Russia risks losing part of its grain harvest as Ukraine’s refinery strikes dry up diesel
Russia’s harvest is running out of the diesel its own war burned up: Ukrainian strikes on oil refineries and depots have left combines idle just as the grain ripens, The Moscow Times reported. The shortage runs from the southern grain belt to Siberia, and the harvest window is days wide. The countryContinue Reading
With a 2-to-1 edge, Russia shrank its offensive from 13 fronts to 6, Syrskyi says
Russia’s large-scale offensive in the first half of 2026 failed to achieve any of its stated objectives despite holding an almost two-to-one advantage in personnel and equipment, Ukraine’s Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said after reviewing the Armed Forces’ performance over the first six months of the year. According to Syrskyi, RussianContinue Reading
“Exposing Instagram’s Darkest Secret”: BBC’s Divya Arya on Ads for Child Sex Abuse Material in India
A new investigation from the BBC is accusing Instagram of running paid ads in India promoting child sexual abuse material. BBC senior correspondent Divya Arya explains how Instagram’s AI-powered review process frequently fails to flag content suggesting illegal and abusive activity, and how the platform’s profit-driven algorithms boost accounts payingContinue Reading
Linux Mint Now Considers Wayland Stable
Among the mainstream Linux distros, Linux Mint has been an outlier, spending many years easing Cinnamon and its users, into Wayland one careful step at a time while other distributions like Ubuntu and Fedora made it the default experience. Now, that patience is paying off, as the project’s June updateContinue Reading
On-Orbit Checkouts in Progress for Mission to Boost NASA’s Swift
Commissioning is well underway for Katalyst’s robotic servicing spacecraft LINK, which is designed to boost the orbit of NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory. After a July 3 launch that delivered LINK into orbit as expected, the spacecraft remains healthy. The Katalyst team established contact with LINK that same day andContinue Reading
EPA promised a Make America Healthy Again agenda. It has yet to materialize, frustrating activists
After Make America Healthy Again activists drew up a petition to get him fired, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin pledged to release a formal agenda of MAHA priorities his agency would pursue, Read MoreContinue Reading
Space Runs in the Family
From Earth orbit to the Moon and Mars, explore the world of human spaceflight with NASA each week on the official podcast of the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Listen to in-depth conversations with the astronauts, scientists and engineers who make it possible. On episode 428, NASA astronaut AnilContinue Reading
The Traitor refuses to sign landmark housing bill, taking aim at GOP
The bill is still expected to become law despite the president’s protest of congressional inaction over an unrelated elections bill…Continue Reading
Europe cracks down on e-scooter menace | DW News
Rising accident numbers mean many European cities are tightening the rules on e-scooters. Paris has banned them altogether and Germany is now introducing stricter rules for e-scooter rental companies. We take a closer look at the situation in Paris and Brussels and find out more from Dorottya Szemere, former chairContinue Reading
Spain wildfire near Almeria kills 11 and sparks major evacuations
Spain is battling a deadly wildfire in Los Gallardos, near Almeria, where at least 11 people had died by 10 July after flames swept through a semi-arid area near the Sierra de los Filabres., Read MoreContinue Reading