The only missing Australian found, so far, in Nepal’s horrific flash flood revealed she was rescued by embassy officials in a four-wheel-drive after spending days on a tractor. Cara Severino, 26, was pictured alongside Australian embassy staff in the Nepal capital of Kathmandu on Sunday, after making contact with authorities…
NASA’s Dark Universe-Seeking Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Launches
Now on a three-month, million-mile journey to its final orbit, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will soon reveal the universe’s darkest secrets. The mission launched at 7:26 a.m. EDT Sunday aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Roman…
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Telescope launches to space
NASA’s newest telescope is officially on its way to deep space after more than a decade of development and high anticipation. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 7:26 A.M. EDT on Sunday, August 30 aboard a…
At least two killed and nine injured after shots were fired on quiet street in New Jersey’s bustling capital
By SOPHIA BAUM Published: 13:18 BST, 30 August 2026 | Updated: 14:19 BST, 30 August 2026 Two people have been killed and nine others wounded after a gunman opened fire at a neighborhood cookout in Trenton, New Jersey, in the early hours of Sunday morning. Police were called to a…
Liftoff! NASA’s Roman Space Telescope soars to the stars on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket in spectacular launch (video)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A new era of astronomy is about to begin after NASA’s newest flagship observatory leaped from the terrestrial bounds of Earth into the vastness of space this morning. NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched today (Aug. 30) on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from the…
Ferry carrying more than 260 people capsizes off coast of Cyprus as major rescue operation launched
By FREYA BARNES, NEWS REPORTER Published: 12:46 BST, 30 August 2026 | Updated: 13:01 BST, 30 August 2026 A rescue mission is underway after a ferry carrying more than 260 passengers capsized shortly after departing from the coast of northern Cyprus today. The catamaran-style ferry set off from the port of…
Inside the modern day Noah’s Ark built by a billionaire’s son: SUE REID visits the world’s biggest wildlife sanctuary that has saved 150,000 animals from terrible suffering
The beautiful cheetah lies unconscious on the operating table as the world’s finest vets battle to mend her shattered back leg. I watch as they pin the limb together with two titanium plates in a meticulous three-hour operation at an animal hospital in India, where cheetahs were hunted to extinction…
Beijing uses Great Firewall of China to stop its citizens seeing coverage of Nepal-Tibet floods
Beijing has been censoring coverage of the Nepal-Tibet flooding disaster and preventing its citizens seeing the scale of the devastation. When the deadly ‘tsunami from the sky’ cascaded down the Trisuli River on Wednesday, footage showing the muddy deluge washing away settlements in seconds went viral on social media. One…
‘Devoted’ father and pastor was killed when sign fell on him in high winds at Christian music festival
By KATHERINE LAWTON, SENIOR NEWS REPORTER Published: 09:46 BST, 30 August 2026 | Updated: 09:55 BST, 30 August 2026 A ‘devoted’ father and pastor was killed when a sign fell on him during high winds at a Christian music festival. Robert Guanco, 41, died when the huge wooden archway gave…
Hero teacher saves lives of 1,600 children in Nepal floods as school 200 feet above river is washed away by landslide
A heroic teacher saved the lives of more than 1,600 children in the Nepal floods after their school was washed away by a landslide. Rajendra Dawadi, the principal of Tribhuvan Trishuli secondary school in the Trishuli valley of north-central Nepal, received a phone call from his friend on Wednesday morning telling him…