Europe launches Hera asteroid probe on SpaceX rocketMission to conduct post-impact survey of Nasa's Dart collision
US Supreme Court kicks off new term with important cases aheadFirst major case comes on Tuesday concerning 'ghost guns'
Nobel prize for medicine awarded to US scientists Ambros, Ruvkun The winners for this category receive a prize sum of $1.1 million
Weather may delay launch of mission to study deflected asteroidThe probe will head off on a mission to inspect the damage a Nasa spacecraft did to an asteroid when it smashed into it in 2022
As Great Salt Lake dries, Utah Republicans pardon Trump climate scepticismNo Democrat has won a presidential election in Utah since 1964
Kamala Harris, on popular podcast, rejects Republican digs at childless womenThe US vice-president joined the podcast for a conversation focused on reproductive rights, sexual abuse and student loans
Brazil votes in local elections with eyes on 2026 presidential showdownAll eyes are on the mayoral vote in Sao Paulo where three candidates are running neck and neck, setting the stage for a second-round runoff on October 27
Trump on the stump, Harris hits airwaves in razor-edge US electionPolls have the Republican and Democrat candidates neck and neck, fuelling a high-cost scramble for each and every wavering voter in the seven key states
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson refuses to say Trump lost 2020 electionTrump, who lost to Biden in 2020 and falsely claimed the elections were unfair, faces Harris in the November 5 elections
Chinese hackers breached US court wiretap systems: ReportChina's foreign ministry responds it is not aware of the attack