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Conflicts

Smoke rising from Nizhnekamsk Taneco oil refinery after Ukrainian drone strike, August 10 2026

Ukraine Drone Kills 13 at Nizhnekamsk Oil Hub, Hitting Workers’ Hostel

August 11, 2026

A Ukrainian drone attack on Nizhnekamsk in Russia's Tatarstan region killed 13 people, including migrant workers from Uzbekistan sleeping in a hostel, and struck the Taneco oil refinery — one of the deadliest strikes on Russian soil in four years of war.

President Trump pictured ahead of the secret Ankara security operation during which he was transferred via catering truck to a military C-32A, July 2026

Trump Slipped Out of Turkey in Catering Truck as Decoy Air Force One Flew Press Corps

August 11, 2026

Donald Trump secretly switched planes in Turkey via an airport catering truck

Israeli airstrike damage in southern Lebanon village August 2026

Israeli Army Destroys Homes, Sets Orchards on Fire in Southern Lebanon

August 11, 2026

Israeli forces struck homes in three villages in southern Lebanon and deployed

Damage from Houthi ballistic missile attacks on Yemen's Mocha port, August 2026

Trump Says US Is ‘Only Semi-Negotiating’ With Iran as Houthis Strike Yemen Port

August 10, 2026

President Trump described US-Iran talks as 'only semi-negotiating' while Iran's foreign minister

Epstein Files

What Are the Epstein Files

The Epstein Files are government records from federal investigations into Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking network, partially released under a 2025 transparency law and partially still withheld. Key documents about powerful figures remain

by Amanda Graham

August 10, 2026

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche who oversaw the Epstein files release and faces Senate confirmation vote

State AG Files Federal Suit to Pry Epstein Files from DOJ

New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez has filed a federal lawsuit against the Justice Department over Epstein files, as Acting AG Todd Blanche concedes redaction mistakes and an NPR investigation finds Trump-linked

by News Room

Jeffrey Epstein files as the DOJ faces scrutiny over blocking a 2015 DEA drug probe memo

Epstein Files Shadow Massachusetts Senate Race as DOJ Blocks Key Drug Probe Memo

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche testifies at his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing July 2026

Blanche Hands Judge Disputed Epstein Documents at Last Minute as Court Scrutiny Deepens

Larry Summers former US Treasury Secretary whose 2013 Middle East briefing surfaced in Epstein files

Larry Summers’ 2013 Middle East Briefing Surfaces in Epstein Files

Opinion

Sheikh Hasina Returns: Unafraid, Unbowed, Unbroken

When Sheikh Hasina picked up the phone from her exile home in Delhi and told Reuters that she and her senior Awami League colleagues plan to return to Bangladesh this December, her

by Syed Mozammel Ali

July 27, 2026

Government & Politics

Sheikh Hasina, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, photographed in New Delhi during her exile

Will Sheikh Hasina Actually Go to Bangladesh?

Sheikh Hasina announced on the second anniversary of her ouster that she plans to return to Bangladesh in December 2026, despite a death sentence and more than 600 criminal cases. The gap

August 11, 2026

by News Room

Trump Signs New Birthright Citizenship Orders on Birth Tourism After Supreme Court Loss

President Trump signed two executive orders August 6 targeting birthright citizenship and

by Synthia Rozario

Ninth Circuit Strips Social Media Giants of Section 230 Defense in Addiction Lawsuits

The Ninth Circuit ruled Monday that Section 230 cannot shield Meta, TikTok,

by Dilnaz Shaikh

Trump Media Posts $238M Quarterly Loss as Crypto Bets Backfire, Nuclear Pivot Advances

Trump Media filed a $238M Q2 net loss on $1.7M revenue Monday

by Amanda Graham

Trump Signs Order Breaking Up Childhood Vaccine Schedule, Citing Autism

August 11, 2026

Iran’s Supreme Leader Meets With President in 1st Media Appearance Since Start of Conflict

August 11, 2026

ICE Force-Fed Kurdish Detainee Gabar Choli for Eight Months Before Deporting Him

August 10, 2026

Trump Endorsement on the Line as Darline Graham Faces Norman in SC Senate Primary

August 10, 2026

Horoscope

Horoscope Today, 11 August 2026: Mars Enters Cancer Hours Before The Total Solar Eclipse, And Every Zodiac Sign Feels The Turn

Horoscope today, 11 August 2026, is the last full day before the sky rearranges itself. At 2:01 p.m. IST on Tuesday, Mars leaves Gemini

by Internet Desk

August 11, 2026

Horoscope today 9 August 2026 showing Mercury entering Leo and the Moon crossing into Cancer for all 12 zodiac signs

Horoscope Today, 9 August 2026: The Last Quiet Sky Before the Total Solar Eclipse in Leo

by Internet Desk

August 9, 2026

Horoscope today 8 August 2026 showing the waning Gemini Moon and the Leo Sun trine Saturn retrograde in Aries for all 12 zodiac signs

Horoscope Today, 8 August 2026: The Last Clear Day Before the Leo Eclipse

by Internet Desk

August 8, 2026

Horoscope today 7 August 2026 showing Venus entering Libra as the Gemini Moon meets Uranus for all 12 zodiac signs

Horoscope Today, 7 August 2026: Venus Returns Home to Libra Five Days Before the Leo Solar Eclipse

by Internet Desk

August 7, 2026

Sports

Rodri during the 2026 summer transfer window as Barcelona pursue the Manchester City midfielder

Barcelona Close In on Rodri After Matching Man City’s €70m Price

Barcelona matched Manchester City's €70 million asking price for Rodri with a €65m plus add-ons offer, their third bid after two rejections. Sporting director

11 Aug

by Akihito Muranaka

India and Pakistan FIH Hockey World Cup 2026 Pool D Belgium Netherlands

India and Pakistan Land in Same Pool as FIH Hockey World Cup Opens in Four Days

India and Pakistan are drawn into Pool D of the 2026 FIH Hockey World Cup alongside England and Wales, opening August 15 across co-hosts

11 Aug

by Amanda Graham

Hardik Pandya as Mumbai Indians captain during IPL 2026

Hardik Pandya IPL Trade: KKR Leads Five-Franchise Chase as Mumbai Indians Weigh Reset

Kolkata Knight Riders lead a seven-franchise pursuit of Hardik Pandya, with CSK tabling Shivam Dube and Dewald Brevis plus cash and Delhi Capitals exploring

11 Aug

by Jennifer Hicks

Australia vs England Ashes 2025 Test cricket series scorecard

Australian Men’s Cricket Team vs England Cricket Team Match Scorecard: Ashes 2025, Ben Stokes Retirement and the 2025-26 Test Rebuild

Australia won the Ashes 2025 series 4-1, with Travis Head's three centuries and 629 runs the defining batting performance — the full scorecard and

11 Aug

by Sports Desk

Pakistan vs India ICC cricket T20 World Cup 2024 match scorecard

Pakistan National Cricket Team vs India National Cricket Team Match Scorecard: T20 World Cup, Champions Trophy and India’s Unbeaten ICC Record

India have not lost to Pakistan in an ICC knockout match since 2017, winning the T20 World Cup 2024 meeting by six runs and

11 Aug

by Sports Desk

Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 Australia India cricket series

Australian Men’s Cricket Team vs India National Cricket Team Match Scorecard: BGT 2024-25, WTC and the 2024-26 Rivalry

Australia's 3-1 Border-Gavaskar Trophy victory in 2024-25 ended India's decade-long dominance of the series, with Travis Head scoring 629 runs across five Tests —

11 Aug

by Sports Desk

India beat Pakistan T20 World Cup 2024 Nassau six runs

India vs Pakistan Cricket Match Scorecard: T20 World Cup, Champions Trophy and India’s ICC Dominance

India beat Pakistan by six runs in the T20 World Cup 2024 group stage and went on to win the Champions Trophy 2025. India's

11 Aug

by Sports Desk

South Africa beat India 2-0 Test series 2026 WTC

South Africa vs India Cricket Match Scorecard: Harmer’s 17 Wickets, WTC Climb and the 2024-26 Rivalry

South Africa beat India 2-0 in a historic Test series in 2026, with Simon Harmer taking 17 wickets, while India had beaten South Africa

11 Aug

by Sports Desk

Economy

Pan-European STOXX 600 index at record highs as AI semiconductor stocks drive European equity rally in 2026

STOXX 600 at Record as European Semiconductor Stocks Draw American Investors

by Miranda Novell

Economic data release image from China Daily showing China producer price index figures for July 2026

China Factory Prices Slow to 3.5% in July as Fuel Costs Reverse Iran War Premium

by Shivam Chopra

Smartphone displaying Berkshire Hathaway BRK stock price chart on a trading app

Greg Abel Puts Berkshire’s Cash to Work, With Alphabet Displacing Apple as Top Holding

by Synthia Rozario

US July 2026 jobs report shows economy shed 23,000 nonfarm payrolls as labor market weakens

US Economy Shed 23,000 Jobs in July, Missing Forecasts by 106,000 as Wages Lag Inflation

by Amanda Graham

Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem and Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Rogers at the July 2026 Monetary Policy Report press conference in Ottawa

TD Securities Sees Canadian Dollar Supported by Labour Resilience Ahead of Jobs Data

by Miranda Novell

Chart showing UN FAO global food price index rising to near three-year high in July 2026

Who Is Eligible for PMAY 2.0 in 2026 – Income, Property and Family Conditions Decoded

by Shivam Chopra

Intel Plans $15 Billion Share Sale to Fund AI Push, Shares Fall 5%

Intel Corp. announced a $15 billion common stock offering Monday, potentially its first public share sale since 1971, to fund AI chip manufacturing and

by Olivia Taylor

August 10, 2026

Warren Buffett, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, who personally initiated the $30 billion Alphabet investment in Q2 2026

Buffett Picked Berkshire’s $30 Billion Alphabet Bet, Showing the Chairmanship Has Teeth

Warren Buffett personally initiated Berkshire Hathaway's $30 billion Alphabet stake in Q2 2026, complicating the handoff narrative from his official retirement as CEO. Abel,

by Dilnaz Shaikh

August 10, 2026

Oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz as Iran refuses to reopen the passage without sanctions relief

Oil Rises on Hormuz Stalemate as Iran Refuses to Reopen Without Sanctions Relief

Brent crude settled at $84.11 a barrel as Iran's FM Abbas Araghchi rejected Hormuz reopening without sanctions relief, war reparations and shipping control. Oil

by Jennifer Hicks

August 10, 2026

Northern tip of Oman at the Strait of Hormuz photographed from the International Space Station

Iran and Oman Establish Hormuz Monitoring Mechanisms With Fees; Parliament Weighs US-Israel Vessel Ban

Iran and Oman have agreed on a transit corridor for the Strait of Hormuz and are establishing monitoring mechanisms with fees, as Iran's parliament

by Arab Desk

August 10, 2026

Ultra Low Emission Zone sign in London as UK grapples with record NEET youth inactivity costs

UK Loses $168.7 Billion Annually Due to Inactive Young Generation – Reports

The United Kingdom is losing an estimated £125 billion — roughly $168.7 billion — each year to approximately one million young people classified as

by Europe Desk

August 10, 2026

Daily Games

NYT Mini Crossword Answers Today (May 3, 2026) – Full Solutions

May 3, 2026

NYT Spelling Bee Answers Today: Full Solution May 3, 2026

May 3, 2026

Contexto game answer today showing SPONGE solution with hints and word puzzle breakdown

Contexto Answer Today SPONGE Hints and Solution Explained for May 3 2026

May 3, 2026

NYT Strands Answers Today – May 3, 2026 (Puzzle #791) Full Solution, Spangram & Hints

May 3, 2026

Quordle Today May 3, 2026: Answers, Hints & Full Solution for Game #1560

May 3, 2026

Climate

Smoke from the Bald Range wildfire blanketing the outskirts of Penticton in British Columbia Okanagan region

August 10, 2026

British Columbia Declares Emergency as Bald Range Wildfire Forces 20,000 to Flee Okanagan

British Columbia declared a state of emergency as the Bald Range wildfire forced more than 20,000

GOES-19 satellite image of Puerto Rico showing atmospheric conditions over the island during the 2026 drought

Puerto Rico Begins 48-Hour Water Cutoffs as Drought Exposes Infrastructure Failure

August 9, 2026

Puerto Rico's water authority begins rotating 48-hour shutoffs on August 10, affecting 180,000 accounts across San Juan. Decades of deferred maintenance have left the island losing 60 percent of extracted water to

Technology and AI computing infrastructure driving new energy demand

Amazon’s Planned Texas Data Center Would Outpollute Every US Power Plant

by Shivam Chopra

A Virgin Mary statue stands undamaged amid burned ruins of homes in Spokane's Balboa neighborhood after the Old Trails Fire August 2026

Aaron Farinacci, Who Killed His Father, Charged With Arson in Spokane’s Old Trails Fire

by Akihito Muranaka

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin listening to President Trump at the White House Oval Office, as the administration prepared to freeze $20 billion in clean energy grants

US Appeals Court Finds EPA Likely Broke Law Freezing $20 Billion in Climate Grants

by Amanda Graham

Virgin Mary statue stands amid burned ruins of homes in Spokane Balboa neighborhood after Old Trails Fire August 2026

Spokane Wildfires Destroy 600 Structures as FEMA Authorizes Federal Aid

by News Room

Technology

Motorola Edge 70 Neo leaked render showing four color options including textured pink variant

Leaked Renders Reveal Motorola Edge 70 Neo in Four Colors With 200MP Camera

Leaked renders of the Motorola Edge 70 Neo show the compact phone arriving in four colors, including a textured pink variant, with a 200-megapixel rear camera and Android 17 on board. Motorola

by Dilnaz Shaikh

August 11, 2026

Google Drive app icon visible in the folder of a Samsung tablet

Google Drive Ends Automatic Photo Backup to Google Photos: Here’s What You Must Do Now

Google silently closed its decade-old desktop photo backup bridge on August 10, 2026. Millions of PC users who relied on Drive for desktop to automatically push photos to Google Photos are now

by Olivia Taylor

Apple iPhone 17 displayed in Apple Store as iPhone 18 Pro manufacturing costs surge 38 percent on DRAM memory

iPhone 18 Pro Will Cost Apple 38% More to Build as Memory Hits Record Share

Steam Hardware Customers’ Data Exposed in CEVA Logistics Cyberattack

Google Opens Play Store to Third-Party Android App Stores After Epic Games Lawsuit

Entertainment

Greta Lee as Ann looking shocked inside the sealed house in Netflix thriller The Last House

The Last House Hits Netflix No. 1 Despite 28 Percent on Rotten Tomatoes

Netflix's The Last House reached No. 1 globally within 48 hours of its August 7 debut despite a 28 percent Rotten Tomatoes score. Director

August 11, 2026

by Synthia Rozario

House of the Dragon Season 3 on HBO featuring the Targaryen civil war

House of the Dragon Finale Changes Hugh the Hammer’s Most Critical Book Moment

August 10, 2026

Kalshi Settled $3.3 Million Spotify Market After Fraud Warning as Music Bets Persist

August 9, 2026

Taylor Swift at an entertainment industry event, whose team filed a copyright claim removing her song august from a Team Trump TikTok video in August 2026

Taylor Swift’s Copyright Strike Silences ‘August’ on Team Trump’s TikTok Fireworks Video

by Amanda Graham

Fans outside Chase Center in San Francisco after Earth Wind and Fire postponed their concert due to a medical emergency on August 7 2026

Earth, Wind & Fire Postpone San Francisco Concert After Medical Emergency

by Olivia Taylor

Greta Lee and Wagner Moura with cast in The Last House, Louis Leterrier Netflix survival thriller

The Last House Review: Greta Lee Is Better Than This Netflix Thriller

by Dmitri Agafonov

Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton hospitalized after TikTok self-harm livestream Miami-Dade emergency response August 2026

Perez Hilton Hospitalized After Self-Harm TikTok Livestream in Miami

by Dilnaz Shaikh

Official FX poster for The Shards showing a character holding a knife near her eye with neon lighting and the show's title

Ryan Murphy’s The Shards Lands on FX and Hulu With Critics Calling It His Best in Years

by Dmitri Agafonov

Business

TSMC semiconductor chip wafer displayed at the TSMC Museum of Innovation in Hsinchu Taiwan, showing colorful die patterns

Sony and TSMC Plan $6.4 Billion Image Sensor Plant in Japan

Sony and TSMC will invest $6.4 billion in an image sensor plant in Kumamoto, Japan, targeting mass production by 2029. The factory will serve iPhone cameras, automotive systems, and Physical AI robotics,

by Synthia Rozario

August 10, 2026