By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on France 24
Elon Musk has again raised the possibility of a merger between aerospace company SpaceX and electric carmaker Tesla. The prospect has already been announced and prepared in several previous publications, according to France 24.
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FC Barcelona lost 4-2 to Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League, a result already covered in previous reports. This article revisits the match and the reactions to it, without adding new facts, according to Businessday.
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Elon Musk unveiled the production version of the Tesla Roadster, nearly nine years after its first prototype was presented. Tesla says the electric car, developed with SpaceX technologies, can accelerate from 0 to 96 km/h in 0.81 seconds and perform aerial manoeuvres, according to L’Infodrome.
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A power cut at a Google Cloud data centre near London disrupted services at several British banks, including Revolut, Lloyds and HSBC. The outage began at 6.08 am GMT and Google expected a full restoration by around 1 pm GMT, according to company updates and the banks affected.
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Elon Musk has referred to future demonstrations of the Tesla Roadster over the Snake River or the Grand Canyon, without announcing a date. The billionaire presented these plans in a post on X after a public test in Texas, reports La Nouvelle Tribune.
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Champions League: Galatasaray come from behind to beat Lille in FranceGalatasaray secured their first Champions League win by beating Lille in the north of France after falling behind. Victor Osimhen scored against his former club to seal the Turkish side’s victory, Nile Post reports.
Sierra Leone to deactivate unlinked SIMs from 1 NovemberSierra Leone’s National Communications Authority orders the deactivation, after 1 November 2026, of SIM cards not linked to a national identification number. Subscribers must check their status and complete the process using the code *999#, according to NatCA’s notice.The week in Africa
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