Europe rejoins space race, but new rocket’s flight ends in anomaly

Finally, the time has come: Europe’s long-awaited rocket is launching into space. At 3 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday — a decade after the European Space Agency set in motion a plan for a powerful new vehicle that would carry the continent’s ambitions into orbit — Ariane 6 lifted off from the launch pad at … Read more

Hezbollah fires 200 rockets at Israel to avenge killing of its top commander

Unlock Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, editor-in-chief of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Hezbollah said it had fired more than 200 rockets into northern Israel in retaliation for an Israeli airstrike that killed one of its top commanders, as tensions between the two sides rose sharply on Thursday. The … Read more