Far above your head, constellations of satellites are working constantly to provide the positioning, navigation, and timing systems that quietly run modern life. Known as the global navigation satellite system, or GNSS, signals from these satellites provide the foundation for mobile networks, energy grids, the internet, and GPS. And increasingly, their dependability is under threat….
BBC Chester (left) and his son (centre) celebrate defending their homes with their neighbour (right) A Los Angeles brain surgeon who fought for almost a week to save the houses on his street from wildfires told the BBC he spent 15 years preparing for such an event. Malibu resident Dr Chester Griffiths, 62, ignored evacuation…
The 10-year Treasury yield touched a fresh 14-month high as investors looked ahead to key inflation prints. The yield on the 10-year Treasury was last up around 2 basis points at 4.79%, the highest level since Nov. 1, 2023. This followed the 10-year Treasury yield’s jump on Friday following a hotter-than-expected jobs report. The 2-year…
Fifteen bodies have been brought out of an illegal goldmine in South Africa and 44 people have been taken out alive since Monday, after police blocked supplies of food, water and medicine to the workers underground in October in an attempt to force them out. On Thursday, a letter brought up to the surface claimed…
Getty Images Trump is accused of inspiring violence on 6 January 2021 – but prosecutors stopped short of charging him with incitement Donald Trump’s alleged attempts to overturn his 2020 election defeat are laid out in a final report by the special counsel who spent two years investigating him. Much of what is in its…
Giwusa A cage is being lowered down from the top of the disused shaft to bring the miners back to the surface Six more bodies have been pulled up from a South African mine as efforts continue for a second day to help scores of illegal miners still thought to be at least 2km (1.2…
A man has been charged with driving offences after an alleged hit-and-run collision involving an eight-year-old child and a horse, which had to be put down, police have said. Christopher Rogers, 61, of Bolventor, Launceston, has been charged with driving without due care, driving while disqualified, driving without insurance, failing to stop after a road…
PA Media Some declassified files have been released to the National Archives Queen Elizabeth II was not officially informed for almost a decade that one of her most senior courtiers had confessed to being a Soviet spy, according to newly released MI5 files. Art historian Anthony Blunt was for decades Surveyor of the Queen’s Pictures,…
Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Britain’s competition watchdog on Tuesday said that it’s opening a formal antitrust investigation into Google’s search and search advertising services. The Competition and Markets Authority said that it’s looking to assess whether Google has “strategic market status” (SMS) under the new U.K. Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act (DMCC)….
Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice for defense secretary, will face a stream of questions on Tuesday from members of a Senate committee that is considering his expected nomination. It could be a contentious hearing. Mr. Hegseth has faced scrutiny because of accusations of excessive drinking and an allegation of sexual assault. He has…
