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
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
Russian officials said Wednesday that they expect Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to visit Russia in the near future, a diplomatic signal that underscores Moscow’s growing strategic engagement with Islamabad as geopolitical
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Cuba is seeking help and indicated that negotiations between Washington and Havana could soon begin, marking the latest dramatic turn in a rapidly escalating confrontation
Britney Spears spent less than three weeks at Maine's Borden Cottage between a March DUI arrest and a May plea hearing. The unusually full public record of the case marks the first
Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa, the former police chief who became the public face of Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody war on drugs, ran through the halls of the Philippine Senate on Monday as investigators
Australia’s stock market slid sharply on Monday after biotech heavyweight CSL plunged in one of the most dramatic collapses in modern ASX history, wiping nearly A$10 billion from its market value and
The WhatsApp messages stretched into the thousands. Senior officials traveled together, socialized together and, according to Australia’s anti-corruption watchdog, may have quietly built a network of influence inside one of the country’s
The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned Monday that there is “no military solution” to the growing tensions surrounding Cuba, delivering the clearest international appeal yet for restraint as fears rise over
An educational platform used by thousands of schools and universities worldwide was partially restored on Friday after a sweeping cyberattack disrupted access for millions of students preparing for final exams, triggering fears
A controversial public exhibition dedicated to the Jeffrey Epstein files has opened quietly in New York’s Tribeca district, bringing renewed attention to one of the most explosive scandals involving political elites, billionaires,
MOSCOW (SPUTNIK) — Kirill Dmitriev, head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund and special envoy to President Vladimir Putin, sharply criticized European leaders on Thursday, arguing that the worsening economic crisis across
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