US midterms: Musk jokes about ‘space lasers’ after nearly $500m bet fails
The world’s richest man became the biggest individual donor in a US election cycle, and his main Senate candidate lost in Texas
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US midterms: Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan to become first Muslim US senator
The Democrat beat Mike Rogers after a campaign in which Trump called him a ‘jihadist’ and a fellow Democrat endorsed his rival
US midterms: ‘Americans said no to war,’ Iran’s parliament speaker says
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf warned Washington not to ignore the vote, as Trump says the war will end when he says so
US midterms: Trump congratulates Democrats, says he’d have won on the ballot
He blamed Republican candidates and warned he would ‘veto everything’ if the new majority does not work with him
US midterms: Democrats win Senate and House in major rebuke to Trump
They took seven Senate seats including Texas and Maine, and will hold full control of Congress from January for the first time since 2023
Canva shakes up 22% of its jobs, with layoffs and moves to Sydney
Chief executive Melanie Perkins says the design company needs to be ‘refounded’, in changes affecting 1,271 people
NASA seeks ideas to save Hubble before it falls to Earth around 2033
The 36-year-old telescope still works well, and administrator Jared Isaacman says it deserves the effort
Spain’s transport minister resigns six days after train crash killed 69
Óscar Puente told Congress he could not stay after two such disasters in a year, and also quit as a candidate in this month’s general election
US midterms: Three NASA astronauts vote from the space station
Anil Menon says he, Luke Delaney and Jessica Watkins filled out electronic ballots, and his sleeping quarters served as the voting booth
Europe’s Hera probe gets first sight of the asteroid NASA hit in 2022
The spacecraft is closing in to measure what the deliberate crash did, in a test of how to defend Earth from asteroids
