DoorDash’s stock pops on S&P 500 nod. Here’s who else is joining the index.

AppLovin, Coinbase and Interactive Brokers didn’t get chosen in the latest reshuffle

Source: MarketWatch

FAA briefly halts flights to several Florida airports after SpaceX rocket testing failure

It's the second time this year that SpaceX experienced a mishap during a flight test of Starship resulting in debris raining down.

Source: CNBC

Armed Teen Is Stopped From Boarding a Flight in Australia, the Police Say

Passengers and crew held down the 17 year old, who had a shotgun and also claimed to have bombs, until the police arrived, the authorities said.

Source: New York Times

US foreign aid projects asked to justify their work in White House survey

Staff questioned on eccentric list of criteria that meet Trump administration’s new national security priorities

Staff on hundreds of foreign aid projects left in limbo by the Trump administration’s funding …

Source: The Guardian

The hunt for the next Twitter: all the news about alternative social media platforms

It’s been more than two years since Elon Musk officially took over as the owner of Twitter — now X — and while a lot of platforms rushed in to …

Source: The Verge

Dozens killed in Syria after Assad loyalists ambush government forces

Dozens have been killed after Assad loyalists ambushed government forces in Syria’s port city of Latakia during a raid.

Source: Al Jazeera

Tory peer introduced PPE firm to government after Cameron text, Covid inquiry hears

Inquiry looks at contracts worth £50m awarded to company linked to Lord Chadlington after he emailed DHSC adviser

A Conservative peer introduced a company he was involved in to the …

Source: The Guardian

Nigeria: Senator suspended after filing harassment claim

Nigeria's Senate will have just three women after the temporary suspension of Natasha Akpoti Uduaghan. She had filed a sexual harassment claim against Senate President Godswill Akpabio.

Source: Deutsche Welle

Here's what the U.S. State Department's travel advisories mean

The U.S. State Department updated its travel advisory for Turks and Caicos Islands this week to include a warning about the territory's firearms laws.

Source: CBS News

Want to Live Longer, Healthier, and Happier? Then Cultivate Your Social Connections

Chronic loneliness can increase cortisol and inflammation and weaken your immune system, says social scientist Kasley Killiam. She argues it’s time to accept that good quality social connections are a …

Source: Wired

Watch: SpaceX rocket spins out of control in test flight failure

The eight Starship test flight from Elon Musk's private space company did result in another successful catch of the rocket booster.

Source: BBC

Video: SpaceX Starship rocket explodes minutes after launch

Debris streaked across the skies over the Bahamas after the world’s biggest spacecraft exploded, minutes after launch.

Source: Al Jazeera