One proposal from the The Traitor administration suggested funding research on crime against Afrikaners in South Africa Published August 8, 2026 6:00AM (EDT) South African President Cyril Ramaphosa with Traitor 47 at the White House, May 21, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) This article originally appeared on ProPublica. Since he returnedContinue Reading
Amazon is quietly trying to build the biggest gas power plant in the country. The Distilled newsletter reported Friday that the megacorporation has bought land and acquired permits in Pecos County, Texas, for an AI data center powered by a 7.65 gigawatt gas power plant. The plant will be completelyContinue Reading
Iran is betting that military pressure will ultimately force the United States to accept Tehran’s control over the Strait of Hormuz — and that time is on its side. But its strategy carries risks., Read MoreContinue Reading
Football star Lionel Messi returned to Argentina with his family on Saturday, a day after his father died., NewsFeed Football superstar Lionel Messi returned to Rosario, Argentina with his family on Saturday, a day after his father and longtime agent Jorge Messi died aged 68. His cause of death hasn’tContinue Reading
Senior Iranian security official sets broader conditions for reopening Hormuz., Zolghadr position goes beyond parts of the June 17 US-Iran memorandum of understanding. Iran’s Supreme National Security Council has set out new conditions it says the United States must meet before the Strait of Hormuz can fully reopen. Mohammad BagherContinue Reading
Kagi has released a new beta of Orion for Linux, a WebKitGTK-based port of its popular browser for macOS and IOS. Orion for Linux v0.4.1 builds on the v0.3.0 public beta, released in May, adding more features found on its macOS and iOS versions and improving existing ones. The newContinue Reading
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 9 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by aContinue Reading
Berlin officials and LGBTQ community members unveil a rainbow bench and plant a maple tree in Tiergarten to honour victims of the CSD attack.Continue Reading
The sun last set at the geographic South Pole on 23 March and will not rise until 21 September.Continue Reading
One September day, it started to snow inside MIT’s Pierce Laboratory. Researchers depressurized a tank of liquid carbon dioxide (CO2), instantly freezing it and releasing solid flakes. These were blended into cement paste and pressed into discs roughly the size of a dime, each sealed with a thin layer ofContinue Reading
Utah wildfire suppression efforts continued, with containment standing at 24 percent., Utah wildfire response continues despite loss of helicopter crew, with containment standing at 24 percent. A pilot and one crew member have been confirmed dead after their firefighting helicopter crashed while battling a massive wildfire in central Utah. TheContinue Reading
Palestinians near Bethlehem describe daily settler attacks as violence rises across the West Bank., NewsFeed Palestinians near Bethlehem describe daily settler attacks as violence rises across the West Bank. Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh reports that with elections looming, Israel’s right-wing government has an incentive to keep settlers happy, with theirContinue Reading
Several enormous Megalodon vertebrae thought to have been destroyed in 1989 were found sitting unnoticed on a museum shelf. Their analysis strengthens evidence that the giant shark could exceed 24 meters (79 feet) in length and live for nearly a century. Researchers also estimate that its newborns may have measuredContinue Reading