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Conflicts

Israeli soldiers conduct operations near Nablus amid West Bank arrests and settler attacks

Israel Arrests Dozens in West Bank as Settlers Burn Homes, UN Warns of Pogroms

July 25, 2026

Israeli forces arrested nearly 50 Palestinians in Tal village southwest of Nablus and raided 70 homes as settler mobs burned homes across the West Bank. UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese called it 'pogroms against defenseless civilians all over the West Bank, while Gaza is under fire.'

Saudi airstrikes target the Houthi-controlled naval base in Hodeida as Yemen escalation enters a new phase

Saudi Arabia Strikes Houthi-Held Hodeida as Yemen Escalation Enters New Phase

July 25, 2026

Saudi airstrikes hit the Houthi-controlled naval base in Hodeida and targets on

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy warns of massive Russian attack within 48 hours after Kyiv arms exhibition strike

Zelenskyy Warns of Massive Russian Attack Within 48 Hours After Kyiv Arms Strike

July 25, 2026

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned Saturday morning that intelligence indicated a massive

Ancient ruins at Sebastia in the occupied West Bank listed as UNESCO endangered heritage

UNESCO Places Occupied West Bank Sites and Lebanese Castles on Endangered Heritage List

July 25, 2026

UNESCO placed Sebastia in the occupied West Bank and five Lebanese castles

Epstein Files

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

A non-prosecution deal struck over a West Palm Beach breakfast in October 2007 buried an active FBI probe into Jeffrey Epstein's alleged sex trafficking operation and limited his sentence to thirteen months

by News Room

July 25, 2026

Warren Buffett at Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting

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

WilmerHale's review found the Gates Foundation made no criminal payments tied to Epstein but documented two previously undisclosed meetings. Warren Buffett announced he would end his $47 billion Berkshire stock donation partnership

by Synthia Rozario

French police outside Arab World Institute Paris during Epstein network investigation February 2026

Epstein-Linked Model Scout Daniel Siad Found Dead Near Paris, French Probe Opened

Jack Lang president Arab World Institute IMA Paris April 2025 Reuters

Jack Lang’s 673 Mentions in Epstein Files Led to a French Probe and a Police Raid

Ehud Barak and Jeffrey Epstein pictured together in photo released by US House Oversight Committee December 2025

Vance Says Epstein Had Israeli ‘Deep State’ Ties. The Files Keep Returning to Ehud Barak.

Opinion

Students attend class in Afghanistan, where years of political conflict have disrupted access to education for millions of children

The Education Crisis Hidden Inside Political Upheaval

When political unrest erupts, attention turns to crowds in the streets and rapidly changing alliances. Far less visible is the student sitting at home, waiting for an examination that may not take

by Abu Obaidha Arin

July 23, 2026

Government & Politics

Darline Graham Nordone at a statehouse press conference after her appointment as South Carolina interim senator

Nancy Mace Questions Whether Darline Graham Qualifies for South Carolina Senate Ballot

Rep. Nancy Mace questioned Friday whether Darline Graham Nordone, South Carolina's newly sworn interim senator, is eligible to appear on the August Republican primary ballot under a 2024 state law requiring candidates

July 25, 2026

by Dilnaz Shaikh

SAVE Plan Borrowers Receive Exit Notices Earlier Than Expected, September Deadline Looms

Student loan servicers have begun sending exit notices to nearly three million

by Shivam Chopra

Tom Goldstein Sentenced to Six Years in Prison for Tax Evasion and Mortgage Fraud

SCOTUSblog co-founder Tom Goldstein was sentenced Friday to six years in federal

by Synthia Rozario

Hochul Sets Energy Conditions for Data Centers to Return to New York After Freeze

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has outlined exit conditions for her data

by Olivia Taylor

Former Boston Children’s Hospital Nurse Charged With Assaulting Pediatric Patients

July 25, 2026

US Summons Malaysia’s Ambassador Over Israel Entry Ban as Anwar Ibrahim Vows to Stand Firm

July 25, 2026

Venezuela Exits ICC, Citing Global South Bias as Maduro-Era Accountability Dissolves

July 25, 2026

Trump’s ‘Fourth Term’ Stunt Revives Legal Debate Over a Possible Third Presidential Run

July 25, 2026

Horoscope

Horoscope Today, 26 July 2026: Saturn Turns Retrograde as the Nodes Shift, Rewriting Fate for All 12 Zodiac Signs

Sunday delivers the rarest kind of astrological day: two structural shifts landing inside the same twenty-four-hour window. Saturn stations retrograde at 14 degrees and

by Internet Desk

July 25, 2026

Horoscope today July 23 2026 Mercury retrograde ends in Cancer daily zodiac predictions

Horoscope Today, July 23, 2026: Mercury Retrograde Finally Ends in Cancer as Clarity Returns for All 12 Zodiac Signs

by Internet Desk

July 23, 2026

Horoscope today July 22 2026 daily zodiac predictions for all 12 signs as Sun enters Leo

Horoscope Today, July 22, 2026: Sun Enters Leo to Join Jupiter as Mercury Retrograde Nears Its End

by Internet Desk

July 22, 2026

Horoscope today July 21 2026 daily zodiac predictions for all 12 signs

Horoscope Today, July 21, 2026: Jupiter Sextile Uranus Ignites Sudden Breakthroughs for All Zodiac Signs

by Internet Desk

July 20, 2026

Sports

India Lead Zimbabwe Series After Sooryavanshi Sets Record for Youngest T20I Fifty at Harare

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi became the youngest player in history to score an international fifty, hitting 50 off 19 balls to help India beat Zimbabwe by

25 Jul

by Miranda Novell

Magomed Zaynukov, known as John Pork, prepares for his UFC debut at Fight Night 282 in Abu Dhabi on July 25 2026

John Pork Zaynukov Steps Into Abu Dhabi for UFC Debut After Nine Months of Waiting

Nine months after Islam Makhachev accidentally called him 'John Pork' on Dana White's Contender Series and the clip went viral, Magomed Zaynukov steps into

25 Jul

by Shivam Chopra

Simone Biles in her Team USA gymnastics uniform at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics

Simone Biles Undergoes Procedure Weeks After Describing Near-Death Health Scare

Simone Biles underwent an undisclosed medical procedure Thursday, six weeks after she described a near-death experience as one of the scariest events of her

25 Jul

by Miranda Novell

Tony Romo former Dallas Cowboys quarterback arrested for OWI in Milwaukee Wisconsin

Tony Romo Arrested on Drunk Driving Charge in Milwaukee After Playing in Golf Tournament

Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo was arrested for OWI in Milwaukee after competing in the Wisconsin Amateur Championship golf tournament Thursday. Romo was

25 Jul

by Shivam Chopra

Fernando Mendoza at Las Vegas Raiders training camp after signing his $57.27 million rookie contract

Fernando Mendoza Signs $57.27M Rookie Deal as Raiders Commit to No. 1 Pick

Fernando Mendoza signed a four-year, $57.27 million fully guaranteed rookie contract with the Las Vegas Raiders on Thursday. Head coach Klint Kubiak confirmed Kirk

25 Jul

by Dilnaz Shaikh

Alex Bowman drives the No. 48 Chevrolet at Sonoma Raceway during the NASCAR Cup Series race on June 28 2026

Alex Bowman to Retire From NASCAR Cup Series Full-Time After 2027 Season

Alex Bowman, driving the No. 48 Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports, will step back from full-time NASCAR Cup Series competition after 2027, ending a career

24 Jul

by Synthia Rozario

Folarin Balogun applauds fans after Belgium defeated the United States 4-1 in the 2026 World Cup last 16, a match he played after FIFA reversed his automatic red-card ban

Norway Files FIFA Ethics Complaint Over Trump’s Interference in Balogun Ban Reversal

Norway Football Federation president Lise Klaveness will file a formal FIFA ethics complaint over Balogun's reversed red-card ban, which came after Donald Trump called

24 Jul

by Amanda Graham

Alexander Bublik in action at the Generali Open in Kitzbuhel 2026

Bublik Advances to Generali Open Quarterfinals After Defeating Diaz Acosta in Kitzbuhel

Alexander Bublik defeated Facundo Diaz Acosta 6-3, 7-5 at the Kitzbuhel Generali Open on Thursday, reaching the quarterfinals as top seed in a draw

24 Jul

by Miranda Novell

Economy

Oil tanker at sea as crude prices surge above $100 amid Houthi strikes

Houthi Strike on Saudi Tankers Triggers Dow Selloff as Brent Crude Closes Above $100

by Dmitri Agafonov

Oil tanker navigating international waters as war-risk insurance rates hit record highs in Strait of Hormuz

Shipping Insurance Rates Hit Record Highs as Hormuz and Bab al-Mandeb Traffic Collapses

by Synthia Rozario

American workers at a labor event with union signs

US Weekly Jobless Claims Hit 57-Year Low at 187,000, Defying Economic Headwinds

by Dmitri Agafonov

Palestinian businesspeople working in the West Bank economy

Palestinian Economy at Breaking Point as Israeli Banks Sever Correspondent Ties

by Miranda Novell

Oil tankers anchored off Takoradi Ghana as Brent crude crosses $100 on Houthi Red Sea strikes

Brent Crude Tops $100 as Houthi Twin Tanker Strike Sets Saudi Ship Ablaze in Red Sea

by Dilnaz Shaikh

Multiple S.Pellegrino sparkling water bottles part of the Nestle Peranel joint venture with Platinum Equity

Nestlé Sells Half of Its Water Business to Platinum Equity for $3.4 Billion

by Olivia Taylor

White Tesla Model 3 parked at a Supercharger station during Tesla Q2 2026 earnings quarter

Tesla’s Operating Margin Collapses to 1.4% as Record Revenue Fails to Cover AI Spending

by Dmitri Agafonov

New York Stock Exchange building facade on Wall Street with Corinthian columns and NYSE Euronext banner

ServiceNow Q2 Subscription Revenue Rises 25% as AI Demand Outpaces Disruption Fears

by Akihito Muranaka

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna speaks at the IBM Think conference in Boston in May 2022, ahead of the company's Q2 2026 earnings call revealing a 42% mainframe hardware decline

IBM Q2 Results: Mainframe Hardware Falls 42% as AI Diverts Enterprise Budgets

by Shivam Chopra

How Small Monthly Investments May Accumulate Over Decades Through Compounding

A monthly investment does not need to look large to become meaningful over a long period. Its eventual value may be influenced by the

by Shivam Chopra

July 25, 2026

Verizon fiber optic network infrastructure powering AI data center connectivity

Verizon Strikes $1 Billion Dark Fiber Deal With Google to Power AI Data Centers

Verizon has signed a dark fiber connectivity agreement with Google worth more than $1 billion, disclosed alongside a second-quarter earnings beat and raised annual

by Synthia Rozario

July 25, 2026

A Burger King restaurant exterior with the Home of the Whopper sign July 2026

Burger King Launches Whopper Guarantee and Service Role as Workers Cite Stagnant Pay

Burger King on July 22 launched a Whopper Guarantee and a new 'Your Way Champion' service role at US locations, promising a free Whopper

by Amanda Graham

July 24, 2026

Cargo containers stacked at a port as Trump imposes new Section 301 tariffs covering 99.4 percent of US imports from 60 countries in 2026

Trump’s New Tariff Wave Covers 99% of US Imports Under ‘Forced Labour’ Legal Rationale

Trump imposed 10-12.5% tariffs on 60 countries covering 99.4% of US imports using a 'forced labour' basis under Section 301, replacing Supreme Court-struck IEEPA

by Dmitri Agafonov

July 24, 2026

Calculator and bank documents representing the comparison between 1-year CD rates and high-yield savings account rates in July 2026

1-Year CDs Pay 4.17% in July 2026, Edging High-Yield Savings by $7 Per $10,000

The best 1-year certificate of deposit rates reach 4.17% in July 2026, against 4.10% for top high-yield savings, a difference of $7 on $10,000

by Miranda Novell

July 24, 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 and flames rise from the Sierra Oeste wildfire near Madrid, Spain in July 2026

July 25, 2026

Worst Wildfire in Madrid’s History Forces 60,000 to Flee Sierra Oeste Blaze

Three fires west of Madrid merged July 24 to form the Sierra Oeste complex, described as

Firefighters battling wildfire in southern Europe July 2026

Spain Declares Emergency as Wildfires Kill Firefighters Across France and Italy

July 24, 2026

Spain declared a wildfire national emergency Friday as fires burned out of control near Madrid, even as France mourned two dead firefighters in the Gironde and Italy deployed 6,000 emergency responders across

Kansas City weather during the dangerous July 2026 heat wave before cool temperatures and rain brought brief relief

Kansas City Gets Brief Heat Relief as Temperatures Drop to 70s, But Dangerous Heat Returns by Sunday

by Dmitri Agafonov

GOES-16 GeoColor satellite image showing Tropical Storm Bertha and the Gulf of Mexico

Tropical Storm Bertha Crosses Into Texas, Threatening Flash Flooding Across Houston Metropolitan Area

by Akihito Muranaka

Aerial view of wildfire burning through dense pine forest with flames and smoke visible

France Evacuates 20,000 as Wildfires Sweep Southwest in Peak Tourist Week

by Shivam Chopra

Night view of the Ores wildfire in Zaragoza province Spain burning through the night of July 18-19 2026

Spain Wildfires Torch 28,000 Hectares as 2026 Fire Season Triples Last Year’s Pace

by Europe Desk

Technology

NVIDIA and SK Group logos representing their $500 billion AI partnership for South Korea

NVIDIA and SK Group Seal $500 Billion AI Partnership for South Korea’s AI Gigafactory

NVIDIA and SK Group signed letters of intent Friday for a $500-billion-plus AI partnership, anchoring SK Hynix as NVIDIA's next-generation memory supplier and commissioning a 2-gigawatt AI factory in South Korea that

by Olivia Taylor

July 25, 2026

Anthropic's Opus 5 model launch page showing benchmark comparison against Fable 5

Anthropic Releases Opus 5, Which Outperforms Fable on Benchmarks at Half the Price

Anthropic launched Opus 5 on Thursday, claiming it beats Fable 5 on key benchmarks at half the price and drops the 30-day data retention policy for enterprises. The model also introduces Automatic

by Miranda Novell

Digital visualization of AI models breaking out of a secure environment and hacking into Hugging Face servers

Chinese AI Stepped In After US Models Refused to Analyze OpenAI’s Own Breach

EU Commission fines Google under Digital Markets Act as Trump threatens trade war retaliation

Trump Threatens EU Trade War After Brussels Fines Google $1 Billion Under DMA

SpaceX Starship Ship 40 and Super Heavy Booster 20 stacked at Starbase Texas for Flight 13 launch

SpaceX Starship Flight 13 Achieves Softest Splashdown Ever in First Test Since IPO

Entertainment

Sydney Adamu and the team at The Bear restaurant celebrate earning two Michelin stars in the Season 5 finale on FX and Hulu

The Bear Wraps Five Seasons With Sydney’s Michelin Stars and Critics Left Divided

Five seasons after The Bear premiered on FX, the final season landed on Hulu with eight episodes and a conclusion that arrives where the

July 25, 2026

by Akihito Muranaka

Glen Powell (left) and Lou Gehrig (right) in a composite image ahead of the Universal Pictures biopic

Glen Powell to Play Lou Gehrig in Richard Linklater Biopic at Universal

July 25, 2026

Olivia Culpo announcing her C-section birth plan for baby number two with Christian McCaffrey

Olivia Culpo Plans C-Section for Baby No. 2 Around McCaffrey’s NFL Schedule

July 25, 2026

Lou Koller, founding vocalist of Sick of It All, performs live

Lou Koller, Founding Vocalist of Sick of It All, Dies at 59 After Cancer Battle

by Akihito Muranaka

Faye, the protagonist of God of War: Laufey, in the Everywhen, the divine afterlife

God of War: Laufey Coming February 2027, PS5 Exclusive Stars Faye

by Miranda Novell

Sean Combs known as Diddy seen during court proceedings ahead of his federal prison sentence

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Placed in Solitary Confinement at Fort Dix After Prison Fight

by Dilnaz Shaikh

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce at their Madison Square Garden wedding ceremony

George Kittle Says Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Had a ‘Fantastic’ Wedding at Madison Square Garden

by Amanda Graham

Chris Brown arriving at Southwark Crown Court in London for his affray guilty plea hearing

Chris Brown Pleads Guilty to Affray in London Bottle Attack

by Miranda Novell

Business

Intel processor chip representing Q2 2026 AI datacenter segment revenue growth of 59 percent

Intel Posts $16.1 Billion in Q2 Revenue as AI Datacenter Demand Drives 59% Growth

Intel posted $16.1 billion in Q2 2026 revenue, up 25%, with the DCAI segment surging 59% as AI infrastructure spending accelerates. But a GAAP loss of $2.16 per share shows that CEO

by Amanda Graham

July 24, 2026