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Presidential race, part 3: as space becomes an electoral issue, the US Space Force restructures ahead of new administration

General Chance Saltzman, chief of Space Operations for the US Space Force.
General Chance Saltzman, chief of Space Operations for the US Space Force. © Saul Loeb/AFP

With the Starliner soap opera set to run for at least several more weeks, the Biden administration's space policy is increasingly coming under fire from the Republican camp. The US Space Force, created by Trump and struggling to deliver promised space defence architecture, could find itself caught in the crossfire.

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France, Russia
Grape expectations: wine sector is last surviving Franco-Russian business link

Andrey Filatov poses in the vineyard of Château La Grâce Dieu des Prieurs, 5 July 2018.
Andrey Filatov poses in the vineyard of Château La Grâce Dieu des Prieurs, 5 July 2018. © Moritz Thibaud/Abaca

The wine sector is one of the few doors still half-open for Franco-Russian business networks. Russians who have kept estates in France or who want to develop French-style vineyards in their own country are among the last business channels to have survived the war in Ukraine.

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