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SpaceX's Starship Launched From Texas For 13th Test Flight

SpaceX's Starship rocket lifted off from Texas on Friday in the company's 13th flight test to demonstrate an array of onboard capabilities, including the rocket's first suborbital deployments of new Starlink satellites.

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"Bias": Venezuela Says It Will Withdraw From International Criminal Court

Venezuela will withdraw from the International Criminal Court over the tribunal's perceived bias, the nation's foreign minister said Friday.

Trump Says Venezuela Not Ready For Elections

US President Donald Trump said Friday that Venezuela is not ready to hold elections, more than seven months after the American military operation that toppled then-leader Nicolas Maduro.

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‘No time to waste’: Greece bids for Mount Olympus to be included on Unesco list of world heritage sites

Officials have long lobbied for peak that rises 2,918 metres above sea level to be given coveted designationMore than four decades have elapsed since Evangelos Geroliolios made his first ascent to the home of the ancient gods. At the top of Mount Olympus, on the rocky peak of Greece’s highest mountain, he felt unalloyed awe.“I’ve never forgotten that unique moment, that unique feeling up there on the throne of Zeus,” recalled Geroliolios, who as mayor of Dion-Olympus now spends a great deal of his time administering the area around the site. Continue reading...

10 Killed, Around 100 Injured In Russian Strike In Ukraine's Kyiv

Russia struck an arms show near Kyiv on Friday, killing at least 10 people and wounding a hundred, Ukrainian officials said, raising questions around the safety of such events.