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A new crater may have been made on the Moon after a SpaceX rocket was believed to have crashed into the surface. The empty upper stage of a Falcon 9 rocket was due to strike the Moon about 5,400mph (8,700km/h) on Wednesday 5 August. However it could be days or even weeks we see any pictures – the BBC’s science correspondent Pallab Ghosh explains why.More on this story.

Trent Rockets extended their lead at the top of The Hundred table with a near-perfect performance that secured their fifth win in six games, leaving Birmingham Phoenix rooted to the bottom.Sam Billings’ unbeaten 31 sealed a scrappy chase after Phoenix stuttered to 111-6 despite Joe Clarke’s 50, while Jos Buttler made history for the Manchester Super Giants as he became the leading Twenty20 run-scorer of all time. After the Rockets elected to field, Will Smeed broke an unwanted record by being the first batter in The Hundred history to be unbeaten without scoring at the end of the powerplay. 25…

A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit from a group of consumers looking to challenge the $111 billion merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín wrote that the plaintiffs — three current Paramount+ subscribers and two prospective subscribers — presented a lack of standing in their suit. She also ruled that the plaintiffs failed to establish “cognizable” economic fallout that would invoke antitrust regulation. However, she has allowed plaintiffs to revise their complaint and refile. “The Complaint contains a boilerplate assertion of competitive harms, such as ‘lower quality and variety’ and ‘decreased consumer choice,’ but it fails…

Chiemelie Ezeobi  The ongoing offensive by troops of Operation HADIN KAI has continued to weaken the ranks of insurgents in the North-east, with 17 family members of Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad (JAS) voluntarily surrendering to the military in separate incidents in Borno State. The surrender, which occurred on August 4, underscores the impact of intensified military operations targeting terrorist strongholds across the theatre. Sixteen of the surrendered persons—10 women and six children—approached troops of the 222 Battalion during a patrol along the Gezuwa axis in Konduga Local Government Area. Military authorities said the group cited the sustained bombardment and…

A pregnant woman and a man have been found dead at a home in the outback Queensland town of Charleville, in an apparent murder-suicide after a protracted overnight standoff with police.Police confirmed on Thursday that a toddler, who was found unharmed, had been at the home during the eight-hour siege that began on Wednesday evening.Several streets in the remote town, 600km west of Toowoomba, were locked down by police after officers arrived at the property on King Street following reports of “a serious assault”.An emergency declaration, under the state’s Public Safety Preservation Act, was in place for about eight hours.Sign…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has confirmed freezing an Osun State Government bank account, saying the action was taken after suspicious movement of public funds amid an ongoing investigation into alleged financial misconduct involving about N11 billion. The anti-graft agency disclosed on Wednesday, hours after the Osun State Government accused it of targeting the state ahead of the August 15 governorship election and alleged that the commission planned to cripple government activities by freezing its accounts. PREMIUM TIMES had earlier reported that an Osun State Government account domiciled with First Bank and reportedly used for official financial transactions,…

By Emeka Anaeto The National Economic Council (NEC) has approved the refinancing of NNPC Limited’s $3.3 billion oil-backed pre-export finance facility through a ‌new $4.5 billion arrangement. According to a report by Bloomberg quoting Presidency source, the facility is aimed at strengthening the country’s external reserves and freeing up funds for infrastructure. The new facility dubbed “Project Gazelle 2”, will refinance approximately $1.5 billion outstanding ⁠under the original 2023 deal while unlocking an additional $3 billion in liquidity, the report said.It added that ‘‘the refinancing comes as Nigeria seeks to shore up its foreign reserves and fund fiscal priorities amid…

Darius Saczuk, a high school teacher, views artificial intelligence as his enemy. Earlier this year, he and several dozen New York City teachers spent the day inside a windowless conference room in downtown Manhattan to learn how to use AI and prevent students from outsourcing their thinking to it.As Saczuk sees it, he needs to understand his enemy in order to beat it.“It’s killing our jobs, it’s changing our society, it’s replacing humans,” said Saczuk, who teaches English as a new language at Long Island City high school in Queens. “In order to retain my job, I need to know…

NewsFeedFootage shows the moment a lightning strike hit a football player in southern Thailand, during a semi-final match, killing him instantly. The strike injured 12 others as a monsoon storm swept through the area. Warning: video shows graphic footage.Published On 6 Aug 20266 Aug 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT 06 August 2026 Vehicles are less likely to smash into deer on the road where the big cats are on patrol. Deer living in the presence of pumas (Puma concolor) might favour the daytime, reducing the number of nocturnal collisions with vehicles. Credit: Nicolás Lagos, Panthera The puma, or cougar (Puma concolor), is an indirect friend to humankind, according to a study conducted on Washington’s beautiful, mossy Olympic Peninsula. Vehicle collisions with deer can injure or even kill people, but Justin Suraci at Conservation Science Partners in Truckee, California, and his colleagues found that drivers are less likely…