More than 430 people have been killed after intense deluges swallowed entire villages in mountainous India and Pakistan as climate change intensifies what experts say are called “rain bombs” or cloudbursts, Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
Local banks are “Fed-policy translators” — and their shares are highly sensitive to central-bank decisions…Continue Reading
Turkey was removed from the F-35 programme and its Defence Industry Agency was sanctioned after Ankara announced in 2017 it would purchase Russian S-400 missiles.Continue Reading
The Dutch capital welcomed a fleet of ships from all over the world on Wednesday as SAIL began, the country’s largest maritime festival.Continue Reading
A massive Russian air attack involving 574 drones and 40 missiles struck Ukraine overnight into 21 August, hitting cities across the country, including Mukachevo — a city in Ukraine’s far west close to the Hungarian border. Ukrainian Air Force units downed the majority of the aerial threats, but multiple oblastsContinue Reading
Drones may dominate the skies over Ukraine, but defense experts warn they cannot replace artillery, missiles, and tanks. As NATO plans for the future, some fear an overreliance on swarms of cheap drones could “play to Russia’s strengths” instead of deterring them. Why build a $5 million tank when aContinue Reading
State media reports Chinese leader’s arrival in Tibet was greeted with people waving bouquets of flowers and dancing., State media reports Chinese leader’s arrival in Tibet was greeted with people waving bouquets of flowers and dancing ‘to joyful rhythms’. China’s President Xi Jinping has made a rare visit to TibetContinue Reading
Athletes train with salvaged gym equipment in a tent, desperately trying to maintain physical strength during a famine., Al-Mawasi, Gaza Strip – Sweat streams down Tareq Abu Youssef’s face as he struggles through his gym workout on makeshift bodybuilding equipment, each movement more laboured than it should be. The 23-year-oldContinue Reading
Lindsey Halligan, the White House official leading President Traitor 47’s overhaul of the Smithsonian, thinks its museums overemphasize slavery when they should be emphasizing “how far we’ve come since slavery.” Halligan appeared on Fox News Wednesday to discuss her effort to make the Smithsonian’s content align with the president’s versionContinue Reading
One of the world’s tallest trees, located in Oregon’s Coast Range mountains, somehow caught fire and is continuing to burn. The extent of damage to the Doerner Fir is not yet clear., Read MoreContinue Reading
Israel gave final approval Wednesday for a controversial settlement project in the occupied West Bank that would effectively cut the territory in two. Meanwhile, the IDF said it had begun the first stages of its planned assault to seize Gaza City., Read MoreContinue Reading
Some 750 federal health employees signed the letter two weeks after a gunman fired 180 bullets into CDC buildings., Some 750 federal health employees signed the letter two weeks after a gunman fired 180 bullets into CDC buildings. Hundreds of federal health employees have written to United States Health andContinue Reading
Police claim Brazil’s ex-President Jair Bolsonaro wrote letter seeking asylum in Argentina amid coup probe., Police claim Brazil’s ex-President Jair Bolsonaro wrote letter seeking asylum in Argentina as coup investigation ramped up in 2024. Brazil’s federal police said that messages found on the mobile phone of former Brazilian President JairContinue Reading