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Athena spacecraft lands on Moon but appears to be on its side

Georgina Rannard Climate and science reporter Intuitive Machines One of the last pictures taken of Athena spacecraft on Thursday as it neared the Moon’s surface A private US company says it has landed a spacecraft close to the Moon’s South Pole but fears the machine is not upright. The Athena spacecraft is communicating with Earth, […]

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Work coaches to focus on long-term unemployed

Ministers, facing potential cuts of billions of pounds from the welfare budget, have announced plans to use 1,000 work coaches to help the long-term unemployed into work. The coaches are already employed by job centres but will be redeployed to focus on tackling economic inactivity, said the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). It said […]

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Denmark’s postal service to stop delivering letters

Adrienne Murray & Paul Kirby In Copenhagen & London Getty Images Denmark’s letter deliveries began in 1624 Denmark’s state-run postal service, PostNord, is to end all letter deliveries at the end of 2025, citing a 90% decline in letter volumes since the start of the century. The decision brings to an end 400 years of […]

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Sudan files case against UAE for ‘complicity in genocide’

Reuters The RSF has been accused of committing a genocide in Darfur – against the region’s non-Arabic groups Sudan is taking the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), accusing it of supporting Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the civil war. Khartoum argues the UAE is “complicit in the […]

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Trump Suspends Mexico Tariffs on USMCA Goods for a Month

President Trump said on Thursday that he would allow Mexico to avoid tariffs on most exports to the United States for one month, saying he would exempt products that are traded under the rules of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, the trade pact he signed in his first term. The move came a day after he granted […]

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Antony’s agent hits out at Man United boss Ruben Amorim

Antony’s agent has said he “completely disagrees” with Manchester United coach Ruben Amorim’s analysis that his client lacks the physicality needed to compete in the Premier League. The Brazil winger, who joined Real Betis on a six-month loan from United in January, scored only 12 goals in 96 appearances for the Red Devils since his […]

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Intuitive Machines Moon Landing: Live Updates

March 6, 2025, 9:45 a.m. ET Odysseus captured this image about 35 seconds after pitching over during its approach to the landing site last year.Credit…Intuitive Machines Odysseus, Intuitive Machines’ first lander, landed on the moon in February 2024. But not perfectly. The spacecraft was almost doomed before it even left Earth. Safety switches on laser […]

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