New developments since the Oval Office spectacle cast new light on the potential implications for South Africa’s critical minerals, space ambitions, and ongoing trade negotiations.

At the headquarters of U.S. Space Command in Colorado Springs, military planners are racing to a very earthbound deadline as they draw up plans for how they might fight the first major war in space.

President Donald Trump received a phone call from Elon Musk on Monday before the billionaire expressed regret over some of ...