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Aug 26, 2025, 12:46 PM ETNEW YORK — Iga Swiatek is off to a strong start on her quest to win a second straight major as she beat Emiliana Arango of Colombia 6-1, 6-2 on Tuesday. She marched into Round 2 in exactly one hour, looking every inch the favorite to double her US Open tally, having earned the title here in 2022. Next up, she will play Suzan Lamens of the Netherlands on Thursday.Editor’s Picks2 RelatedSwiatek has now won 16 of her last 17 matches, a run that includes her first Wimbledon title and a victory at the Cincinnati…

Third time was the charm on Tuesday for the launch of SpaceX’s Starship megarocket after the launch had been scrubbed two times in as many days. The success of this 10th flight proved the spacecraft had overcome its past failures key to the Mars rocket’s reusable design.The stainless steel behemoth, 403ft (123 meters) tall, lifted off from the company’s Starbase in southern Texas at 6.30pm local time (2330 GMT), to loud cheers from engineering teams, a webcast showed. This mission was to be a test of the ship’s new heat shield tiles and satellite deployment abilities, among hundreds of other…

new video loaded: Journalist Mariam Dagga Killed in GazaBy Shawn Paik•August 26, 2025Colleagues mourned Mariam Dagga, the visual reporter who was among the five journalists killed on Monday by Israeli strikes on a southern Gaza hospital.Recent episodes in InternationalInternational video coverage from The New York Times.International video coverage from The New York Times.Show more videos from International

Running back Elijah Mitchell of the Kansas City Chiefs runs during the first half of a preseason game between the Chiefs and Arizona Cardinals on Aug. 9, 2025 in Glendale, Ariz. (Photo by Bruce Yeung/Getty Images)Getty Images Elijah Mitchell is in, and Carson Steele is out. Those are the final results, following Tuesday’s mandated cut down to 53 players. “Everybody can’t make the team,” Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid said. “It’s a tough day. That’s not part of the job you like, but inevitably you got to almost cut half a team. So, that’s not an easy thing.”…

Microsoft president Brad Smith hosted an impromptu press conference on Tuesday afternoon, just hours after protesters gained access to a building at the company’s headquarters and held a sit-in demonstration inside his office.Seated on the edge of his desk, in the office that had been occupied by protesters earlier that day, Smith addressed a group of reporters and viewers on a live stream. “Obviously, this was an unusual day,” he said, the camera shaking as he spoke.The protesters were part of the No Azure for Apartheid group, which on several occasions this year interrupted Microsoft’s public presentations to demand that…

SpaceX’s mega rocket Starship makes a test flight from Starbase, Texas, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. Eric Gay/AP hide caption toggle caption Eric Gay/AP SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket racked up some much-needed successes on its 10th test flight, hitting key test objectives and breaking a streak of failures that bedeviled the spaceship this year. The silver and black two-stage rocket, which stands about 400 feet tall, blasted off from the SpaceX facility in south Texas near Boca Chica Beach right when the launch window opened at 7:30 pm ET on Tuesday evening. The largest and most powerful rocket ever built, Starship…

@taylorswiftPop superstar Taylor Swift has announced she is engaged to her partner Travis Kelce.In a post on Instagram on Tuesday, Swift wrote: “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married.”She accompanied the post with photos showing Kansas City Chiefs star Kelce proposing to Swift.The photos showed the pair embracing and holding hands, showing her diamond engagement ring.The post had more than 18 million likes within four hours.Fellow celebrities were also swift to congratulate the pair, including singer Avril Lavigne and supermodel Cara Delevingne on Instagram.Kelce’s team declared “today is a fairy tale” in a post on X. “Congrats…

Will SmaleBusiness reporter, BBC NewsCainCalifornian winery Cain makes a red wine that is a blend of two consecutive yearsIn the world of wine vintage is king. If you are buying a bottle of red, white or rosé then the specific year of the grape harvest is almost always written on the label.By contrast, non-vintage still wine – that made by blending two or more years – is seen as very downmarket, something cheap and not cheerful. And it is significantly rarer.Yet with climate change hitting vineyards around the world with more extreme weather, a small but growing number of quality-conscious…

If you’ve ever felt like you wanted a little corner of the world to yourself, a place where you can find absolute peace, now’s your chance.  In August, Pathfinder Ranches in Wyoming, one of the largest ranches in the Rocky Mountains, hit the market. The property stretches on for a stunning 916,076 acres, accounting for about 1 percent of the state’s total landmass—larger than the entire state of Rhode Island. “Pathfinder offers a rare combination of scale, water, wildlife, and history. Devil’s Gate and Independence Rock anchor the landscape, while segments of the Oregon, Mormon, California, and Pony Express Trails…

Australian police are continuing a massive search for a heavily armed man suspected of shooting and killing two officers in a rural town.Ten police officers were fired upon on Tuesday after travelling to the property in Porepunkah – about 300km (186 miles) north-east of Melbourne – to execute a warrant for alleged sexual offences.Almost 24 hours later, police have named the suspect as local man Dezi Freeman, 56, and confirmed he is “still at large”.Police have deployed officers, a helicopter and armoured vehicles to the area and warned locals to stay inside until Mr Freeman is caught. “We are pouring…