WAINWRIGHT — Today was my first day with troops in the direct fight, training ag...

Customs officials recovered 30 kilograms of silver during a routine inspection at the Torkham Import Terminal. The silver was cleverly hidden inside the tyres of a truck that had entered Pakistan from Afghanistan. According to Collector Ghulam Mustafa, the vehicle had earlier transported an Afghan family and was stopped for a normal security check after returning. During the detailed search, customs officers found the concealed silver packed inside the truck’s tyres. The total value of the rec...

The troops of the Joint Task Force  Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) Troops of the Joint Task Force (North East) Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) have repelled coordinated terrorist attacks in Limankara and Kukawa, Borno State. READ ALSO: Troops Arrest Suspected Boko Haram Collaborators, Seize Drones In North-East This was contained in a statement on Sunday by the Media Information Officer of the Theatre Command, Lt. Col. Sani Uba. “Troops of Sector 2 under Operation DESERT SANITY V, acting on weeks of...

City A.M CityAM.com is the online presence of City A.M., London’s first free daily business newspaper. Both platforms cover financial and business news as well as sport and… More Info Set us as your preferred Google source Premium Content By City A.M – Feb 22, 2026, 12:00 PM CST Big Tech firms like Meta and Oracle are utilizing special purpose vehicle (SPV) financing to keep billions of dollars of AI infrastructure borrowing, such as data centers, off their main balance sheets. Th...