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Japanese startup aborts rocket flight after liftoff
5 March 2026 @ 10:29 am
A Japanese startup aborted the flight of its rocket Thursday just over a minute after launch from a space complex in western Japan, the company said, marking another…
Iran launches new wave of attacks and says U.S. will 'bitterly regret' sinking Iranian warship
5 March 2026 @ 10:21 am
Iran launched a new wave of attacks Thursday morning at Israeli and American bases and threatened that the United States would “bitterly regret” torpedoing an Iranian warship in…
Woman's body with knife in it found in house destroyed by fire
5 March 2026 @ 7:05 am
The body of a woman with a knife stuck in it was found in the ruins of a house gutted by a fire in Mobara City, Chiba Prefecture,…
Punch the orphan macaque is outgrowing his plushie and making friends
5 March 2026 @ 7:03 am
Punch the baby orphan macaque is outgrowing the orangutan plushie that comforted him through early rejection from his mother and other monkeys.
Images of Punch dragging around the…
Japan to evacuate nationals from war-hit Middle East on chartered aircraft
5 March 2026 @ 7:03 am
Japan will evacuate its nationals from four Middle East countries on chartered aircraft, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said Thursday, as the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran continues.
The ministry…
U.S. Republicans back Trump on Iran strikes; block bid to rein in war powers
5 March 2026 @ 6:28 am
U.S. Senate Republicans backed President Donald Trump's military campaign against Iran on Wednesday, voting to block a bipartisan resolution aiming to stop the air war and require that…
Rising energy prices from Iran war could help Russia pay for fighting in Ukraine
5 March 2026 @ 6:27 am
The Iran war's disruption of Middle East oil and gas supplies and soaring prices are strengthening Russia's ability to profit from its energy exports, a pillar of the…
House committee votes to subpoena Attorney General Bondi to answer questions over the Epstein files
5 March 2026 @ 6:27 am
The House Oversight Committee voted Wednesday to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi to answer questions over the Justice Department's handling of files regarding the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking…
Trump's White House ballroom is too big, architect says, as 2nd panel prepares to vote on it
5 March 2026 @ 6:25 am
President Donald Trump ’s White House ballroom project is way too big and should be scaled back, an architect and member of the board of the National Trust…
U.S. sinks Iranian warship off Sri Lanka; NATO destroys Iranian missile heading for Turkey
5 March 2026 @ 6:22 am
The U.S.–Iran war widened sharply on Wednesday after a U.S. submarine sank an Iranian warship off Sri Lanka, killing at least 80 people, and NATO air defenses destroyed…