US lawmakers have backed a bill that would ban the sale of drones made by China's DJI, but the move still needs to be assessed by the US Senate

Western governments are offering incentives to Brazil to develop a rare earths supply chain. It has large reserves and its first rare earths mine started commercial production this year

The US Treasury said on Wednesday that VPower Finance Security and other firms in Hong Kong and the UAE were punished for transporting gold produced by Russia's biggest gold miner Polyus

"Beijing and Moscow were discussing ring-fencing one or more banks that would finance trade in components for Russia's defence industry" - likely to incur US sanctions

The United States is claimed to be looking at developing a fleet of over 1,000 unmanned combat aircraft managed by artificial intelligence

Congress is assessing a new law, passed unanimously by the House energy and commerce committee in March, which could kill much of DJI's business in the United States

Alibaba's online shopping platform is working with a startup developing reusable rockets that aim to fly cargo to countries around the world, similar to Elon Musk's SpaceX

SpaceX signed a $1.8-billion contract in 2021 with the National Reconnaissance Office, which will manage a network of hundreds of low-earth satellites. China and others look to have similar plans

A major airline in China has warned passengers not to throw coins into plane engines after an incident on Hainan Island last week

The space startup still claimed the failed launch was "a big step forward" because the rocket had autonomously aborted the flight, as programmed

Flights between China and the US were badly disrupted by the Covid pandemic, but the US says Chinese airlines can boost weekly flights to 50 from March 31.

US lawmakers want Musk to appear on Capitol Hill next week to explain the lack of satellite internet access for the US military in and around Taiwan