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SpaceX has lost contact with its Starship mega rocket following explosions during its second test flight from south Texas. The two-stage 397ft rocket –...

A posthumous appeal by a US woman who died from cancer has raised enough money in less than a week to wipe out million...

The co-founder and president of OpenAI has walked away from the company after its chief executive was forced out. Greg Brockman told colleagues “I...

Major US companies including Disney, Warner Bros and NBC parent company Comcast have pulled advertising from X (formerly Twitter) amid a row over Elon...

Rapper Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and singer Cassie have settled a lawsuit alleging abuse – one day after she sued the powerful music producer. The...

A former fugitive has been sentenced to 90 years in jail after murdering her love rival in a jealous rage, before fleeing the US...

The suspect in a shooting at a psychiatric hospital in the US is dead, police say. New Hampshire state police initially had reported “multiple...

Greenpeace has accused Kim Kardashian of using the climate crisis as a “punchline” to promote her “nipple bra”. The environmental charity has criticised Kardashian...

New York state has sued PepsiCo for allegedly polluting one of its rivers with plastic bottles and wrappers. The lawsuit accuses the soft drinks...

Hillary Clinton has said some of her friends told her “not to run” for US president in 2016. Mrs Clinton was the Democrats’ candidate...

Rapper Sean Combs has been accused of sex trafficking and assault in a lawsuit filed in a New York court by R&B singer Cassie....

A mother in Virginia has been sentenced to 21 months in prison after her six-year-old son shot his school teacher with a gun. Deja...

Direct lines of communication between American and Chinese military forces are to be reopened for the first time in more than a year, Joe...

Friends stars Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow and David Schwimmer have paid tribute to Matthew Perry. Aniston, who played Rachel Green in the show, wrote...

Bruce Willis’s wife has described feeling like she was able to “breathe” again after sharing his dementia diagnosis with the world.  It was announced...

Jimmy Kimmel has been announced as the host of next year’s Oscars. The comedian, who hosted this year’s ceremony, will return to present the...

Eight students have been arrested in Las Vegas on suspicion of murder after a teenager was beaten to death. Las Vegas police said the...

China’s leader Xi Jinping has told US President Joe Biden that “planet Earth is big enough” for both their countries “to succeed”. The two...

Friends stars Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer have paid tribute to Matthew Perry. Aniston, who played Rachel Green in the show, wrote in an...