Shipping companies are paying more than $1 million, and in some cases up to $4 million, to jump the queue at the Panama Canal. The surge follows the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and a new El Niño-driven drought.
A commercial spacecraft sent to save NASA's ageing Swift telescope from crashing to Earth has begun tumbling in orbit after two of its three reaction wheels failed. Engineers are now racing to stabilise it before attempting the rescue.
Kevin Rideout, an American missionary abducted outside his home in Niamey last October, has been released to US officials, his organisation says. No group has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping.
A shallow earthquake struck off Indonesia's Flores Island early Saturday, collapsing buildings and triggering a brief tsunami warning. Rescue teams are still trying to reach the hardest-hit area near the epicentre.
Taiwan deliberately slowed mobile internet speeds across Taipei and other cities this week, the first time such a communications blackout has been built into its annual military exercises. The drill responds to growing concern that China could sever the undersea cables that connect the island to the world.
Kevin Rideout, an American missionary abducted outside his home in Niamey last October, has been released to US officials, his organisation says. No group has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping.
Shipping companies are paying more than $1 million, and in some cases up to $4 million, to jump the queue at the Panama Canal. The surge follows the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and a new El Niño-driven drought.
The US Treasury sold $25bn of 30-year bonds at a yield of 5.216%, the most expensive long-term borrowing since 2001, as investors demand greater compensation for persistent inflation and a widening deficit.
A commercial spacecraft sent to save NASA's ageing Swift telescope from crashing to Earth has begun tumbling in orbit after two of its three reaction wheels failed. Engineers are now racing to stabilise it before attempting the rescue.
Swedish-founded Heart Aerospace has completed the first test flight of its X1 demonstrator, the largest battery-electric aircraft flown to date. The 27-minute flight used roughly $5 worth of electricity, a step towards a hybrid-electric regional airliner backed by United Airlines and Air Canada.
A NASA research aircraft flew above heavy cloud off Iceland's coast to capture the sun's corona during Wednesday's total solar eclipse, after ground observers across Iceland and Spain faced poor visibility.
A 21-year survey of 53 European summits shows warmth-loving plants are spreading across the continent's high mountains, but researchers found local temperature rises alone cannot explain how fast this happens at any single site.
Formula 1 newcomer Cadillac has removed founding team principal Graeme Lowdon and installed former Alpine executive Marcin Budkowski, a surprise change halfway through the American team's winless debut season.
Football's three most powerful confederations are working on a governance framework to replace Fifa's current system, after president Gianni Infantino ignored repeated calls for an independent review.
Decades-old plastic bags from retailers such as M&S, Tesco and Woolworths are selling for up to £10 on resale platforms, as collectors embrace nostalgia for tangible everyday objects.
Brazilian police have found eight Henri Matisse engravings stolen from a São Paulo library last December, and arrested a man accused of storing them for the theft's alleged mastermind.
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