• Associated Press

    A Chinese lunar probe returns to Earth with the world's first samples from the far side of the moon

    China's Chang'e 6 probe returned on Earth on Tuesday with rock and soil samples from the little-explored far side of the moon in a global first. Chinese scientists anticipate the returned samples will include 2.5-million year old volcanic rock and other material that scientists hope will answer questions about geographic differences on the moon's two sides.

  • Reuters

    French snap elections spark investor worries, Paris stock market head says

    The prospect of a politically extreme party with little or no government experience reaching power after France's parliamentary elections is leading to investor worries, the chief executive of Paris stock market operator Euronext said on Tuesday. The far-right National Rally (RN) party looks set to win the most votes in snap parliamentary elections coming up on June 30 and July 7 and could form France's next government, with a left-wing coalition forecast to come in second. "These easy solutions coming from the extremes, be it from one end or the other of the spectrum lead to concerns", Stephane Boujnah told France Inter radio.

  • Reuters

    India kicks off $11.5 billion spectrum auction; analysts expect lacklustre bidding

    India has offered telecom spectrum worth around 962.38 billion rupees ($11.53 billion) for auction on Tuesday, it said in a release, even as analysts expect lacklustre participation from players as they shore up their existing spectrum. The Indian government derives a big chunk of its revenue from spectrum auctions, which award telecom companies rights over airwaves for a particular period. During the previous auction in August 2022, telecom players Vodafone Idea (VI), Bharti Airtel and Reliance Industries' Jio Infocomm together picked up 5G spectrum worth $19 billion to boost capacities in the world's second-largest smartphone market.