Built in 1967 by Tex Moeckel, the Bottle House in Lightning Ridge is constructed from discarded glass bottles. The structure has become a tourist attraction and a museum showcasing local opal-mining history and vintage bottles. Initially serving as part of a miner's camp, it reflects the area's long mining heritage. Visitors can explore various artefacts ...

NASA has launched a washing-machine-sized spacecraft to inspect up to four inactive satellites and rocket bodies in low Earth orbit. The SSPICY mission, launched on October 1, will begin inspections in early 2027. Using autonomous navigation, sensors and electric propulsion, the spacecraft will test technologies that could eventually help repair satellites ...

International scientists warn that rising sea levels driven by melting Antarctic ice will be 15 to 20 per cent higher in cities such as Hong Kong and Shanghai compared with the global average. They said gravitational shifts caused by shrinking Antarctic ice would redistribute water across the globe, causing higher ocean levels along Chinas densely populated ...

When 60,000 football fans gathered in Jeddah for the Arabian Gulf Cup on Tuesday, they inadvertently highlighted the vulnerability of major sports events hosted by Gulf monarchies to the wars raging across the region. The previous day, Saudi Arabia resumed strikes on Yemens Iran-allied Houthi rebels after a four-year ceasefire collapsed. That truce had ...

New astrology app draws on more than 140 classical texts to introduce a centuries-old Arab-Islamic tradition to modern mobile users.

Separate FDA submissions report mean small-bowel capsule review-time reductions of 88.6% with ProScan-assisted reading and 24.7% with a recently cleared comparator AI-assisted workflow.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez launched his campaign for a snap November election on Saturday. The vote comes as a deepening housing crisis is driving protests and putting pressure on his left-wing coalition.

Pope Leo XIV on Saturday declared capital punishment ''inadmissible as he marked the World Day Against the Death Penalty and his native United States announced plans to livestream an execution by firing squad.

The coin was unearthed during an excavation in Nesting, a coastal community in Scotland's eastern Shetland Islands.

Images show a man wearing a tactical-style vest and holding what appears to be a rifle while knocking on a home's front door.

Iran says its armed forces have been in full control of the Strait of Hormuz since the start of the "US-Israeli aggression"