Crude oil prices have climbed and Asian shares are trading mixed as markets await more clarity on whether or not the U.S. will join Israel’s war against Iran
The moment Elon Musk’s SpaceX’s Starship 36 explodes – video
One of Elon Musk’s SpaceX rockets exploded during a routine test in Texas. The Starship 36 suffered 'catastrophic failure and exploded' at the Starbase launch facility according to the Cameron County authorities. Starship, the world’s largest and most powerful rocket, is central to Musk’s long-term vision of colonising Mars. This is...
SpaceX rocket explodes in new setback to Elon Musk’s Mars project
Starship 36 was preparing for 10th test flight from Texas when it underwent ‘catastrophic failure’ while on stand One of Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starships has exploded during a routine test in Texas, authorities said, in the latest setback to the billionaire’s dream of turning humanity into an interplanetary species. The...
Expedition to ‘real home of the pirates of the Caribbean’ hopes to unearth ships and treasure
Exploration of Bahamas seabed will be first time notorious New Providence hideout has been searched Pirates of the Caribbean is a $4.5bn swashbuckling film franchise and Blackbeard and Calico Jack Rackham are among marauding buccaneers who have captured imaginations over the centuries. But almost nothing is known about the life...
Climate misinformation turning crisis into catastrophe – major report
False claims obstructing climate action, say researchers, amid calls for climate lies to be criminalised Rampant climate misinformation is turning the crisis into a catastrophe, according to the authors of a new report. It found climate action was being obstructed and delayed by false and misleading information stemming from fossil...
Scientists warn that greenhouse gas accumulation is accelerating and more extreme weather will come
A team of 60 international scientists report that by early 2028 society will have emitted enough greenhouse gases that the Earth will be pretty much locked into hitting the internationally agreed upon preferred limit for global warming
Erick becomes a Category 3 major hurricane as it nears southern coastal Mexico
Erick becomes a Category 3 major hurricane as it nears southern coastal Mexico
2 men get life sentences in shooting death of 11-year-old outside stadium
Two men have been sentenced to lifelong terms in prison in the shooting death of an 11-year-old boy outside an Albuquerque baseball stadium in 2023 that prompted the New Mexico governor to issue a controversial gun ban
Hundreds gather to remember slain Minnesota lawmaker and husband
Hundreds have gathered outside Minnesota’s Capitol for a vigil to remember a prominent state lawmaker and her husband gunned down at their home
DEA informant charged in alleged scheme to extort high-level cocaine traffickers
A drug informant who helped the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration build some of its biggest cases has been arrested and charged with scheming to extort major cocaine traffickers facing extradition from Colombia and the Dominican Republic