SpaceX’s 120-metre Starship rocket explodes, burns 4 minutes after lift-off for round the world trial run
In the weeks leading up to the flight, Elon Musk gave 50-50 odds that the spacecraft would reach orbit. The company plans to use Starship to send people and cargo to the moon and, eventually, Mars.
7-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher’s family to sue German weekly for faking interview
The latest edition of Die Aktuelle ran a front cover with a picture of a smiling Schumacher and the headline promising ‘Michael Schumacher, the first interview’
Arsenal sits at Premier League summit…and may win it, but Saliba absence proves Gunners are work-in-progress
There were no surprises that Mikel Arteta chose to replace Zinchenko with Kieran Tierney, who was making his first league start since December, but he was also asked to try to replicate the Ukrainian’s inside role rather than play as a conventional full-back.
Revolt brews in Chelsea as players raise issues with owners’ unhelpful dressing room visits and berating
Having spent £600 million on new signings in the previous two transfer windows there was optimism that the new American regime could replicate the success achieved under Abramovich. But a disastrous season has left a number of squad members privately questioning their futures at Stamford Bridge.
Media uncovers how Zimbabwe’s Angel uses Spirit Embassy church to launder gold with president’s wife
The footage exposed how several individuals have taken advantage of Western sanctions targeting government and ruling party officials to smuggle large quantities of gold and launder millions of dollars through a complex web of companies and bribes.
Fox News realises ‘damaged beast attracts more foes’ after paying $787.5m in Dominion Voting Systems libel case
Dominion accused Fox and its parent company Fox Corp of ruining its business by airing claims that its machines were used to rig the 2020 US presidential election in favour of Democrat Joe Biden and against then-president Donald Trump, a Republican.
Sudan’s rival military factions breach 24-hour ceasefire minutes after acceding US foreign secretary deal
Fighting appeared to tail off close to the deadline for the ceasefire, which coincided with the evening breaking of the daily fast during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, but heavy gunfire reverberated around the capital region after 6pm.
Sickly Putin visits troops in Ukrainian regions Russia claims to have annexed as both sides chest thump
Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Luhansk and Donetsk are the four regions that Putin proclaimed annexed last September following what Ukraine said were sham referendums. Russian forces only partly control the four regions.
Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic, which’s tied to presidential poll storm in Kenya sue US’ Fox News for defamation
Dominion in 2021 sued Fox Corp and Fox News, contending that its business was ruined by the false vote-rigging claims that were aired by the influential American cable news outlet known for its roster of conservative commentators.
Pentagon hypersonic missile research eats up funding for other fields of study as panicky US seeks response to Russia, Chinese military firepower
Both China and Russia already possess rudimentary weapons of this type, with Russia reportedly firing some of its hypersonic Kinzhal missiles into Ukraine in recent months.
