SPACE -- Elon Musk’s company SpaceX has named its first private passenger on a voyage around the Moon as Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa.
The mission is planned for 2023, and would be the first lunar journey by humans since 1972. Maezawa, an art enthusiast, said that he would invite six to eight artists from around the world to join him on the trip.
FRANCE -- Sixty percent of French people disapprove of Emmanuel Macron’s performance, a rise of 32% from the time of the presidential election.
SYRIA -- A Russian reconnaissance aircraft was brought down by a Syrian missile over the Mediterranean, killing all 15 people on board, the Russian defence ministry said Tuesday.
WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump has imposed 10 per cent tariffs on as much as $200 billion of goods made in China starting on September 24, bringing the total to $250 billion -- nearly half of all Chinese imports.
TECH -- More than half of all workplace tasks will be carried out by machines by 2025, says The World Economic Forum in a new report that highlights the speed with which the labour market will change in coming years.
ZWOLLE -- An experimental bicycle track made from recycled plastic has opened in the Netherlands as part of a project that could lead to more sustainable roads being rolled out across the country.
WASHINGTON -- A U.S. Senate vote on President Trump’s nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court was thrown into uncertainty after a woman accused him of high school-era sexual misconduct.
CHINA -- Typhoon Mangkhut, one of the most powerful storms to hit the region in decades, has killed dozens of people in China and the Philippines, where it struck with sustained winds of 205 kilometres per hour.
LONDON -- With the first 5G-ready smartphones expected to be released in 2019, mobile phone operators are gearing up to test the new super-fast network. Sony and Samsung both want to be first to market a 5G smartphone.
MADRID -- The Spanish parliament votes on a law aimed at legally protecting the Socialist government's plans to move the remains of former dictator Francisco Franco out of a giant memorial “The Valley of the Fallen” outside of Madrid.
PARIS -- More than one in two adults and nearly one in six children are overweight or obese in the 36-nation OECD area, with obesity rates in America topping 38 per cent, a new report reveals.
AVIATION -- Singapore Airlines will claim the title of the world’s longest commercial flight when it resumes its non-stop service between Singapore and New York using Airbus A350 jets.
WASHINGTON -- Canada and the U.S. are said to be close to a trade deal if sticking points over Canada’s protected dairy sector, protection of media firms, and a system for settling trade disputes are resolved.
UKRAINE -- The conflict in eastern Ukraine between Russian-backed separatists and Kiev has claimed more than 10,000 lives since 2014, making it the bloodiest in Europe since the Balkans in the 1990s.
GEOLOGY -- Miners in Western Australia have unearthed huge gold-encrusted rocks estimated to be worth millions of dollars in what geologists are calling a once-in-a-lifetime discovery.
LONDON -- The all-new Jeep Wrangler is guaranteed to cross the roughest of terrains without getting stuck, powered by a new 2.0-litre turbocharged I4 engine featuring Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ hybrid eTorque system.
TECH -- Online prospectors are moving into a city that doesn’t exist, spending millions of dollars buying up land parcels in the virtual city of Decentraland, comparable in size to Washington D.C.
AUSTIN -- With Earth’s tectonic plates constantly moving, renowned geologist Christopher Scotese predicts a new super-continent will emerge in around 250 million years, dubbed “Pangaea Proxima”.
NORWAY -- Over 40,000 troops will converge on Norway for NATO’s largest military exercise in recent years. Dubbed Trident Juncture 18, the two-week drill will take place from October 25 to November 7 and include Finland and Sweden.
SAN FRANCISCO -- The Ocean Cleanup, an ecologically minded tech startup, plans to gather up and recycle millions of tonnes of plastic floating in the Pacific Ocean.
HISTORY -- The map of Europe underwent drastic revision after World War I. The defeated Central Powers suffered huge territorial losses, and new independent countries were born, from Finland to Yugoslavia.
SOCCER -- Real Madrid, Champions League winners for the last three years, begin their latest quest for silverware without superstar Cristiano Ronaldo following his €112m summer transfer to Italian giants, Juventus.
CYCLING -- The 2018 Road World Championships route looks set to be one of the toughest in history, with organisers of the race in the Austrian city of Innsbruck including gradients of up to 25 percent in the elite men’s road race.
BOXING -- Undefeated world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua faces Russian Alexander Povetkin in a mandatory title defence for the IBF, IBO and WBO heavyweight titles, as well as the WBA Super crown.
ATHLETICS -- Eliud Kipchoge set a new world record time for the men’s marathon in Berlin -- sparking debate on when the two-hour barrier will be officially broken.
MOTOGP -- Ducati’s Andrea Dovisio narrowed the gap to leader Marc Marquez of Respol Honda in the MotoGP Riders’ Championship with victory in San Marino ahead of the 14th round at Motorland Aragon, Spain.
SOCCER -- Reigning champions Real Madrid face Roma, CSKA Moscow and Viktoria Plzen in the group stages as the new Champions League season kicks off. The final takes place on June 1 at the Estadio Metropolitano in Madrid.
GOLF -- The 42nd Ryder Cup will be held at the Albatros Course of Le Golf National in St-Quentin-en-Yvelines, southwest of Paris, just the second Ryder Cup to be held in continental Europe, after the 1997 contest in Spain.
SOCCER -- The new Europa League season kicks off and culminates with three-time winners Sevilla once again one of the favourites to reach the the final at the Olympic Stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan, on May 29, 2019.
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