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Travellers should think twice about visiting ‘the land of the free’. The border between Mexico and the US (above). Photo: Reuters/Mike Blake
DONALD TRUMP

US Army unfurls miles of fencing along border with Mexico

The military deployment is set to wrap up December 15 and it is not clear what will become of the wire fencing

  • Thomas Watkins
5 min read
In 2020, another mission will see NASA send a rover to Mars that aims to determine the habitability of the Martian environment, search for signs of ancient life, and assess natural resources and hazards for future human explorers.
MARS MISSION

NASA wants people on Mars within 25 years

With today’s rocket technology, it would take an astronaut up to nine months to reach Mars

  • Thomas Watkins
3 min read
On Wednesday
DONALD TRUMP

US-led strikes steer clear of Russian military

Pentagon planners are taking pains to avoid hitting Russian military assets.

  • Anna Malpas
  • Thomas Watkins
4 min read
ABC

Weather break to help battle California firestorm

After three days of a vicious firestorm, exhausted firefighters and weary residents looked forward on Wednesday to a break — an expected slackening of the gale-force winds that…

  • Gillian Flaccus
4 min read
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER

Thousands flee monster California wildfires

Thousands more people were ordered to evacuate their homes on Tuesday, bringing the number of people chased away by the wind-whipped flames that have engulfed southern California…

  • Gillian Flaccus
  • Allison Hoffman and Gillian Flaccus
4 min read