The Virgin Group founder’s exclusive hideaway has hosted celebrities like Barack Obama, Harry Styles, and Kate Winslet – and now individual rooms are available to book for the first time too

Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787 flight from London to New York was powered without using fossil fuels, relying on so-called sustainable aviation fuel made up largely of tallow and other waste fats.

Citadel exec Ken Griffin manages over US$60 billion and is the 36th richest person in the world – now he’s building the biggest estate in Florida, which will dwarf Donald Trump’s signature resort

From a Garrard cross bought by Kim Kardashian for almost US$200,000 to a Warm & Wonderful jumper she wore to one of then-Prince Charles’ polo games – which Diana item fetched the most at auction?

The passengers, who got to experience a few minutes of weightlessness, included ex-UK Olympian Jon Goodwin and a mother-daughter duo from the Caribbean.

From Italy’s Lake Como, where Hollywood stars including George Clooney have villas, to monster hunters’ favourite Loch Ness, and Dal Lake, in India’s Himalayas, we survey 9 of the world’s most beautiful lakes.

The likes of Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic and OceanGate have made daring adventures available to the ultra-rich but, unlike Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson, most wealthy travellers prefer exclusivity without the risk.

The Galactic 01 mission took Italian Air Force pilots 85km above sea level, where they enjoyed several minutes of weightlessness.

Readers discuss the international reaction to the hanging in Singapore of a man convicted of a drug offence, nations’ failure to prioritise peace, and the Hong Kong equality watchdog’s sensitivity to potential discrimination.

Tangaraju Suppiah, 46, was hanged at Changi Prison Complex on Wednesday. His execution came despite a concerted local and international effort to persuade the Singapore government to grant him clemency.

Singapore criticised UK billionaire Richard Branson for saying authorities ‘may be about to kill an innocent man’ over one kilogram of cannabis, stating his remarks were ‘patently untrue’, and the guilt of Tangaraju Suppiaht had been proven beyond reasonable doubt.

Tangaraju Suppiah is expected to be hanged on Wednesday for a 2017 conviction, but billionaire Richard Branson said the case against Tangaraju was circumstantial and that Singapore ‘may be about to kill an innocent man’.

Tangaraju Suppiah was sentenced to death for conspiring to smuggle 1kg of cannabis and will die on Wednesday unless the authorities change position. In some nations, including Thailand, cannabis has been decriminalised.

Two Japanese companies emerged as among the top six creditors when UK billionaire Richard Branson’s space company went bankrupt this week.

Malaysia’s move has raised hopes other Southeast Asian countries can follow suit.

Artist Ernest Chang’s Hong Kong show, the result of his obsession with Mars and the notion of escape during the pandemic, explores space and our unhealthy relationship with consumerism.

Ravi had made allegations of improper conduct by prosecutors after he helped a Malaysian drug convict escape the gallows on review.

When the Obamas entered the White House in 2008, they had a net worth of US$1.3 million; today, it’s estimated at US$70 million … so how have they made and spent their fortune so far?

Jim Kwik – the world’s best-known ‘brain coach’, who has worked with Jim Carrey, Bill Clinton and others – says we need to safeguard our mental health in a technology-reliant world.

Home-grown rocket Nuri was developed by looking at pictures of SpaceX’s Merlin engine and ‘using it as a point of reference for design’, said the director of the Korea Aerospace Research Institute.

Pop stars, actors, sportsmen and TV personalities have lent their star power to restaurants, hotels, vineyards, delis, even airlines.

China’s Yutu 2 moon rover is ‘in great shape’ as it prepares to learn more about the moon’s far side.

Passenger pod makes three trips through vacuum tube at Chinese facility as part of project to develop superconducting maglev trains that can travel at 1,000km/h.

Rocket launched by a Virgin Orbit 747 aircraft failed to deploy its nine satellites as planned.

Virgin Orbit, part-owned by billionaire Richard Branson, plans to use a modified Boeing 747 with a rocket attached beneath its wing; fewer than 10 nations currently send satellites into orbit from home soil.

More tragedy in Thailand over massacre at nursery, murder of South Korean subway worker by her stalker, brazen attack on Filipino broadcast journalist.

The billionaire aviation disrupter will launch satellites into space from Cornwall in the southwest of England for the first time; previously they have needed to be sent to foreign spaceports.

Some marriages aren’t meant to last, even among celebrities … meet the stars who tied the knot and divorced multiple times, from Kim K and J. Lo to Angelina Jolie, Tom Cruise and Elizabeth Taylor