The Trump-backed Republican running for governor of New York has funnelled more than $4.2 million of campaign cash to an advertising agency that ran the 2017 ad campaign for Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD). The campaign of Bruce Blakeman, who is Jewish, also paid a firm founded by a convicted…
November’s Night Sky Notes: Light-Day Away
In 1977, NASA launched twin spacecraft Voyager 1 and 2, taking advantage of a once-every-175-year planetary alignment of the four largest planets in our solar system: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Using six gravity assists between them, this Grand Tour gave us up-close views of the gas and ice giants,…
Humiliation for Healey: Chancellor is forced into screeching U-turn just hours after promising to cut welfare bill before next election
John Healey was forced into a humiliating climbdown over welfare on Thursday. The Chancellor triggered chaos in Whitehall after suggesting the runaway benefits bill would be cut before the next election in ‘a Labour way’. Within hours, the Treasury was trying to row back on his words and Downing Street…
On this day in space! Oct. 29, 1991: NASA’s Galileo spacecraft flies by asteroid Gaspra and snaps amazing photos while flying at 18,000 mph
Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter On Oct. 29, 1991, the Galileo spacecraft flew by the asteroid Gaspra on its way to Jupiter. Gaspra was the first asteroid to ever be visited by a spacecraft. Gaspra orbits near the inner edge…
Furious protesters cover Wetherspoon Gosport pub in poppies after military veterans wearing the remembrance symbol were banned from entering
Furious protesters have covered a Wetherspoon pub in poppies after veterans were refused entry for wearing them. Members of the group were wearing ordinary clothes without party logos, flags or other political branding, but were told to remove their poppies before entering The Star in Gosport, Hampshire, on Sunday afternoon.…
Patrick Stewart, renowned actor and ‘Star Trek’s’ Captain Picard, dies at 86
Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Less than a week after the fates took Walter Koenig from our galaxy, another “Star Trek” legend has left us: Sir Patrick Stewart has died at the age of 86. According to his spokesperson Kelly…
DANIEL HANNAN: When will voters wake up to the fact there is no Magic Money Tree, for all the freebies Labour’s doling out?
What a cowed people so many of us have become, demoralised and incurious. We perk up gratefully at state spending aimed in our direction, but don’t stop to ask where the money is coming from. We cheer rises in the minimum wage while simultaneously bemoaning the lack of jobs for…
Vega Island Frozen in Fright
Shrouded in ice in the lonely Weddell Sea, Vega Island is an eerie sight to behold. On this speck of land east of the Antarctic Peninsula, ice, rock outcrops, and glacial moraines combine to create the appearance of a smirking skull in profile looking toward Devil Island. These images show…
Woman screams with terror after strange man kidnapped her and carried her away through Hawaii parking lot
By ELIOT FORCE, US NEWS REPORTER Published: 05:22 GMT, 30 October 2026 | Updated: 05:44 GMT, 30 October 2026 A young Hawaii woman screamed in terror while a man tried to kidnap her in broad daylight. The attempted kidnapping occurred around noon on Monday at a condominium parking lot in…
APOD: 2026 October 30 – Haunting the Cepheus Flare
Explanation: Spooky shapes seem to haunt this dusty expanse, drifting through the night in the royal constellation Cepheus. Of course, the shapes are cosmic dust clouds visible in dimly reflected starlight. Far from your own neighborhood, they lurk above the plane of the Milky Way at the edge of the…