2026-08-05
3 分钟The Economist.
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In its first earnings report since going public in June,
SpaceX reported quarterly revenues of $7.8 billion, up 92% year-on-year and ahead of analysts' expectations.
The growth was driven by sales of AI as well as Starlink, its satellite internet service.
SpaceX reported a net loss of $541 million.
Capital expenditures rose to $18.4 billion as the company ramped up AI investment.
Oil prices fell after Qatar said a draft agreement between America
and Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz had been circulated and that negotiations were in very progressive stages.
Earlier, Scott Besant, America's Treasury Secretary, suggested the waterway could reopen by Wednesday.
The Trump administration claims to be involved in discussions with Iran and Oman about Hormuz,
but Iran denies negotiating with America.
The European Union's interior ministers held emergency talks about border security.
The European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen,
said the Ceuta crisis showed the need to, quote, further strengthen EU borders.
Meanwhile, British and French coastal patrols rescued at least 170 migrants
attempting to cross the English Channel in a boat that caught fire.
Ukraine hit multiple warehouses across Russia, including two run by wild berries, killing five people.
Its army has previously said that the online retailers' facilities had been used as military factories.
On Monday, a Ukrainian drone crashed into a busy beach in Russia,