Starship test flight 13 lands intact after deploying Starlink satellites
SpaceX Starship test flight 13, the first to deploy operational Starlink satellites, landed intact in the Indian Ocean.
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SpaceX Starship test flight 13, the first to deploy operational Starlink satellites, landed intact in the Indian Ocean.
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed a law banning the production and sale of foie gras in Brazil, citing animal cruelty and ending imports of the product.
President Donald Trump imposed 50 percent tariffs on many Canadian goods, including products covered by the USMCA, while United States gasoline rose above 4 dollars a gallon and Brent crude moved above 95 dollars.
President Carlos Vila Nova won re-election in São Tomé and Príncipe with 55.94 percent of the vote, ahead of Nito Abreu on 41.42 percent.
A federal court in New York sentenced Sinaloa cartel co-founder El Mayo to life in prison and ordered 15 billion dollars in forfeiture after a guilty plea.
Keir Starmer resigned as prime minister of the United Kingdom and was succeeded by Andy Burnham.
Spain won a second men's World Cup by beating defending champion Argentina 1-0 after extra time at MetLife Stadium.
Health authorities expanded Ebola measures as Congo cases passed 2,000, deaths reached 700, and travel limits were imposed by the United States and Canada.
England defeated France 6-4 in the World Cup third-place match, its best finish since 1966, as Kylian Mbappé reached 10 goals in the tournament.
Skyroot Aerospace launched Vikram-1, India's first privately built orbital rocket, from Satish Dhawan Space Centre on a maiden flight carrying small satellites.
Andy Burnham was elected leader of the British Labour Party and was due to succeed Keir Starmer as prime minister the following Monday.
Taylor Farms iceberg lettuce supplied to Taco Bell was linked to a cyclosporiasis outbreak that reached 7,000 cases nationwide, and the chain removed lettuce from some restaurants.
Toronto recorded the worst air quality among major cities from wildfire smoke, while Canada reported more than 900 fires and northern Minnesota passed 77,000 acres burned.
The United Kingdom and the European Union removed the land-border fence between Gibraltar and Spain under a post-Brexit treaty, with free movement and joint checks at the airport and port.
A fire at a pub in Chatuchak, Bangkok, killed 27 people and wounded 63 others.
A Ramesside-period tomb belonging to Theban mayor Paser was discovered in the Theban Necropolis in Egypt.
The four highest-ranked teams all advanced, Messi added more scoring records, and Jannik Sinner defended his Wimbledon title.
The Philippine Senate began the vice president's trial, Le Pen announced a fourth presidential bid, and Israel set an October election.
All 46 students and staff taken in Oyo State were reported rescued, and a Port Sudan court sentenced the RSF leader and 15 others to death in absentia.
One person had been killed and 36 injured in the blasts, and the Financial Times reported a Central Command delegation in Beirut.
The grid collapsed twice in five days, a tornado in Hubei killed at least 12, and a Spanish wildfire killed 12.
Samsung Messages ended in the United States, Microsoft cut about 4,800 jobs and sold studios, and OpenAI released GPT-5.6.
The outbreak's death toll crossed those marks within days, while a cyclosporiasis outbreak spread across 18 American states.
The tower was proposed for Lower Manhattan a quarter century after the original building was destroyed, while Qatar paused an LNG restart.