Orbital Shift: Starlink is quietly moving its satellites closer to Earth, and there’s a reason.
A significant, yet subtle, shift is taking place in low Earth orbit. SpaceX’s Starlink constellation,…
Are the Chelsea-Strasbourg transfer deals bad for football?
Chelsea and Strasbourg came together in 2023 under Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital’s Bluco Group. Strasbourg got the best deals in the first two years. Six players left Chelsea for French clubs, five on loan and one permanently. Strasbourg was able to spend money he had only dreamed about. In the three years preceding Bluco,…
US Markets Today: Alphabet drags Wall Street down; Bitcoin, gold and silver fall
US stock markets fell on Thursday, as benchmark indices fell on weakness in technology stocks led by Alphabet, while bitcoin and precious metals also posted sharp declines, according to the AP. The S&P 500 experienced a 0.8% decline, marking its sixth consecutive loss since reaching its all-time high. As of 9:35 a.m. Eastern Time, the…
British tourists are urged to visit ‘inspirational’ Afghanistan in new travel guidebook
Tourists are being encouraged to visit war-torn Afghanistan with a new guide published this month 15:11, 05 February 2026 Afghan tourists can visit the Jihad Museum, which commemorates the Afghan resistance to the 1979 Soviet invasion. (Image: AFP via Getty Images) For the first time in 20 years, a new travel guide is being published…
Winter Olympics 2026: How do extreme skiers overcome the fear of serious injury?
Zoe’s sister Izzy won slopestyle bronze in Pyeongchang in 2018. It gave Britain its first skiing medal at the Winter Olympics. 16 years after Ellen Baxter lost my slalom bronze When he failed a drug test after using an over-the-counter nasal decongestant that he believed was permitted. Zoe was watching from the stands with her…
A UN agency warns of a “sharp increase” in measles cases in the US. health News
The United Nations agency Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has issued a new report warning of an increase in measles cases across the region. On Wednesday, the organization issued an epidemiological alert and called on member states to strengthen “routine surveillance and vaccination activities” to combat the spread of the disease. Recommended Stories list of 3…
Savannah Guthrie makes emotional appeal to mother’s captors: ‘We are ready to talk’ – American news
US TV host Savannah Guthrie has pleaded for the return of her mother. saying her family is “ready to talk” with her captors but has asked them to provide proof she is alive. In an emotional video message posted on social media, the NBC anchor joined her siblings in saying, “We are ready to talk….
The Gaza ceasefire began months ago. That’s why the fight continues
Jerusalem– On Wednesday, the director of a Gaza hospital asked a question that has been echoing in the war-torn region for months as two dozen bodies of Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks arrived at the facility. “Where is the ceasefire? Where are the mediators?” Mohammed Abu Selmiya of Shifa Hospital wrote on Facebook. Israeli attacks…