- NBC Sports Chicago
Grifol says no one deserves blame for blown leads vs. Cubs
White Sox manager Pedro Grifol isn’t pointing any fingers after his team blew a big lead to the Cubs for the second game in a rowGrifol says no one deserves blame for blown leads vs. Cubs originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago
- The Independent
Starship launch - live: SpaceX set to launch world’s biggest rocket in crucial test of Mars ambitions
SpaceX will attempt to launch its massive Starship rocket on Thursday, in what will be a critical test of Elon Musk’s hopes of colonising Mars. The 120-metre rocket is the biggest and most powerful spacecraft ever built, capable of producing 7.5 million kilograms of thrust – roughly double that of Nasa’s Space Launch System (SLS). The fourth major flight test comes less than three months after SpaceX successfully launched a Starship prototype into orbit but failed to return it to Earth.
- The Independent
King Charles says obligation to remember sacrifices of D-Day veterans ‘can never diminish’
King Charles III has said the obligation to remember the sacrifices of D-Day veterans “can never diminish”. The monarch spoke at Britain’s commemorative event in Normandy marking the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings on Thursday 6 June. “Our ability to learn from their stories first-hand diminishes, but our obligation to remember them, what they stood for and what they achieved for us all, can never diminish.”
