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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Stratolaunch, one of the world’s largest aircraft, which is intended to launch payloads rockets into Earth's orbit, successfully carried out taxi tests on a runway in the Mojave Desert just days before the project’s founder and driving force Paul Allen died, the company said in a statement on Friday.

Contrary to conventional wisdom, sleeping with a former partner might not be such a bad idea, according to a new study. In fact, it might help you to recover from the breakup itself.

A plane from Argentina’s flag air carrier, Aerolineas Argentinas, hit some nasty turbulence during a trip from Miami, Florida, to Buenos Aires on Thursday. The rough ride began just as lunch was being served, sending food, trays and people flying. Eight passengers were hospitalized as a result.

While cinemas are rolling out high-budget thrillers and horror movies in anticipation of Halloween, this US police department came up with its own short "horror" flick, shot in broad daylight…

Bewildered netizens rather expected to see bears freely hanging around a park in the northern Russian city of Kemerovo, and literally gasped as they saw a gigantic pair of elephants peacefully playing catch-up with a number of people around.

Haley made her remarks soon after Democratic Senator for Massachusetts Elizabeth Warren published the results of her DNA tests, reportedly proving her Native American roots. Trump dismissed them as bogus, however.

An alleged UFO has apparently crashed a morning weather forecast, which was broadcast live on Argentina’s News C5n.

Then House of Representatives candidate Greg Gianforte became embroiled in a scandal just days prior to special elections after he attacked a Guardian journalist. Gianforte later apologized for his actions and won the election, despite the incident.

New York movie director Jimmy Mehiel has embarked on a documentary about sex robots and so opted for a curious experiment by making a profile for a well-known sex robot, Harmony, on Tinder.

Less than two weeks from Halloween, George W. Bush's daughter Jenna Bush Hager has shared a creepy ghost story with reference to a perfectly real and still functioning building – that of the White House, where she and her sister Barbara lived at some point in the past.

The controversial advert is the lead-in to a documentary called Dying to Live, which addresses the lack of organ donor registrations in Australia.

Meet Elena Rosso, a stunning and inspiring woman from Copenhagen, who has frequently been referred to as a real life Barbie. “I am my own inspiration,” she told Sputnik in an interview, going on to detail her uplifting life credo.

The Lebanese participant of the Miss Earth pageant was stripped of her title after a photo of her and her Israeli rival emerged on social media.

The search for the Boeing has been going on since 2014, but without much success. A British producer recently claimed to have found the plane's remains on Google Maps and is preparing an expedition into Cambodian jungle to check if he is right.

Social media users have recently been using misleading headlines for celebrity gossip stories to encourage voter registration ahead of the November 6 midterm elections in the United States.

Longtime critic of the US president, former talk show host Rosie O’Donnell has opened up on MSNBC about her depression after Donald Trump was elected.

Over the weekend, rapper T.I. drew the US first lady’s ire after he tweeted a video, featuring a woman, who strikingly resembled Melania Trump, baring it all in the White House.

China recently unveiled its first “firefighting” train that can arrive at emergency sites immediately after the outbreak of fire, Global Times Online reported Monday.

A white woman from Charleston, South Carolina, was named "Gas Station Gail" by netizens this week after she was filmed calling the cops on a group of black residents participating in an anti-violence march in the area.

A 14-year-old Texas teen’s joyride came to a screeching halt after his mother, fully equipped with a belt, was tipped off and caught him on the highway – and of course his older sister was present to record the incident.