Paralympian John McFallcould could become the first disabled astronaut as he is among a small group chosen by the European Space Agency.

The twice-jailed candidate has been waiting in the wings for years and will now get a chance to lead.

Workers at the Foxconn factory in Zhengzhou, Apple’s main iPhone-making plant, clashed with security personnel after almost a month under COVID restrictions.

Turkey has already launched a barrage of airstrikes on suspected militant targets in northern Syria and Iraq in recent days.

Scotland needs go-ahead from Westminster to hold another vote on independence, ending hopes of a referendum next October.

The Matsu Islands appear so serene but beneath the fisherman’s houses are bunkers; across the bay, signs tell residents to be “prepared to fight”.

It also fined the parties in president’s governing coalition $6.3 million for what the court described as bad faith litigation.

From the edge of one of them, a Chinese armada would first emerge over the horizon if China were to launch an amphibious assault on Taiwan.

Dozens of missiles have hit residential areas in Ukraine including a maternity ward which has killed a newborn baby.

The Walmart manager who shot dead six people in his store has been identified.

The 22-year-old has been in hospital since being beaten into submission by patrons at the club, after the shooting claimed five lives and injured 17 others.

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A paramedic mum who responded to a fatal crash in Canada involving her only child has remembered the teen as a "fighter" and a "beautiful" person.

It’s the second mass shooting in the US in three days after a gunman killed five and injured 17 at a Colorado LGBTQ nightclub.

Many among the vast workforce of more than 200,000 at “iPhone City” have been plunged into COVID isolation, forced to subsist on spartan meals and scrounge for medication.

Most measles-related deaths are caused by complications including swelling of the brain and dehydration.

Russia has been pounding the power grid and other facilities with missiles and exploding drones for weeks and the energy system is being damaged faster than it can be repaired.

Australia needs to start thinking more deeply about the very real prospect of a war with China – and it must appreciate that Taiwan is only one potential trigger for conflict.

Two blasts went off near bus stops in Jerusalem on Wednesday, killing one person and injuring at least 18.

A manager at a Walmart in the US state of Virginia shot employees before firing the weapon through the store and then turning the gun on himself, local media says.