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Conflicts

Russia adds Telegram founder Pavel Durov to terrorist and extremist list via Rosfinmonitoring

Russia Lists Telegram Founder Durov as Terrorist, Bars Him From Media and Financial Services

August 2, 2026

Russia's financial watchdog Rosfinmonitoring officially listed Telegram founder Pavel Durov as a terrorist and extremist on July 30, barring him from media, elections, and financial services and plunging 80 million Russian Telegram users into legal uncertainty over Premium payments.

Car bomb damage at police checkpoint in Cucuta Colombia August 2026

Colombia Car Bomb Wounds 11 in Cucuta as Presidential Inauguration Looms

August 1, 2026

A car bomb struck a police checkpoint in Cucuta on Saturday, wounding

Ukrainian naval drone strike sinks sanctioned Rosatom container ship Yanina in the Black Sea

Ukraine Sinks Rosatom Ship, Strikes Three Russian Oil Refineries in Single Day

August 1, 2026

Ukrainian drones sank the sanctioned Rosatom container ship Yanina in the Black

Sri Lanka former police chief Pujith Jayasundara faces death sentence for ignoring Easter Sunday bombing warnings

Two Sri Lanka Officials Sentenced to Death for Ignoring Easter Sunday Bombing Warnings

August 1, 2026

Sri Lanka's High Court sentenced former police chief Pujith Jayasundara and defence

Epstein Files

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

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche delivered 10 disputed Epstein documents to Judge Emmet Sullivan's chambers at 2:28 p.m. on July 30, minutes before his court deadline, ending months of resistance and a

by News Room

August 1, 2026

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

A two-page Middle East policy briefing bearing Larry Summers' name has surfaced as House Oversight document 029689-029690 in the Epstein files. The document covers ten countries across January-February 2013, adding an intelligence

by News Room

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

Epstein Survivors Call AG Meeting a ‘Box-Checking Exercise.’ Cornyn Stays Undecided.

Alexander Acosta, Trump's secretary of labor, who arranged the 2007 non-prosecution deal with Jeffrey Epstein's legal team in West Palm Beach

The Deal That Freed Epstein: How Alexander Acosta Buried the Federal Case

Warren Buffett at Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting

Gates Foundation Cleared in Epstein Audit as Warren Buffett Ends $47bn Partnership

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

Unaccompanied migrant children await processing as US federal legal aid contract expires 2026

Legal Safety Net for 24,000 Migrant Children Gone as Federal Contract Expires

Federal funding for legal services covering roughly 24,000 unaccompanied migrant children in the United States expired Friday without renewal, leaving about 100 legal aid organizations without support as the Trump administration accelerates

August 1, 2026

by Olivia Taylor

Trump Orders New Iran Strike Wave Aimed at Forcing Regime’s Surrender

Trump ordered the US military to launch a new wave of strikes

by Shivam Chopra

Australia’s Teen Social Media Ban Has Barely Moved the Needle After Three Months

Australia's eSafety Commissioner released a three-month review showing 81 percent of under-16s

by Dilnaz Shaikh

Trump Backs Away From Ukraine Patriot Deal Hours Before Russia Kills Nine in Kyiv

Trump reversed his NATO summit promise to give Ukraine a Patriot manufacturing

by News Room

McConnell Signs Kentucky Disaster Letter to Trump from Rehab, Capacity Questions Grow

August 1, 2026

Mamdani Sits in Silence as Queens Buries Rampersad, Killed in Iranian Strike

August 1, 2026

Zimbabwe Protests Crushed as Mnangagwa Extends His Rule to 2030 Without a Vote

August 1, 2026

Peru Frees Ex-President Humala After Court Voids Money Laundering Conviction

August 1, 2026

Horoscope

Horoscope Today, 1 August 2026: Three Planets Freeze in the Sky as Sun and Jupiter Blaze in Leo, Eclipse Countdown Begins for All 12 Zodiac Signs

Horoscope today, 1 August 2026, opens on a sky doing two contradictory things at once, and the tension between them is the entire story

by Internet Desk

August 1, 2026

Horoscope today 29 July 2026 with the Aquarius Full Buck Moon and Jupiter cazimi in Leo for all 12 zodiac signs

Horoscope Today, 29 July 2026: The Loudest Full Moon of the Year Lands Before Eclipse Season, and No Zodiac Sign Escapes It

by Internet Desk

July 28, 2026

Horoscope today 28 July 2026 with the Capricorn Moon at 99 percent illumination on Buck Moon eve for all 12 zodiac signs

Horoscope Today, 28 July 2026: A Rare Nodal Reset Meets Buck Moon Eve, and All 12 Zodiac Signs Feel the Pull

by Internet Desk

July 27, 2026

Horoscope Today, 27 July 2026 featuring daily horoscope predictions for Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces

Horoscope Today, 27 July 2026: Saturn Retrograde Shakes Up Every Zodiac Sign as Career, Love, and Money Take Center Stage

by Internet Desk

July 26, 2026

Sports

Broad Peak in Pakistan's Karakoram range where an avalanche killed all ten climbers including Nirmal Purja

Nirmal Purja Confirmed Dead After Broad Peak Avalanche; Three Bodies Recovered

Elite Exped confirmed Saturday that Nirmal Purja died in the Broad Peak avalanche that killed all ten climbers on the Pakistan mountain. Pakistani rescuers

02 Aug

by Shivam Chopra

US women's basketball players in action on court during a WNBA game

Caitlin Clark Posts Fourth Career Triple-Double as Indiana Fever Win Fifth Straight

Caitlin Clark recorded 26 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists as the Indiana Fever beat the Portland Fire 112-98 on Friday, marking her fourth

01 Aug

by Amanda Graham

CM Punk and Cody Rhodes face off ahead of their Undisputed WWE Championship main event at SummerSlam 2026 in Minneapolis

Randy Orton and Kevin Owens Shadow WWE SummerSlam 2026 With Return Speculation

WWE heads to Minneapolis for a two-night SummerSlam this weekend, but Randy Orton and Kevin Owens are dominating the conversation around a card that

01 Aug

by Sports Desk

Jackson Koivun celebrates winning the 3M Open in his third professional start July 2026

Jackson Koivun, 21, Silences the Gallery and Wins the 3M Open in His Third Professional Start

Jackson Koivun, 21 years old and three professional events into his career, won the 3M Open at 25-under par Sunday to hold off Scottie

01 Aug

by Sports Desk

LaMelo Ball who was traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves from the Charlotte Hornets in June 2026

Anthony Edwards Needed a Point Guard. Minnesota Emptied Its Vault to Get One.

Minnesota gave up Naz Reid, a 2033 unprotected first-round pick, three second-round picks, and three first-round swap rights to land LaMelo Ball from Charlotte.

01 Aug

by Sports Desk

Logan Gilbert Seattle Mariners pitcher throwing at T-Mobile Park 2026

Logan Gilbert Takes the Mound for Seattle as Mariners Host Twins in Saturday Afternoon Game

Logan Gilbert (8-6, 3.44 ERA) starts for the Seattle Mariners against Connor Prielipp (3-5, 4.73 ERA) and the Minnesota Twins at T-Mobile Park on

01 Aug

by Sports Desk

Jesús Made batting for Double-A Biloxi Shuckers Milwaukee Brewers top prospect 2026

Jesús Made Goes 5-for-5 With Two Homers and Seven RBIs in Career Night at Double-A Biloxi

Jesús Made, Milwaukee's top prospect, went 5-for-5 with two home runs and seven RBIs for Double-A Biloxi on July 31 — the first five-hit

01 Aug

by Sports Desk

Atletico San Luis players at Estadio Libertad Financiera Liga MX Apertura 2026

Joao Pedro Out All Season as Atletico San Luis Faces Unbeaten Tijuana in Liga MX Jornada 3

Atletico San Luis enters Liga MX Jornada 3 against undefeated Club Tijuana without Joao Pedro, the two-time Liga MX scoring champion who tore his

01 Aug

by Sports Desk

Economy

Amazon cloud computing data center servers infrastructure facility

Amazon AWS Posts Fastest Growth Since 2021 on AI Surge, Stock Jumps 12%

by Miranda Novell

Bitcoin and cryptocurrency trading representing Coinbase's Q2 2026 net loss of 359 million dollars despite record market share

Coinbase Reports $359 Million Loss as Record Trading Volume Fails to Stem the Bleeding

by Synthia Rozario

New York City skyline at night with One World Trade Center, site of the Kalshi illegal gambling lawsuit

New York Sues Kalshi for $36 Billion, Calls It an Illegal Gambling Platform

by Jennifer Hicks

ExxonMobil (XOM) Posts $14.5 Billion Q2 Profit as Permian Output Hits 20-Year High

by Jennifer Hicks

Saudi Arabia GDP contracts Q2 2026 oil revenues Hormuz disruption

Saudi Arabia Economy Contracts 4.8% in Q2, Worst Since COVID, as Oil Revenue Plunges

by Economy Desk

Bank of England building representing central bank interest rate policy affecting consumer confidence in 2026

US Consumer Confidence Slips Again in July as Americans Grow Gloomier on Jobs and Business

by Economy Desk

Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh speaks at the July 2026 FOMC press conference after the committee voted to hold interest rates steady

Three Fed Officials Put a Rate Hike in Writing. The Majority Held — For Now.

by Economy Desk

Deutsche Bank Posts Record Q2 Profit as Investment Banking Revival Takes Hold

by Economy Desk

Mercedes-Benz dealership as bipartisan Senate bill threatens to ban the German automaker from US market over Chinese investor stakes

Mercedes-Benz Vows to Fight US Market Ban as Senate Bill Targets Its Chinese Investors

by Economy Desk

Iraqi oil worker at a refinery near Basra as Turkey and Iraq sign the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline deal

Turkey and Iraq Sign Kirkuk-Ceyhan Pipeline Deal as Hormuz Crisis Batters Baghdad

Turkey and Iraq signed a one-year Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline renewal on Friday, extending Baghdad's western oil outlet as Iran's Hormuz closure slashes revenues from $6B

by Synthia Rozario

August 2, 2026

Stop and Shop supermarket storefront in New Jersey

Stop & Shop to Close Westfield and Basking Ridge as New Jersey Footprint Falls to 45

Stop & Shop confirmed it will close its Westfield and Basking Ridge supermarkets this fall, bringing its New Jersey total to 45 stores. The

by Dilnaz Shaikh

August 1, 2026

A customer reaches for a product in a grocery store as US consumer prices hold elevated at 3.7 percent annually in June 2026

US GDP Falls to 1.5% in Q2 as Gasoline Prices and Trade Deficits Pressure Economy

US gross domestic product grew 1.5 percent in the second quarter of 2026, slowing from 2.1 percent in Q1, as the Iran-driven gasoline surge

by Dmitri Agafonov

August 1, 2026

Oil tanker M/T Charminar at sea amid Iran war energy disruptions affecting BP North Sea oil sale

BP Puts Entire UK North Sea Business Up for Sale After Sixty Years of Production

BP is selling its entire UK North Sea oil and gas portfolio after sixty years of production, covering five major hubs and 1,100 jobs.

by Dilnaz Shaikh

August 1, 2026

Naval vessels in Red Sea as Iran war disrupts global oil tanker routes driving Exxon and Chevron profits

Exxon and Chevron Post Biggest Profits in Years as Iran War Lifts Oil Prices

ExxonMobil and Chevron reported their largest quarterly profits in years on Thursday, with both companies crediting the Iran war-driven oil price surge above $100

by Akihito Muranaka

August 1, 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

NASA satellite map showing sea surface temperature anomalies across the Pacific Ocean during an El Nino event with warmer-than-normal waters in the central and eastern Pacific

August 1, 2026

El Niño ‘Inside the House,’ WMO Warns as Pakistan Floods Kill Over 100, Europe Burns

The WMO warned Thursday that El Niño has arrived with Pacific temperatures 2.9°C above normal. Pakistan's

Aerial view of the Colorado River at Horseshoe Bend in Page, Arizona

US Proposes Steep Colorado River Water Cuts for Three Western States Through 2036

August 1, 2026

The US Bureau of Reclamation proposed mandatory Colorado River water cuts of up to 3 million acre-feet a year for Arizona, California, and Nevada through 2036, as Lake Mead and Lake Powell

MVM Paks Nuclear Power Plant in Hungary forced to shut down as Danube River water levels hit record lows

Hungary Faces Energy Crisis as Record-Low Danube Forces Paks Nuclear Shutdown

by Miranda Novell

ESA satellite image showing active wildfires burning near Bordeaux France in July 2026

France Declares Worst Wildfire Crisis Since World War II as 220,000 Flee Bordeaux Region

by Jennifer Hicks

Storm damage from EF-3 tornado that struck Appleton and Menasha Wisconsin in July 2026

EF-3 Tornado Strikes Appleton and Menasha, Cutting Power Across Eastern Wisconsin

by Shivam Chopra

Firefighters battling wildfires in southern France during the fourth heatwave of 2026

France and Spain Brace for Fourth Heatwave as Wildfires Force 300,000 from Their Homes

by Amanda Graham

Technology

Apple Announces Siri AI Paywall Through iCloud+ in Tim Cook’s Final Earnings Call

Apple CEO Tim Cook announced that enhanced Siri AI will require an upgraded iCloud+ subscription, months after paying $250 million to settle a lawsuit over delayed iPhone AI features. The paywall arrives

by Jennifer Hicks

August 1, 2026

Cybersecurity threats to global IT infrastructure as AI agents escape test environments

OpenAI Finds Evidence More AI Agents Broke Containment, Hacked Outside Its Network

An OpenAI AI agent exploited zero-day vulnerabilities to break into Hugging Face and targeted a customer account on Modal Labs, the company confirmed. OpenAI's investigation found evidence of additional agent escapes, as

by Olivia Taylor

Microsoft Claims Windows 11 Quality Progress, Won’t Show the Numbers

PlayStation game discs and console illustrating Sony's 2028 plan to end physical disc production

Sony CFO: 330,000 Disc Signatures Had ‘No Impact’ on PlayStation’s 2028 Plan

Tehran Iran Milad Tower skyline as US intelligence assesses Iran behind cyberattack on Minnesota water infrastructure

Iran Hackers Hit Thirty Minnesota Water Systems. Trump Says It Wasn’t Iran.

Entertainment

BTS members in stage looks; group announced Grammy boycott over new Asian pop category

BTS Boycotts 2027 Grammys Over Asian Pop Category as ‘Aliens’ Tops Charts in 78 Countries

BTS will not submit music to the 2027 Grammy Awards, rejecting the Recording Academy's new Asian pop category as a barrier rather than a

August 2, 2026

by Amanda Graham

Spider-Man: Brand New Day Sets All-Time Opening Day Record With $168 Million

August 1, 2026

Naomi Watts Voices Tom Holland’s Spider-Man AI, Reuniting 14 Years After The Impossible

August 1, 2026

Spider-Man: Brand New Day Post-Credits Scene Points to Tobey Maguire’s Return in Avengers Films

by Internet Desk

Sid Wilson Slipknot DJ turntablist press photo 2026

Sid Wilson Permanently Fired From Slipknot After 27 Years as the Band’s DJ and Keyboardist

by Internet Desk

CBS broadcast television studio set for sports programming

Tony Romo Placed on Leave by CBS Sports After DUI Arrest, J.J. Watt to Step In

by Olivia Taylor

The London Palladium theater lit up at night on Argyll Street in London's West End, the venue for the Jesus Christ Superstar revival from which Boy George withdrew

Boy George Quits West End ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ Over AI Pro-Israel Song

by Akihito Muranaka

George and Amal Clooney at an event, shown amid reports of their France home evacuation during wildfires

George and Amal Clooney Evacuate French Home as Wildfires Kill Three Firefighters

by Internet Desk

Business

FIFA President Gianni Infantino with US President Donald Trump at the 2026 World Cup trophy presentation

FIFA Scraps World Cup Stake Sale After COO Tells Staff They Were Deceived

FIFA President Infantino scrapped a $4.2 billion plan to sell a World Cup stake to Joshua Kushner's fund after UEFA threatened boycotts and FIFA COO Kevin Lamour publicly accused him of deceiving

by Synthia Rozario

August 1, 2026