The SS United States, a 990-foot ocean liner that carried presidents, dignitaries and celebrities across the Atlantic, is preparing for a final voyage that will take it from a historic passenger ship to an underwater attraction. More than seven decades after its maiden voyage in 1952, the vessel is scheduled to be sunk off Florida’s…
Starlink restrictions hit Ukraine’s drones as Kyiv worries about US backing Ukrainian drone operations slowed after restrictions were suddenly imposed on the battlefield use of the country’s US-made Starlink communication terminals, officials said Wednesday, as Kyiv endured a second consecutive night of missile attacks.Zelenskyy’s drone arsenal slows after Musk’s Starlink curbs as US support wanes…
File photo: Houthi rebels tap Chinese supply for missile ambitions Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels are seeking to manufacture advanced ballistic missiles using components sourced from China, potentially giving the group the ability to strike targets across Saudi Arabia and Israel, according to a new report by the Wall Street Journal.A separate investigation by Bloomberg has…
An Australian homeowner’s long-running dispute over invasive bamboo has ended with a court order for coordinated removal and a payment of A$6,253.50 toward treatment and likely repairs. In Wines v Homes NSW, the Land and Environment Court of New South Wales found that bamboo growing principally on a neighbouring property had spread beneath the boundary…
Pic credit: Savills/ On the market The Old Kirk has been a church, then a bistro, and now, if the sellers get their way, it could become a family home. The property sits in the village of Fordyce, a few miles from Banff in north-east Scotland. The five-bedroom detached house is now up for sale…
White House press secretary Katie Zacharia is in hot water as she claims to be a lawyer but there is no confirmation that she passed the bar exam. A major row erupted over White House’s new press secretary Katie Zacharia, calling herself a lawyer because experts said she is not. Zacharia has a law degree…
What began as a small project in a neglected schoolyard in California has grown into an international movement that teaches children about food, gardening and the environment. The Edible Schoolyard Project was founded in 1995 by chef and food activist Alice Waters. Today, it connects more than 5,800 garden and food education programmes across 75…
A federal judge has blocked the Town of Johnston, Rhode Island, from taking control of a 31-acre property planned for affordable housing. The judge ruled that town officials did not have the legal authority to seize the land. US District Judge Melissa R. DuBose overturned the town’s decision to take the property near George Waterman…
Small plane crashes in wooded area near Wisconsin Dells (representative image) Six people, including a child, were killed after a small plane crashed in a densely wooded area near Wisconsin Dells in the US state of Wisconsin, authorities said on Wednesday.The six-seat, single-engine Piper PA-46 was travelling from Kenosha to Menomonie when it crashed in…
The five injured people suffered smoke inhalation and were taken to hospitals in Bochum. At least three Indians were killed and five others injured after a fire broke out at a residential building in Bochum, Germany, early Tuesday, local media reported on Wednesday. Police have arrested a 41-year-old resident on suspicion of murder as investigators…
