SpaceX gets green light for third Starship test flight
SpaceX is once again set to fly its gargantuan Starship rocket — the most powerful launch vehicle ever constructed — after federal regulators approved the company’s plans for a third…
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Ancient lord’s tomb found filled with gold and multiple sacrificial bodies
Excavations of an archaeological site in Panama have revealed the grave of a religious leader buried over 1,200 years ago alongside a cache of gold objects — and numerous other…
Only Henry can sign off on Haiti’s transitional council, embattled PM’s office tells CNN
After a meeting of regional Caribbean leaders on Monday, Henry agreed to leave power once a transitional council had been set up to lay the foundations for future elections, following…
Gunmen who kidnapped 287 school children in Nigeria say they will kill them all if $622,000 ransom not paid
“They called me from a hidden number yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon at around 16 minutes past 12, and demanded 1 billion naira ($621,848) as a ransom for the students. They said…
Haiti’s prime minister is resigning. Will that bring calm to the gang-ravaged country?
Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced his resignation following a meeting of regional Caribbean leaders on Monday, bowing to the inevitable as law and order in the country collapsed and…
Haiti’s leader to resign as gangs run rampant through country engulfed in crisis
The embattled prime minister of Haiti, Ariel Henry, has said he will resign after weeks of mounting chaos in the Caribbean nation, where gangs have been attacking government structures and social order is…
Cat’s fall into vat of hazardous chemicals sparks citywide health warning in Japan
A city in Japan is on high alert for a cat that fell into a tank of hazardous chemicals before disappearing into the night. Officials in Fukuyama, Hiroshima prefecture, said they have…
Ship carrying aid to Gaza departs from Cyprus, World Central Kitchen says
A ship carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza has departed the port city of Larnaca in Cyprus, according to World Central Kitchen, a non-profit which said it is the first maritime…
Children in Brazil are climbing 70-foot-high trees so you can eat açaí berries
At the port of Igarapé da Fortaleza, in the far north of Brazil, dock workers unload large orange-red sacks from small wooden boats. Small dark berries scatter around the dock,…
Putin says he’s ready to use nuclear weapons if Russian state at stake, but ‘there has never been such a need’
Moscow is ready to use nuclear weapons if there is a threat to the existence of the Russian state but “there has never been such a need,” President Vladimir Putin…