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Jeffrey Epstein may have spent decades helping Russian spies collect damaging 'kompromat' on western elites, a former MI6 agent said today.Christopher Steele said the FBI had evidence yet to be published that links the disgraced…

By LILLIAN GISSEN, US DEPUTY LIFESTYLE EDITOR Published: 12:35 EST, 19 January 2026 | Updated: 12:35 EST, 19 January 2026 <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- -->…

Four astronauts end their mission early so that a crew member can receive medical treatment.Published On 15 Jan 202615 Jan 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareA SpaceX capsule transporting four astronauts from the…

Donald Trump's decision to strike Venezuela and seize Nicolas Maduro is the sort of move that makes polite diplomats reach for the smelling salts. Airstrikes, a captured head of state flown out to New York to face charges, and then the…

Russian state-owned Energia rocket company has secured a patent for a novel spacecraft architecture designed to generate artificial gravity, a capability which could provide a huge boost for long-duration crewed missions.A report from…

LONDON — European markets moved into negative territory on Monday as last week's positive sentiment wears off.The pan-European Stoxx 600 was 0.2% lower at 9:15 a.m. in London (4:15 a.m. ET).It follows a record-breaking previous session…

Putin's tribute to Mahatma Gandhipublished at 08:01 GMT08:01 GMTSandro GvindadzeBBC Monitoring journalist Image source, ANIEarlier in the day, Putin visited Rajghat, Mahatma Gandhi's memorial, where he left a short note in the…

On Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 27), a Russian Soyuz rocket launched three astronauts toward the International Space Station from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.Everything seemed to go well. After all, the Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft carrying…

The launch pad of Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome spaceport in Kazakhstan sustained significant damage following a botched Soyuz launch last week.While the Soyuz MS-28 crew on board the rocket, including cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and…

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