By CAITLIN POWELL – NEWS REPORTER Published: 01:45 GMT, 31 October 2026 | Updated: 02:10 GMT, 31 October 2026 Two people are feared dead following a multi-vehicle crash near Byron Bay, while three others were rushed to hospital. Emergency services were called to the scene on Broken Head Road in…
India launches next-gen navigation satellite to orbit (video)
Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter India bolstered its homegrown satellite-navigation system today (Oct. 30). A GSLV Mark II rocket launched the nation’s NVS-03 satellite from Satish Dhawan Space Centre today at 2:21 p.m. EDT (1821 GMT and 11:51 p.m. India…
The £71bn stealth tax bonanza: 13 million workers dragged into paying more as income thresholds stay frozen in brazen Labour cash grab
A stealth raid on income tax will bring in an additional £71billion for the Treasury by 2030-31, economists predict. Almost seven million more people will be dragged into paying income tax than would have been had thresholds risen with inflation since the freeze was introduced five years ago. And a…
The world mourns the passing of ‘Star Trek’s’ Patrick Stewart with a galaxy of tearful tributes
Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter As we all begin to absorb the bitter news of Patrick Stewart’s death at the age of 86, a flood of personal tributes are pouring in, reflecting this global treasure’s wonderful life lived with a…
Founder of ‘endless cruise’ that dumped its passengers in Cambodia ‘says “I’m the villain” but blames Trump’s Iran war’
The founder of the ill-fated ‘endless cruise’ that dumped its passengers in Cambodia this week has cast himself as the ‘villain’ and apologised for the collapse of the voyage. Around 200 passengers were given just seven hours to pack their bags and leave a scheduled stop in Sihanoukville after operator…
An aquanaut comes home: Returning to Earth from an undersea ‘space station’
Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Our time on our “space mission” underwater was coming to an end, and I felt like what I imagine an astronaut on the International Space Station (ISS) must feel before returning to Earth. On one…
The world’s biggest cities are sinking. Is yours one of them?
Major cities across the world—including hotspots such as New Orleans, Mexico City, Jakarta and Rome—are sinking by up to several inches every year. Those are the findings of an exhaustive new survey published in Nature Cities, in which researchers used satellite radar to track 465 urban areas of more than…
Nike’s Asian factories pay workers so poorly some have taken second jobs collecting trash, despite oh-so-woke sportswear giant’s claims that it is ethical
Once hailed as the epitome of cool, a sportswear brand reportedly pays its Asian factory workers so little that some are forced to moonlight as trash collectors, while the oh-so-woke company portrays itself as ‘ethical.’ Nike factory workers in Asia are picking through garbage, selling snacks and taking second jobs…
NASA Releases MAX POWER Key Events for Media, Participants
AmAmerica’s newest aerospace expo and air show – MAX POWER – is fast approaching, and NASA has announced key events beginning Friday, Nov. 6, and running through Sunday, Nov. 8, hosted on and near the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Through multiple park experiences at MAX POWER, NASA and…
Party Rock Anthem singer Lauren Bennett, 36, took her own life in woods after telling her husband she was going for a walk
By SAMUEL HUDSON Published: 17:58 GMT, 30 October 2026 | Updated: 19:00 GMT, 30 October 2026 Party Rock Anthem singer Lauren Bennett took her own life after telling her husband she was going for a morning walk, an inquest has concluded. The 36-year-old’s body was discovered in woodland by her…