A Japanese billionaire has returned to Earth after 12 days spent on the International Space Station, where he made videos about how to go to the toilet in zero-gravity. Addressing his one million followers on YouTube, online fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa said “peeing is very easy,” as he demonstrated a handheld funnel astronauts use to suck urine away. With a Russian also onboard, the journey marked Moscow’s return to space tourism after a decade-long pause.
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‘Tesla baby’ born in smart car
A Philadelphia mother has given birth in the front seat of an electric smart car while it was driving on autopilot. The Philadelphia Inquirer said the delivery took place while Yiran Sherry, 33, and her husband Keating Sherry, 34, were taking their three-year-old son Rafa to pre-school. She remembered thinking: “Should I push or should I hold? Fuck it, let’s do this.” The infant is believed to be the first ‘Tesla baby’.
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Film reviews: ‘Send Help’ and ‘Private Life’Feature An office doormat is stranded alone with her awful boss and a frazzled therapist turns amateur murder investigator
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Movies to watch in Februarythe week recommends Time travelers, multiverse hoppers and an Iraqi parable highlight this month’s offerings during the depths of winter
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ICE’s facial scanning is the tip of the surveillance icebergIN THE SPOTLIGHT Federal troops are increasingly turning to high-tech tracking tools that push the boundaries of personal privacy
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Israel retrieves final hostage’s body from GazaSpeed Read The 24-year-old police officer was killed during the initial Hamas attack
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China’s Xi targets top general in growing purgeSpeed Read Zhang Youxia is being investigated over ‘grave violations’ of the law
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Panama and Canada are negotiating over a crucial copper mineIn the Spotlight Panama is set to make a final decision on the mine this summer
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Why Greenland’s natural resources are nearly impossible to mineThe Explainer The country’s natural landscape makes the task extremely difficult
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Iran cuts internet as protests escalateSpeed Reada Government buildings across the country have been set on fire
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US nabs ‘shadow’ tanker claimed by RussiaSpeed Read The ship was one of two vessels seized by the US military
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How Bulgaria’s government fell amid mass protestsThe Explainer The country’s prime minister resigned as part of the fallout
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Femicide: Italy’s newest crimeThe Explainer Landmark law to criminalise murder of a woman as an ‘act of hatred’ or ‘subjugation’ but critics say Italy is still deeply patriarchal
