Sky-watchers worldwide have a chance to observe six planets visible in the sky on Saturday, weather permitting, NASA says. The event — often called a planetary parade — is caused by the relative positions of the planets along their orbits around the Sun, a Marshall Space Flight Center planetary scientist explained. Mercury, Venus, Saturn and … Read more
Lead On Friday, NASA announced a sudden revision to the Artemis timeline: it will insert an extra crewed test flight in low-Earth orbit before attempting a lunar landing. The mission formerly called Artemis III will now serve as a crewed docking test with a prototype lunar lander in 2027, while a moon touchdown is being … Read more
Lead: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Israel on Monday and Tuesday next week amid rising U.S.-Iran tensions after nuclear negotiations in Geneva failed to produce a breakthrough on Thursday. President Donald Trump said Friday he is “not happy” with the talks and warned that Iran “cannot have nuclear weapons,” while U.S. … Read more
Lead Federal data show the United States has recorded more than 1,100 measles cases so far this year, a rapid surge public-health officials say could lead to additional fatalities. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 1,136 cases as of February 26, 2026, a tally experts call far above normal for this point in … Read more
Stocks sank on Friday as January’s producer price index surprised well above expectations and concerns about artificial intelligence and corporate layoffs intensified market stress. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 737 points (about 1.5%), the S&P 500 dropped 0.8% and the Nasdaq lost 1%, leaving all three major benchmarks lower for February. The PPI headline … Read more
On 28 February 2026 and for a few days on either side, six planets — Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, Mercury, Neptune and Uranus — will be visible in the evening sky in a compact formation visible from both hemispheres, astronomers say. The brightest members, Jupiter and Venus, will be plainly visible to the naked eye for … Read more
Lead: On 27 February 2026, Paramount Skydance emerged as the winning bidder for Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) after Netflix withdrew its $83bn offer, prompting alarm among staff at CBS News and CNN. Employees at both newsrooms are worried about large-scale layoffs, the consolidation of duplicated services and potential editorial shifts if regulators and shareholders approve … Read more
Lead Former US president Bill Clinton testified behind closed doors to the House Oversight Committee on his past interactions with financier Jeffrey Epstein on Thursday in Chappaqua, New York. Lawmakers from both parties pressed him about documented flights and contacts as the committee seeks clarity on Epstein’s network. Clinton said he “saw nothing, did nothing … Read more
Amazon has released the first official image from its live-action God of War series as production films in Vancouver, offering the franchise’s earliest on-set glimpse of Ryan Hurst as Kratos and Callum Vinson as his son Atreus. The series, ordered for two seasons, adapts the narrative of the two most recent games: a widowed Kratos … Read more
Lead Brady Tkachuk, the 26-year-old captain of the NHL’s Ottawa Senators, said Thursday in Ottawa that a TikTok video shared by the White House that appeared to show him insulting Canadians after the U.S. won Olympic gold was fabricated. The clip included AI‑generated audio that purported to have him call Canadians a “maple syrup eating … Read more
Lead On Friday, Feb. 27, 2026, the Dallas Cowboys moved to prevent wide receiver George Pickens from reaching free agency by placing the franchise tag on him, a measure that would be worth about $28 million for receivers, according to Spotrac. Pickens, 24, posted career highs across the board in 2025 after joining Dallas in … Read more
Lead: The Pentagon said Friday that Scouting America has agreed to change several policies at the Defense Department’s urging, including a measure affecting transgender youth participation, in order to preserve military support. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the review in a video posted on X and warned the Pentagon will reassess the relationship in six … Read more
Overnight cross-border attacks between Pakistan and Afghanistan on Feb. 27, 2026 escalated sharply after weeks of tension, with both capitals reporting air and ground strikes. Pakistan said it launched retaliatory strikes on targets in Kabul and two other provinces after Afghanistan mounted an earlier cross-border operation that Islamabad said followed Pakistani air raids on Sunday. … Read more
Lead: The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) met from 23 to 26 February 2026 and recommended 12 medicines for approval, including mCombriax — the first combined mRNA vaccine for COVID‑19 and seasonal influenza for people aged 50 and over. The committee also issued a conditional marketing authorisation recommendation for … Read more
Next week’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) promises an unusually crowded slate of unconventional phone hardware, with major reveals clustered across the show and adjacent events. Xiaomi is expected to headline with a Saturday launch that includes the Leica-partnered Leitzphone, while Honor has an event slated for Sunday that may show its Robot Phone prototype. Smaller … Read more
