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Elon Musk says SpaceX has shifted ‍its focus to building a “self-growing city” on the moon, which could be achieved in less than 10 years.SpaceX still intends to start on ​Musk’s long-held ambition of a city on Mars within five to seven years, he wrote on his X social media platform “but the overriding priority is ⁠securing the future of civilisation and the Moon is faster”.Musk’s comments echo a Wall Street Journal report on Friday which said SpaceX has told investors it would prioritise going to the moon and attempt a trip to Mars at a later time, targeting March…

DHAKA: Bangladesh’s election campaign entered its final day on Monday (Feb 9) before this week’s vote, with rival parties invoking the 2024 uprising that ended the autocratic rule of Sheikh Hasina.Tens of thousands of flag-waving supporters attended a succession of rival rallies across the sprawling capital, Dhaka, as parties sought to harness the legacy of the mass uprising and pitch competing visions of change for the country of 170 million in Thursday’s election.The South Asian nation will elect a 350-seat parliament, with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) -led by Tarique Rahman, who returned in December after 17 years in exile…

new video loaded: Hong Kong Court Sentences Jimmy Lai to 20 Years in PrisonA Hong Kong court on Monday sentenced the pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai to 20 years in prison in a trial that has set a new standard for the city’s limits on press freedom.By Monika CvorakFebruary 9, 2026

Michael Gold, a reporter for The New York Times, describes the fight in Congress over funding the Department of Homeland Security, as Democrats push for restrictions on federal immigration agents.By Michael Gold, Melanie Bencosme, Thomas Vollkommer, Nikolay Nikolov, James Surdam and Whitney ShefteFebruary 9, 2026

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Brooklyn Beckham started an internet frenzy when he confirmed the rumored rift between himself and his parents earlier this year.When confirming the feud, Brooklyn alleged his famous parents, David and Victoria Beckham, have been controlling him his entire life in order to protect Brand Beckham.Brooklyn’s wife, Nicola Peltz Beckham, is the daughter of billionaire investor and businessman Nelson Peltz, with Doug Eldridge, founder of Achilles PR telling Fox News Digital that the Peltz family’s immense wealth “balances out the variables” in this family feud, “essentially pitting social currency against hard currency.””Nelson Peltz…

This photo illustration created on Jan. 7, 2025, in Washington, D.C., shows an image of Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, and an image of the Meta logo.Drew Angerer | AFP | Getty ImagesMeta is back in court, but this time it’s a lone defendant. Opening arguments begin on Monday in a high-profile trial brought by the state of New Mexico against Meta, which allegedly failed to safeguard apps like Facebook and Instagram from online predators who targeted child users, according to Raúl Torrez, the state’s attorney general. Originally filed in 2023, the suit claims that Meta “steered and connected users…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The pastor of Nancy Guthrie’s Arizona church asked congregants to continue praying for her safe return during Sunday morning’s service, saying the church is honoring what the family has asked for during what he described as a “horrific ordeal.”Pastor John Tittle of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church said the congregation continues “to pray and to stand with Nancy Guthrie and her family,” adding the church is seeking “to just honor the family’s privacy and their desires.””It was communicated to me, pray. So we’re gonna keep praying through this horrific ordeal,” Tittle said before…

Several Canadian federal departments say they had “Buy Canadian” policies in place before the mandatory date kicked in for the announcement that Prime Minister Mark Carney had made in the fall. More than half did not have one in place until the implementation date, according to information provided by the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat following Global News’ questions on order paper responses tabled two weeks ago.“While departments started to implement the Prime Minister’s Buy Canadian direction at that time, mandatory requirements under the Buy Canadian policy came into force on December 16, 2025,” a spokesperson for the department said.The…

Behind every leadership battle are the kingmakers who count the numbers and muster support for their preferred candidate.In the current Liberal leadership bout, it’s James Paterson in Angus Taylor’s corner and Alex Hawke still backing Sussan Ley.Both were the numbers people for the contenders when they first faced off against each other last May as well.But, as several Liberal sources note ruefully, when the party room is just 51-strong, it’s not hard to do the numbers – flipping only a few key people in the middle is sufficient.Senator Paterson is part of the millennial generation of politicians and has made…

BEIJING: China on Monday (Feb 9) denied US allegations it had conducted secret nuclear explosive tests, calling them “outright lies” and accusing Washington of making excuses to start up its own trials.At the UN Conference on Disarmament in Geneva on Friday, Thomas DiNanno, US Under Secretary of State for Arms Control accused China of conducting the tests, including one on Jun 22, 2020, and of preparing for more tests with massive yields.”The US allegations are completely groundless and are outright lies. China firmly opposes the US attempt to fabricate excuses for its own restarting of nuclear tests,” China’s Ministry of…