World number one Zhao Xintong is looking for some new wood (Picture: Xinhua/Shutterstock) Zhao Xintong is looking to ditch the cue he won the World Championship title with and has used for nearly 15 years, in a bid to improve his game. The Cyclone reached the top of the world rankings for the first time […]
13m ago Qatar condemns Iran’s attacks on Jordan, UAE as “blatant violation” of their sovereignty The government of Qatar issued a statement Monday condemning “renewed attacks by the Islamic Republic of Iran targeting” Jordan with missiles and the United Arab Emirates with a drone. Qatar’s foreign ministry called the Iranian attacks — which officials […]
London – Iranian-affiliated hackers successfully but temporarily took a power plant offline in the United Kingdom, according to multiple British media outlets. The Telegraph and Financial Times reported the attack, which they say happened in July but is only now being reported, is believed to be the first time Iranian-linked hackers managed to shut down […]
No reports of U.S. strikes on Iran for first time in two weeks – CBS News Watch CBS News After 13 consecutive nights of bombing, the U.S. paused strikes on Iran Friday night. Charlie D’Agata has the latest. No reports of U.S. strikes on Iran for first time in two weeks #reports #strikes #Iran #time […]
Josh Kerr, the British runner who helped stoke a revival in middle-distance drama on the track, added a new chapter Saturday by running the mile in 3 minutes, 42.66 seconds to break the 27-year-old world record for the distance. At a Diamond League meet in London, Kerr broke Moroccan great Hicham El Guerrouj’s mark of […]
A tiny Asia-origin beetle that has devastated ash forests in North America has been detected in the European Union for the first time in Hungary and Slovakia, authorities said. Slovakia’s Agricultural Central Control and Testing Institute, based in Bratislava, said that 18 feared emerald ash borers were found this month in the Streda nad Bodrogom […]
Archaeologists have transcribed mural symbols from Mayan ruins to learn the name of an astronomer and mathematician from the ancient civilization for the first time, Guatemala’s Ministry of Culture said Monday. The name “White-chested Fox” was found in drawings dating from 400 BC to 900 AD at the San Bartolo-Xultun archaeological site on the Mexican […]
SpaceX just released a new documentary that drops straight into the control rooms and launch site during the final stretch before its biggest rocket flew again. Titled Critical Path, the 34-minute film follows engineers at Starbase in Texas through the intense days leading up to Flight 12 on May 22. It is the second episode […]
The U.S. military said it used one-way attack sea drones for the first time in combat Sunday in an attack on an Iranian naval port. In a statement shared Monday, U.S. Central Command said forces used multiple sea surface drones to strike a submarine and ship maintenance facility at the Bandar Abbas Naval Base on […]
Romain Dumas guided Ford’s Super Mustang Mach-E up the Goodwood hill in 41.98 seconds during Sunday’s Timed Shoot-Out. That mark beat the next quickest entry, a new Gen4 Formula E car driven by Daniel Ticktum, by 0.48 seconds. It also left the rest of a strong field more than four seconds behind. Ford had previously […]