It’s a contested field, but John Williams’ majestic “Superman” theme is up there with the best the composer’s ever written. Almost five decades on, that stirring orchestral march remains synonymous with Krypton’s most famous son, still more than capable of making grown men want to run out of telephone boxes…
The ‘Wild West’ pedestrian crossing where Nicky Campbell’s daughter got hit by an e-bike is a lawless death trap where riders still flout rules and speed through red lights with impunity
Two large bright yellow signs stand at the scene where TV and radio presenter Nicky Campbell’s daughter narrowly escaped with her life after she was mown down by an e-bike rider. But the roadside signs – put up by police to appeal for information – go unnoticed by the constant stream of…
Take a look inside Walt Disney’s incredible ‘Mickey Mouse One’ plane as it’s restored to its glory days after being left to rot for decades
Walt Disney’s once-forgotten private plane has been brought back to life after undergoing a huge makeover. New photos show the Grumman Gulfstream I jet, that is now on display at the Palm Springs Air Museum, after a major three-year restoration project. Affectionately nicknamed ‘Mickey Mouse One,’ a look inside the…
Japanese probe set for super-close flyby on July 5: ‘We’re going to discover another beast to put in the zoo of asteroids’
Japan’s Hayabusa2 sample-return spacecraft is on target to make one of the closest ever flybys of a near-Earth asteroid in early July, as part of its extended mission campaign. Hayabusa2 launched in December 2014 and rendezvoused with the asteroid Ryugu four years later. The spacecraft collected samples and delivered them…
Professor Richard Scolyer to be honoured with state funeral as his family confirm details of the memorial for the pioneering cancer doctor
Late Australian of the Year and applauded cancer researcher Richard Scolyer will be honoured in a state funeral. Professor Scolyer’s wife, Dr Katie Nicholl, confirmed he would be given a state memorial at the Sydney Opera House in a post online on Sunday. ‘We are honoured to share that the…
Moment heartbroken dad of girl, 15, who died from Benadryl overdose CONFRONTS shopworker selling medication to underage teens
The father of an Oklahoma teenage girl who died from a Benadryl overdose recorded a video of himself confronting a shopworker for selling his other daughter the drug. Leah Presson, 15, died on June 14 in an Oklahoma City hospital after allegedly taking a fatal dose of Benadryl for a ‘challenge’…
Watch China’s Tiangong space station cross the moon in stunning amateur footage
Efrain Morales captured a breathtaking view of the Tiangong space station crossing the moon from Puerto Rico. (Image credit: Efrain Morales) Astrophotographer Efrain Morales captured spectacular footage of China’s Tiangong space station as its silhouette buzzed Tycho Crater during a lunar transit on May 29, one night before May’s Blue…
Remarkable moment two boys, 11, are pulled alive from earthquake rubble hours apart in Venezuela as tens of thousands remain missing
Two 11-year-old boys have been separately pull alive from the rubble of decimated buildings hours apart in Venezuela, days after a pair of earthquakes devastated the country. Footage shared by interim president Delcy Rodríguez showed a huge team of emergency workers coming down from a pile of rubble with a young…
Eleven dead after plane carrying skydivers crashes in France during take-off: Nurses participating in ‘introductory sky jump’ believed to be among victims
By PETER ALLEN and PERKIN AMALARAJ, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER Published: 12:52 BST, 28 June 2026 | Updated: 13:34 BST, 28 June 2026 At least eleven people died today after a plane carrying would-be skydivers hoping to take part in their first jump crashed in eastern France. The tragedy unfolded soon…
Watch SpaceX launch 15,000-pound SiriusXM satellite to orbit tonight
SpaceX will launch a big SiriusXM radio satellite to orbit from Florida’s Space Coast tonight (June 28), and you can watch the action live. A Falcon 9 rocket topped with the 15,400-pound (7,000 kilograms) SXM-11 spacecraft is scheduled to lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station tonight during a…