Astronauts Ready For Fiery Earth Return From Artemis II Mission
Four astronauts are riding back toward Earth aboard NASA’s Orion capsule after travelling further from their planet than any human beings in history, preparing to plunge through the atmosphere at nearly 40,000 kilometres per hour in what mission pilot Victor Glover described simply as “a fireball” — an ending, he said, that is “deeply special.” […]
NATO Criticized Over Iran As Trump Revives Greenland Claim
Donald Trump emerged from a closed-door meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on Wednesday without announcing America’s withdrawal from the alliance — but left little doubt that his fury at partners who refused to join his war on Iran had not subsided, reviving his threats over Greenland and declaring that NATO had failed the […]
Reform UK Would Block Visas For Reparations-Seeking Nations
Reform UK announced Monday it would immediately suspend new visa issuances to nationals of any country formally seeking slavery reparations from Britain, in one of the most provocative immigration policy proposals the party has advanced since entering mainstream British politics. The announcement, framed as putting reparations-seeking nations “on notice,” would apply across all visa categories […]
Hormuz Reopens Under Trump-Iran Two-Week Truce Deal
Six weeks of war ended — or paused, or stumbled toward something resembling quiet — on Tuesday night, when Donald Trump announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran less than two hours before his own deadline for destroying the country’s civilian infrastructure. The timing was either masterful or accidental, and in Washington those two things are […]
Weakened Hormuz Resolution Faces UN Vote Tuesday
The UN Security Council was set to vote Tuesday on a resolution to protect commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, but in a form so diluted from its original draft that it no longer authorises force — a retreat forced by Chinese opposition that illustrates how completely the geopolitics of the Iran war have […]
Artemis II Crew Sets New Record For Deepest Space Journey
Four astronauts aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft completed a historic loop around the Moon on Monday, travelling further from Earth than any humans have ventured since the Apollo programme ended in 1972 and returning images that mission control described as “absolutely stunning” before the crew clocked off for the night. The Artemis II mission reached its […]
Australia Detains Decorated Soldier Over Afghan Civilian Deaths
Australia’s most decorated living soldier was arrested at Sydney airport Tuesday and charged with five counts of war crimes murder, facing criminal prosecution for killings of unarmed Afghans that a civil court already found, on the balance of probabilities, that he committed. Ben Roberts-Smith, 47, a Victoria Cross recipient and former Special Air Service corporal […]
To Lam Secures Vietnam Presidency, Gains Expanded Authority
Vietnam’s parliament voted unanimously Tuesday to make To Lam state president, handing the 68-year-old Communist Party chief a double mandate that consolidates more personal authority in a single Vietnamese leader than the country has seen in decades — and signals a deliberate break from the collective leadership model that has governed the one-party state since […]
Pepsi Pulls UK Festival Sponsorship Over Kanye Controversy
Pepsi withdrew as main sponsor of London’s Wireless Festival on Sunday after Kanye West was announced as the event’s headline act, triggering a corporate and political backlash that has engulfed one of Britain’s largest music festivals weeks before a single ticket has been used. Drinks giant Diageo followed within hours, pulling its Johnnie Walker and […]
Trump Threatens ‘Hell’ If Iran Blocks Strait, Eyes Deal
Donald Trump threatened Sunday to destroy Iran’s power plants and bridges on Tuesday if the Strait of Hormuz remains closed, delivering the ultimatum in an expletive-laden social media post that named specific infrastructure categories, set a specific day and left nothing to interpretation about what he intended. “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge […]
Lewandowski Late Goal Delivers Barcelona Win Over Atletico
Hansi Flick rested his striker, rotated his attack, and watched his team labour through 87 minutes against ten men without finding a way through — until Lewandowski, the man he had tried to protect, came off the bench to make the decision that has now put seven points between Barcelona and everyone else. The Polish […]
Planet Labs Announces Blackout On Iran War Satellite Footage
Planet Labs has agreed to block satellite imagery of Iran and the broader Middle Eastern conflict zone indefinitely, complying with a Trump administration request that effectively extends a commercial blackout over one of the world’s most consequential and least independently verifiable military campaigns. The California-based company, founded by former NASA scientists and one of the […]