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The Artemis II crew has already etched its place in spaceflight history with a lunar flyby, extraordinary views of the Moon and a trove of mission data. But for NASA, the moment that matters most in the ten-day voyage still lies ahead: bringing the astronauts safely home. Earlier this week, Americans Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, alongside Canadian Jeremy Hansen, travelled farther from Earth than any humans before them. The mission is widely seen as a pivotal step toward future crewed landings on the Moon…

NAIROBI, Kenya — As inflation eats into earnings across Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Ethiopia and Zimbabwe, a quiet shift in personal finance is taking hold. Millions are moving a portion of their savings and day-to-day cash flow into stablecoins — dollar-pegged digital currencies such as USDT, USDC and DAI — to blunt the impact of currency depreciation, volatile forex markets and overburdened banking systems. The appeal is straightforward: when local prices jump and exchange rates swing overnight, keeping value in a digital asset…