SpaceX landed a rocket in The Bahamas for the second time ever on Thursday (Feb. 19). A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 29 of SpaceX’s Starlink broadband satellites launched from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 8:41 p.m. EST (0141 GMT on Feb. 20). According to plan, the Falcon…
Founder of online fashion giant Asos ‘plunges to his death’ in Thailand: Millionaire, 58, dies in mysterious fall
By TARYN KAUR PEDLER, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER Published: 01:24 GMT, 20 February 2026 | Updated: 07:42 GMT, 20 February 2026 The British co-founder of online fashion retailer Asos has died after falling from a high-rise apartment balcony in Thailand, according to reports. Quentin Griffiths, 58, who was born in London,…
Eric Dane dead at 53: Grey’s Anatomy star dies after courageous battle with ALS… less than a year after announcing diagnosis
Eric Dane, who was catapulted to fame after starring as the heartthrob McSteamy on Grey’s Anatomy, has died at 53. The actor’s death was announced on Thursday, less than a year after he revealed that he had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. ‘With…
Scientists uncover oxygen-loving ancestor of all complex life
Scientists widely agree that complex life emerged after two very different microbes formed a close partnership. That merger eventually gave rise to plants, animals, and fungi, collectively known as eukaryotes. Yet one key question has lingered for years. How did these two organisms meet if one required oxygen to survive…
AI helps find new clues in the 60-year search for Luna 9, the 1st successful moon lander
Scientists may be closing in on the long-missing landing site of the Soviet Union’s Luna 9, the first human-made object to safely touch down on the moon. On Feb. 3, 1966, Luna 9 descended into Oceanus Procellarum on the western edge of the moon’s Earth-facing side and transmitted the first…
Pauline Hanson UNLEASHES after the AFP receive reports of a crime over One Nation leader’s shocking ‘no good Muslim’ comment: ‘Want to put me back in jail!’
By ZAK WHEELER, NEWS REPORTER, AUSTRALIA Published: 06:16 GMT, 20 February 2026 | Updated: 06:41 GMT, 20 February 2026 Pauline Hanson has accused the Australian Federal Police of launching a plot to send her to jail after the One Nation leader claimed there are ‘no good Muslims’ in the country. Hanson…
The MASSIVE no-expense-spared high society wedding for the son of Big Group hospitality giants Bruce and Chyka Keebaugh that has got Melbourne party set’s jaws dropping
A Melbourne hospitality heir has tied the knot in an extravagant wedding at his high-profile parents’ country estate on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula. Ben ‘BJ’ Keebaugh, the son of hospitality giants Bruce and Chyka Keebaugh, founders of global events company The Big Group, said ‘I do’ to his partner Abbie Greene…
Winds Whip Up Fires and Dust on the Southern Plains
High winds coupled with dry conditions fueled fast-spreading wildland fires in the U.S. southern Plains in winter 2026. On February 17, several large blazes broke out on the Oklahoma Panhandle and burned quickly through tens of thousands of acres of grasslands and shrublands. The winds also caused dust storms and…
College student dies after crashing into a tree during devastating ski accident in Wisconsin
A college student in Wisconsin has died in a ski accident, marking the second death at the ski resort in less than a month. Alexandra Blattner, 20, was reportedly found dead on February 5 after crashing into a tree and breaking her neck at Granite Peak, a ski resort in…
Moment police uncover 56 shirtless, blindfolded young men with food splattered on them in dark frat house basement
Shocking footage captured the moment police discovered 56 shirtless fraternity pledges smothered with slop in a dark University of Iowa frat house basement. The students were found by police and firefighters responding to a fire alarm at the Alpha Delta Phi frat house, the newly released police video showed. Bodycam footage showed the moment…