3 h. ago Young women are ditching clubbing for... plane spotting! The influencers who say watching aircraft take off and tracking flight data is like 'therapy'

A group of glamorous young women are giving the pastime a new lease of life in the UK through a combination of 'get ready with mes', aviation clubs and aesthetically pleasing TikTok accounts.

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5 d. ago Flight tracker shows Venezuela airspace after Trump orders shutdown

Flight Radar shows airlines diverting away from Venezuela after Donald Trump told airlines to consider the airspace closed.

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6 d. ago Navy's 'Doomsday plane' vanishes over the Atlantic during mysterious mission

Flight-tracking data showed the Navy's 'Doomsday Plane' taking off near Washington, DC on Friday morning and soaring over the Atlantic before disappearing.

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6 d. ago Navy's 'Doomsday plane' goes dark on secret Atlantic mission

Flight-tracking data showed the Navy's 'Doomsday Plane' taking off near Washington, DC on Friday morning and soaring over the Atlantic before disappearing.

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3 w. ago Robyn: Dopamine review – complex emotions, instant euphoria: no wonder pop’s A

(Young)After 2018’s mellow Honey, the beloved Swede’s heady comeback pairs production worthy of Daft Punk and Moroder with deep romantic realismAt the end of last year, during her triumphant gig at the O2, Charli xcx brought Robyn out onstage. In a sense, it was just the latest in a series of guest appearances on the Brat tour: a string of collaborators from the album and its ensuing remixes – Lorde, Billie Eilish, Troye Sivan and Addison Rae among them – had turned up at different shows to perform their parts live. But as well as contributing her verse to their remix of 360, Robyn also took centre stage, performing her peerless 2010 single Dancing on My Own. Released when at least some of Charli xcx’s audience were still in nappies, it didn’t sound remotely like a throwback even in the context of a gig based around one of 2024’s most acclaimed and agenda-setting pop albums: the star of the show’s willingness to cede the spotlight to her felt like evidence of Robyn’s influence over ...

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3 w. ago Rugby World Cup ‘heartbreak’ but then ‘a cool feeling’: New Zealand duo Liana Mikaele

The Black Ferns pair arrive at Harlequins eager to put semi-final defeat behind them and ‘to see how this side of the world plays’There’s a certain aura that surrounds New Zealand rugby players. Liana Mikaele-Tu’u and Layla Sae have all the athleticism, talent and professionalism that come with being a Black Fern but during a joint interview at Harlequins’ training ground in Surrey, what stands out most is their humility, refreshing honesty and wicked sense of humour.The duo have signed for the Premiership Women’s Rugby (PWR) club until March. Sae, fresh off the plane from New Zealand, could make her debut against Exeter Chiefs on Sunday, while Mikaele-Tu’u already has a few appearances under her belt after joining a few weeks earlier. Continue reading...

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last month Flight tracker shows moment of ‘catastrophic’ UPS plane crash

A flight tracker captured the moment a UPS plane crashed during takeoff from an airport in Louisville, Kentucky.

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