SpaceX has launched its mission to bring back two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station (ISS) since June. The Dragon capsule, which has two empty seats for Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida on Saturday. The pair’s mission at the space station had only been expected to last about […]
JOHANNA LEGUERRE/AFP Robert Bourgi has lifted the lid on decades of work with French and African presidents It was January 1998 and Robert Bourgi was waiting to see the Gabonese president Omar Bongo, in an antechamber at his seaside palace in Libreville. He was there to collect funds for the approaching French presidential election on […]
Beirut, Lebanon – On Friday evening, Mariam* was in her apartment with her teenage daughter and mother when her building began rumbling and shaking. Agonising screams and the buzzing of Israeli warplanes soon followed. Israel had just launched a major air attack that killed Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah, as well as an unknown number of […]
Zac Walton Katie Piper was attacked with acid in 2008, arranged by an ex-boyfriend Model and campaigner Katie Piper has taken on highest peak in Wales with fellow burns survivors to raise money for charity. The group hiked up Yr Wyddfa – also known as Snowdon – on Saturday for the Katie Piper Foundation. Hiker […]
Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Sep 28, 2024, 07:43 AM ET Carlo Ancelotti has said that Kylian Mbappé’s injury-enforced absence from the Madrid derby will not cause a major change in how his Real Madrid team approaches Sunday’s game. Mbappé — who has already scored five league goals this season — is expected to be out […]
BBC John and Jane Brady’s son died in Craigavon Area Hospital six days after he was born The coroner at the inquest of a baby who died days after birth has said his death was avoidable. Troy Brady was born in Craigavon Hospital at 33 weeks in August 2016 “in a state of collapse” and […]
PA Media Sir Brian May has stepped down as vice-president of the RSPCA amid concerns over failings in its farm certification scheme Queen guitarist Sir Brian May has quit as the RSPCA’s vice-president over what he called “damning evidence” of animal welfare failings related to its food certification label. BBC News reported on Thursday that […]
Alabama Department of Corrections Alan Eugene Miller is the second death row inmate in the US to be executed by nitrogen gas The US state of Alabama has executed Alan Eugene Miller – the second American ever put to death by inhaling nitrogen gas. Miller, 59, was sentenced to death over the back-to-back workplace murders […]
Please note that we are not authorised to provide any investment advice. The content on this page is for information purposes only. eToro has expanded its cryptocurrency services in Germany by launching spot crypto trading, according to the company’s recent announcement. Before this, German users were only able to trade cryptocurrency contracts for differences (CFDs) […]
Hurricane Helene continues to strengthen as it barrels toward the US Gulf Coast. The Category 1 storm is on track to quickly intensify into a dangerous Category 4 hurricane by the time it makes landfall in Florida on Thursday evening, with forecasters warning it could bring “life-threatening” storm surge, damaging winds and flooding to a […]