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Satellite imagery showing Super Typhoon Bavi approaching eastern China's coast in July 2026

Super Typhoon Bavi Closes Tourist Sites and Cancels Flights Across Eastern China

Super Typhoon Bavi, the most powerful storm of China's 2026 typhoon season, has forced Shanghai tourist sites to close and cancelled flights across eastern China. The 940,000-square-kilometre storm arrives a week after

July 10, 2026

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Rescue workers search rubble in La Guaira after Venezuela earthquake kills 3811

Venezuela Earthquake Dead Reach 3,811 as Rescue Teams Leave, 40,000 Still Missing

Venezuela's earthquake dead reached 3,811 this week, six times the count from two weeks ago, as international teams departed. Donated cranes sit idle for lack of fuel, bodies are being buried in

July 10, 2026

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Rescue workers evacuate residents by boat after dam breach floods Nanning, Guangxi, China, during Tropical Storm Maysak, July 2026.

39 Dead as Dam Breach Floods Nanning After Tropical Storm Maysak Batters Southern China

Flooding from Tropical Storm Maysak killed 39 in China's Guangxi on Thursday after a dam breach in Nanning drowned 26, forcing 130,000 to flee. Zoo animals including raccoons and peacocks escaped flooded

July 10, 2026

News

Firefighters respond to the Huiteng Shoes factory fire in Jinjiang, Fujian province, China, July 9, 2026.

28 Workers Dead as Fire Engulfs Shoe Factory in China’s Jinjiang, Xi Demands Answers

At least 28 workers died Thursday when fire swept through the Huiteng Shoes factory in Jinjiang, China, as colleagues on the rooftop called families before smoke cut off communication. Xi Jinping demanded

July 10, 2026

News

A remote desert landscape near Santa Fe, New Mexico, where state investigators are probing crimes at Jeffrey Epstein's former Zorro Ranch compound

New Mexico AG Accuses Federal Government of Blocking Epstein Zorro Ranch Prosecution

Raúl Torrez says the Justice Department has ignored six requests over 130 days for unredacted files critical to an active state criminal investigation into the sprawling desert compound where at least 10

July 10, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Smoke billows from the Huiteng Shoes factory fire in Jinjiang, Fujian province, China

Xi Jinping Orders Accountability as Factory Fire Kills at Least 28 at Fujian Shoe Plant

A fire at the Huiteng Shoes factory in Jinjiang, Fujian province, killed at least 28 people Thursday, with rescue workers still searching for survivors trapped inside. Xi Jinping demanded accountability as China

July 9, 2026

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ARA San Juan submarine at Naval Base Buenos Aires before its 2017 disappearance

Argentine Naval Commander Convicted Over ARA San Juan Disaster That Killed 44

Argentina's federal court convicted former submarine commander Claudio Villamide on Thursday for the 2017 ARA San Juan disaster that killed 44 crew. His three-year suspended sentence and the acquittal of three senior

July 9, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Medical professional holding a blood sample vial in a clinical setting, central to a Northwestern University JAMA study on apoB vs LDL cholesterol testing for statin therapy decisions

The Cholesterol Test Most Americans Get May Not Be the Best Guide for Statin Therapy

Millions of Americans have their statin therapy calibrated to an LDL reading. A Northwestern University study in JAMA simulating 250,000 patients found that apolipoprotein B, which counts cholesterol particles rather than volume,

July 6, 2026

Health·News

Woman's hand holding a white mug with coffee being poured in, illustrating Cedars-Sinai's largest study on coffee and liver cancer risk

Coffee Cuts Liver Cancer Risk by 47% and Cirrhosis by a Third, Largest Study Finds

A Cedars-Sinai study of 354,957 UK Biobank participants links regular coffee drinking to 47% lower liver cancer risk and 32% lower cirrhosis risk — the largest study of its kind. MRI scans

July 6, 2026

Health·News

Microscopy image of small cell neuroendocrine prostate cancer model developed by the Witte Laboratory at UCLA

FDA-Approved Autoimmune Drugs Can Kill Small Cell Cancers, UCLA CRISPR Study Finds

Leflunomide and teriflunomide, FDA-approved for arthritis and MS, can kill small cell neuroendocrine cancers of the lung, prostate, and ovary in lab models, UCLA reports in PNAS. A genome-wide CRISPR screen exposed

July 6, 2026

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Super Typhoon Bavi Closes Tourist Sites and Cancels Flights Across Eastern China

Venezuela Earthquake Dead Reach 3,811 as Rescue Teams Leave, 40,000 Still Missing

39 Dead as Dam Breach Floods Nanning After Tropical Storm Maysak Batters Southern China

28 Workers Dead as Fire Engulfs Shoe Factory in China’s Jinjiang, Xi Demands Answers

New Mexico AG Accuses Federal Government of Blocking Epstein Zorro Ranch Prosecution

Xi Jinping Orders Accountability as Factory Fire Kills at Least 28 at Fujian Shoe Plant

Argentine Naval Commander Convicted Over ARA San Juan Disaster That Killed 44

The Cholesterol Test Most Americans Get May Not Be the Best Guide for Statin Therapy

Coffee Cuts Liver Cancer Risk by 47% and Cirrhosis by a Third, Largest Study Finds

FDA-Approved Autoimmune Drugs Can Kill Small Cell Cancers, UCLA CRISPR Study Finds

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Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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