The US Federal Aviation Administration and officials from the Turks and Caicos Islands have launched investigations into SpaceX’s explosive Starship rocket test that sent debris streaking over the northern Caribbean and forced airlines to divert dozens of flights. “There are no reports of public injury, and the FAA is working with SpaceX and appropriate authorities…
A doorbell camera on a Canadian home has captured rare video and sound of a meteorite striking Earth as it crashed into a couple’s walkway. When Laura Kelly and her partner returned home after an evening walk, they were surprised to find their walkway littered with dust and strange debris, according to the Meteoritical Society,…
A large fire burning on Friday at one of the world’s largest battery storage plants in northern California is sending up flames of toxic smoke, leading to the evacuation of 1,700 people and the closure of a major highway. The blaze in Moss Landing started on Thursday. Fire crews were not engaging with the fire…
A Bolivian judge has ordered the arrest of the former president Evo Morales over his alleged abuse of a teenage girl while in office, raising the stakes in the state’s months-long showdown with the former leader. The judge in the southern city of Tarija called for Morales, 65, to be arrested after Bolivia’s first Indigenous…
Police at a Georgia airport arrested an airline pilot on a DUI charge as he was making pre-flight checks aboard a Southwest Airlines flight with bloodshot eyes and reeking of what smelled like alcohol, according to a police report. Passengers had boarded the Southwest Airlines flight from Savannah to Chicago and were awaiting takeoff on…
Keir Starmer has urged world leaders to “double down” in their efforts to support Ukraine during a visit to Poland, days before Donald Trump’s return to the US presidency risks jeopardising international solidarity on the issue. Speaking alongside the Polish prime minister, Donald Tusk, after the pair discussed a proposed defence-focused treaty, Starmer dodged questions…
The European Commission has asked X to hand over internal documents about its algorithms, as it steps up its investigation into whether Elon Musk’s social media platform has breached EU rules on content moderation. The EU’s executive branch told the company it wanted to see internal documentation about its “recommender system”, which makes content suggestions…
Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for corruption, another setback for the beleaguered leader who has already spent over 18 months in jail and is facing more than a hundred cases. Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, were found guilty of illegally obtaining lucrative plots of land,…
The UK’s blue-chip stock index hit a record high on Friday, as rising hopes of interest rate cuts this year drove down government borrowing costs. Almost every share on the FTSE 100 rose on Friday, as a fall in the value of the pound boosted multinational companies listed in London and propelled the index above…
Katharine Birbalsingh has been showered with praise and her advice sought by policymakers around the world after the academic successes of the state school she founded in a deprived area. Now, the headteacher of Michaela community school in north-west London is locking horns with the government over a new issue: the height of boys’ trousers….
