Is it a rocket car? Tearing across the Utah desert at over 400 mph (644 kph), a hydrogen-powered car has set a new land speed record. Wing Commander Andy Green, a retired British Royal Air Force fighter pilot, just set a new world land speed record at the Bonneville Salt…
Natalie Harp once ‘traveled in a SUV trunk to stay with Trump’: New claims spread like wildfire as political brawling breaks out over White House aide
Trump aide Natalie Harp once rode in the trunk of an SUV to go to court with Donald Trump, according to a report by CNN. The extraordinary claim came as the president’s executive assistant found herself at the center of a fiery exchange between the White House and Georgia Democrat…
Another powerful top Trump aide to exit the White House after string of departures
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Touchdown! Private Chinese rocket aces landing on 2nd-ever flight
China just notched another big spaceflight milestone. The Beijing startup LandSpace successfully landed the first stage of its Zhuque-3 rocket this evening (Aug. 18), becoming the first Chinese company ever to do so during an orbital launch. It was just the second Chinese orbital rocket touchdown overall. The first was…
Creditors circle Tzaneros family’s $200million mansion portfolio as their shipping empire collapses and CEO resigns over Scots College texts
Creditors are circling six trophy homes worth a combined $200million from the Tzaneros family’s vast property portfolio, as their multibillion-dollar shipping and logistics empire collapses. The Commonwealth Bank holds financial claims over Tzaneros mansions in Sydney’s elite eastern suburbs, including a $61million Bellevue Hill estate with its own cricket pitch…
Baby-faced alleged ringleader of Penn State cocaine ring has turned himself in, prosecutors say
The man accused of leading an alleged cocaine trafficking ring at Penn State University has turned himself in, according to prosecutors, after more than a dozen people were charged on Monday morning. Agostino Abbatiello, 24, surrendered along with two others on Tuesday morning after an investigation uncovered the alleged drug ring…
Watch SpaceX launch its 100th mission of the year tonight
SpaceX is about to hit the century mark for the third year in a row. A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to lift off from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base tonight (Aug. 18), during a four-hour window that opens at 10 p.m. EDT (7 p.m. local time; 0200 GMT on…
Joe Biden’s FBI accused of unprecedented stunt to keep his family’s alleged crimes secret
Republican lawmakers are demanding that Trump’s top intelligence officials fork over classified documents that may shed light on an FBI effort to ‘misclassify’ files on the Biden family’s alleged wrongdoing. Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley and Senator Ron Johnson penned a letter to the Justice Department, the FBI and the…
Starship lives! SpaceX craft arrives at Christmas Island after 24-day ocean ordeal
The seas have been kind, or at least kinder than expected, to SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft, as it’s been tugged through the Indian Ocean to friendlier tides. Ship 40, the upper stage that flew on Starship’s Flight 13 test launch, performed the vehicle’s first successful intact ocean splashdown at the end…
Albanese government announces major superannuation cold calling crackdown: What you need to know
By SARAH BROOKES – SENIOR REPORTER, AUSTRALIA Published: 00:26 BST, 19 August 2026 | Updated: 00:28 BST, 19 August 2026 Unlicensed telemarketers will be banned from cold-calling Australians and making unsolicited approaches to persuade them to switch super accounts under a new government crackdown. Financial Services Minister and Assistant Treasurer…