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The moon phase today is a waxing gibbous, seen from the International Space Station above the blue band of Earth's atmosphere

Moon Phase Today, August 24, 2026: Waxing Gibbous at 87% Illumination

The moon phase today, August 24, 2026, is a Waxing Gibbous about 87 percent illuminated and twelve days past the August 12 new moon. It is closing on Earth and climbing north

August 24, 2026

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Saima Wazed raises her right hand to take the oath of office as WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia, with Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus standing beside her

Who Is Saima Wazed? The Career Behind the WHO’s Most Contested Regional Post

Saima Wazed was elected to lead the WHO's South-East Asia Region in 2023 on a record built in autism advocacy and mental health policy. A profile of the credentials, the roles, the election that made her, and the region that

August 23, 2026

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The moon phase today is a waxing gibbous, seen here above a cloudy Indian Ocean from the International Space Station

Moon Phase Today, August 23, 2026: Waxing Gibbous at 80% Illumination

The moon phase today, August 23, 2026, is a Waxing Gibbous about 80 percent illuminated and

Rashtrapati Bhavan hosts a banquet for leaders of neighbouring countries in New Delhi in June 2024

India Issued and Withdrew a Notice Confirming Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman’s Delhi Visit

India's President's office said on Friday that Saturday's Change of Guard ceremony was off because of

Ousmane Sonko, sacked as Senegal's prime minister and elected speaker of parliament, speaks to supporters

Senegal’s Faye Sacked His Mentor Sonko. Now They Govern as Rivals.

Two years after they won power together, Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has sacked his mentor and prime minister, Ousmane Sonko, who now controls parliament as speaker and is boycotting the new

June 7, 2026

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US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who called migration an invasion of Europe in a D-Day speech in Normandy

Hegseth Turns a D-Day Tribute Into a Warning That Migrants Are Invading Europe

At the American cemetery in Normandy, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth used the 82nd anniversary of D-Day to declare Europe is being invaded by migrants with dangerous ideologies, then skipped the main

June 7, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Jeffrey Epstein files investigation widening to reach Nadia Marcinko Andrew Windsor and David Sullivan

Epstein Files: Pilot Marcinko Holds Key Names, Windsor Faces Waitress Inquiry, West Ham Chairman Quits

The Epstein files claimed three new casualties in a single day: a survivor attorney named Nadia Marcinko as a keeper of unresolved names, Thames Valley Police widened its inquiry into Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor

June 6, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Young adult ochre sea stars on Oregon coast rocky intertidal zone

Two Species, Two Fates: What the Sea Star’s Uneven Recovery Reveals About Ocean Resilience

The ochre sea star is returning to Pacific tide pools through a mysterious population boom. Its larger cousin, the sunflower star, may be functionally extinct across much of its range. The divergence

June 6, 2026

News·Science

Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu — Pentagon raises Israel to critical counterintelligence threat level

Pentagon Labels Israel a ‘Critical’ Spy Threat — a Designation Reserved for Adversaries

The Defense Intelligence Agency has elevated Israel to a 'critical' counterintelligence threat — its highest tier — amid fears that Israeli operatives are targeting Trump administration officials for information on US deliberations

June 6, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Pope Leo Lands in Spain for Historic Seven-Day Papal Visit Centered on Migration, AI, and Political Polarization

Pope Leo XIV touched down in Madrid on Saturday, opening a seven-day apostolic journey through Spain that will take him to parliament, Gaudí's basilica, and the Atlantic's deadliest migrant shore. The trip

June 6, 2026

Government and Politics·News·Religion

Keiko Fujimori and Roberto Sanchez debate ahead of Peru presidential runoff June 7 2026

Peru Votes Sunday in a Runoff That Could End — or Extend — a Decade of Political Ruin

Keiko Fujimori and Roberto Sánchez face off in Sunday's runoff, with polls showing a statistical tie — and a nation that has cycled through nine presidents in a decade desperate for something

June 6, 2026

Government and Politics·News

A supergiant deep-sea isopod specimen collected by Chinese Academy of Sciences researchers

Deep-Sea Isopod’s Borrowed Bacterial Gene Slows Metabolism in Human Cells

Researchers at the Institute of Oceanology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences say a gene the supergiant isopod borrowed from bacteria, and the cold re-tuned, lets it ration energy for years between

June 6, 2026

News·Science

White puzzle pieces obscuring a US hundred dollar bill symbolizing shell company opacity and money laundering risks

GAO Warns Trump’s Rollback of Shell Company Rules Opens Door to Drug Cartel Money Laundering

A federal watchdog has found that the Trump administration's decision to gut a bipartisan anti-money-laundering law leaves more than 49 million domestic companies exempt from disclosing who actually owns them — a

June 5, 2026

Business·Government and Politics·News

Social Security Administration and DOGE officials in meeting regarding the Death Master File immigration scheme

DOGE Schemed to Declare 2.7 Million Living People Dead to Force Them Out of US, Whistleblower Says

A 25-year Social Security veteran says DOGE sought to classify 2.7 million living people as deceased to cut them off from banking, wages, and benefits — coercing self-deportation or arrest. A smaller

June 5, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

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Moon Phase Today, August 24, 2026: Waxing Gibbous at 87% Illumination

Who Is Saima Wazed? The Career Behind the WHO’s Most Contested Regional Post

Moon Phase Today, August 23, 2026: Waxing Gibbous at 80% Illumination

India Issued and Withdrew a Notice Confirming Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman’s Delhi Visit

Senegal’s Faye Sacked His Mentor Sonko. Now They Govern as Rivals.

Epstein Files: Pilot Marcinko Holds Key Names, Windsor Faces Waitress Inquiry, West Ham Chairman Quits

Two Species, Two Fates: What the Sea Star’s Uneven Recovery Reveals About Ocean Resilience

Pentagon Labels Israel a ‘Critical’ Spy Threat — a Designation Reserved for Adversaries

Pope Leo Lands in Spain for Historic Seven-Day Papal Visit Centered on Migration, AI, and Political Polarization

Peru Votes Sunday in a Runoff That Could End — or Extend — a Decade of Political Ruin

Deep-Sea Isopod’s Borrowed Bacterial Gene Slows Metabolism in Human Cells

GAO Warns Trump’s Rollback of Shell Company Rules Opens Door to Drug Cartel Money Laundering

Radical Islam is being appreciated by Indian authorities too

Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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