This photo released by Xinhua News Agency, shows flooded villages after the Liulan Reservoir breached due to heavy rains in Hengzhou, Nanning City (Image/AP) At least 20 people were killed and more than 330 others injured in extreme weather-related incidents across China over the past 24 hours, authorities said on Tuesday as torrential rain, tornadoes,…

A five-month-old Los Angeles startup called Orbital has asked American regulators for permission to do something that sounds almost implausible: launch up to 100,000 satellites into space, each one functioning as a data centre powering artificial intelligence. According to SpaceNews’ reporting on the filing, the company submitted its application to the Federal Communications Commission on…

A Ukrainian woman suspected of planting a parcel bomb that targeted a wealthy Ukrainian-born businessman in Monaco last week has been found shot dead near Kyiv, according to Ukrainian news outlet Ukrainska Pravda, with Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office later confirming the discovery of the body.In a statement, Ukraine’s National Police said officers had “detained two…

The United States has now marked its 250th anniversary, but one part of the celebration has only just begun. Beneath the ground in Philadelphia, a specially engineered time capsule has been buried with instructions that it should not be opened for another 250 years. Intended as a message to people living in 2276, it brings…

Indian hairstylist arrested in the US on charges of molestation on a cruise ship. An Indian hairstylist has been charged with two counts of abusive sexual contact on a cruise ship when the ship was docked in Seattle. 26-year-old Pranit Narayan Pawar was employed on the ship as a hairstylist. He was arrested last week…