No balloon is 'environmentally friendly' and every released balloon becomes litter and can be harmful, according to a study. Do you really want to celebrate a birthday or graduation or commemorate a loved one with plastic waste?

The three still-unidentified aerial objects shot down by the US in the past week likely had merely a “benign purpose”, the White House acknowledged on Tuesday, drawing a distinction between them and the massive Chinese balloon that earlier traversed ...

China said on Monday that more than 10 US high-altitude balloons have flown in its airspace without its permission during the past year, following Washington’s accusation that Beijing operates a fleet of surveillance balloons around the world.