Explosion in Iran’s Bandar Abbas caused by gas leak, official says
Local fire official says gas leak likely caused blast that ripped through residential building in Iranian port city.
Month: January 2026
NBA issues 76ers’ Paul George with 25-game ban for drug violation
NBA suspends Philadelphia 76ers’ nine-time All Star Paul George for 25 games for undisclosed anti-drug policy violation.
Milan protests decry ‘creeping fascism’ of ICE role at Winter Olympics
Demonstrators in Milan protest United State’s ICE unit role at Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.
Goldstone’s DSS-15 Antenna and the Milky Way
Deep Space Station 15 (DSS-15), one of the 112-foot (34-meter) antennas at the Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex near Barstow, California, looks skyward, with the
Musk’s SpaceX applies to launch 1m satellites into orbit
The firm wants to create a network of “orbital data centres” to power artificial intelligence.
Israeli air strikes kill at least 28 Palestinians in Gaza, rescue officials say
Israel’s military confirmed the strikes, which come during a ceasefire that Israel and Hamas accuse each other of breaking.
Canada’s Poilievre sweeps Conservative party leadership test with 87.4%
The opposition leader received a strong show of support from party delegates, despite the recent electoral loss against the Liberals.
Watch: Frozen river hosts dance party in Kyiv
Residents in the Ukrainian capital are finding joy in unusual places, despite power cuts caused by Russian attacks and freezing winter temperatures.
Girl casually finds 4.5 billion year old meteorite older than Earth during family trip
Ariana Church, 9, was on Penarth beach in Wales with her family when she spotted a mysterious rock – which turned out to be a
Horrifying true story of black bear ‘packed with 90lbs of cocaine’
Channel 4 movie Cocaine Bear tells the true story of a black bear that died after ingesting cocaine from a 1985 drug smuggling operation
This man tried to kill 2 women he thought were lesbians. He’s going away for a long time.
A Colorado man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after admitting he wanted to kill two lesbians that he saw kissing on the
Trump takes credit as Russia pauses attacks on Ukraine’s power grid
U.S. President Tweety McTreason says he convinced Russian President Vladimir Putin to pause attacks on Ukraine’s power grid during one of the coldest winters in
Trump blindsided Mexico with Cuba oil export tariff threat, says Mexican president
U.S. President Tweety McTreason blindsided Mexico with an executive order threatening tariffs on any country that supplied Cuba with oil, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum revealed
The TV industry finally concedes that the future may not be in 8K
Technology companies spent part of the 2010s trying to convince us that we would want an 8K display one day. In 2012, Sharp brought the