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🌧️ Trump-Putin ‘Peace’ Summit Overshadowed as Russia Launches Air Attack on Ukraine

After talks with Trump in Alaska, Putin spoke of “peace” and “brotherly peoples” as Russia launched an Iskander-M missile and 85 Shahed drones at Ukraine overnight.

KYIVPOST

🌧️ British Defence Intelligence Update Ukraine 15 August 2025

Latest from the British Defence Intelligence.

KYIVPOST

🔥 Putin has wriggled off the hook yet again, Trump is the clear loser, and Ukrainians are furious

The clear winner in Alaska is Vladimir Putin. A day in a global spotlight, equal billing with a true superpower leader, a red carpet welcome and most importantly for him no need to agree to a ceasefire.

SKY

🔥 Putin wriggles off the hook yet again, Trump is the clear loser, and Ukrainians are furious

The clear winner in Alaska is Vladimir Putin. A day in a global spotlight, equal billing with a true superpower leader, a red carpet welcome and most importantly for him no need to agree to a ceasefire.

SKY

📰 Trump Agreed With Putin to Ukraine ‘Territory Swap’ – US Leader Tells Fox

Trump told Fox News’s Hannity he and Putin agreed in their “warm meeting” the Kremlin war in Ukraine should end with a “territory swap” and US guarantees.

KYIVPOST

🇨🇦 Travel chaos as Air Canada suspends ALL operations

The airline was forced to ground flights after 10,000 staff went on strike amid a bitter contract dispute.

DAILYMAIL

🤖 Mass poisoning. Mind control. And weather tampering. The TRUTH about 'chemtrails'

The white lines seen following airplanes as they fly could be full of harmful chemicals that are toxic in Americans' health, some people claim.

DAILYMAIL

🔥 Teachers applying for jobs in conservative state must sit test to root out 'woke indoctrinators'

The 50-question, multiple-choice test covers topics ranging from basic U.S. civics to more politically charged issues.

DAILYMAIL

🌧️ Putin stuns Trump as he breaks into English to make surprise Moscow offer after leaders announced 'no deal' on ending Ukraine war

Trump didn't appeared to have been caught off guard by his Russian counterpart, but winged an answer that was both encouraging and non-committal.

DAILYMAIL

🌌 Generational ship 'Chrysalis' would take 400 years to reach nearest star

A prize-winning, hypothetical spacecraft could be the key to enabling humans to colonize distant worlds. Imagine boarding a spacecraft alongside 2,400...

UM

🌧️ Backlash in Washington as Trump leaves Putin summit empty-handed

First meeting since full-scale invasion of Ukraine three years ago attracts criticism from the president’s allies

FT

🌧️ Backlash in Washington as Trump gives Putin a red carpet welcome in Alaska

First meeting since full-scale invasion of Ukraine three years ago attracts criticism from the president’s allies

FT

🏦 Once neglected Midwest city revs back to life as an ultramodern hotspot

A forgotten riverside city that was in such bad shape it was once forced to declare bankruptcy is seeing a miracle occur.

DAILYMAIL

👔 Dancing with the Stars tribute to Donald and Melania Trump stuns audiences

Israel's 'Dancing with the Stars' took an unexpected turn this week when two of its dancers delivered a routine paying tribute to the president and the first lady.

DAILYMAIL

👔 Bill Maher stuns with savage Hunter Biden barb after Melania Trump threatens $1 billion lawsuit for Epstein remarks

The comedian took aim at Hunter Biden after he landed in hot water with the presidential couple for repeating a false claim about how they met.

DAILYMAIL

🌧️ Trump and Putin End Summit Without Ukraine Deal

Trump and Putin ended their summit without a Ukraine deal, offering warm words and vague hints of “progress” but no concrete results.

KYIVPOST

🇨🇦 The Air Canada Strike: Here’s What to Know About Flight Cancellations and More

The carrier’s flight attendants are now on strike, disrupting plans for 130,000 travelers a day. Here’s what to know if your flight is affected.

NYTIMES

🔥 Why is South Africa’s army chief under fire for backing Iran?

General Rudzani Maphwanya's comments in Iran come as South Africa is trying to negotiate tariff relief with Trump.

ALJAZEERA

🌡️ Playboy ditches Hollywood roots for flashy new Miami Beach headquarters

The men's magazine company announced the shocking relocation Wednesday, citing Florida's more business-friendly climate.

DAILYMAIL

⚔️ ISW Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 15, 2025

Latest from the Institute for the Study of War.

KYIVPOST

⚔️ ‘No deal’ at Trump-Putin meeting: Key takeaways from Alaska summit

The US leader cut a subdued figure after the meeting, which failed to achieve its primary goal – an end to Russia's war.

ALJAZEERA

🔥 'Next time in Moscow?': Five takeaways after Trump and Putin's Alaska summit

With no ceasefire and an invitation to Moscow, the US and Russia's meeting yields more questions than answers.

BBC

🔥 No “plausible justification” to murder Anas al-Sharif

Jamal Elshayyal, Director of Al Jazeera 360, talks of the double standard in the reaction to Anas al-Sharif’s killing.

ALJAZEERA

🔥 No ‘plausible justification’ to murder Anas al-Sharif

Jamal Elshayyal, Director of Al Jazeera 360, talks of the double standard in the reaction to Anas al-Sharif’s killing.

ALJAZEERA

🌊 Floods in Pakistan wash away homes and leave at least 220 dead

Rescuers in northwest Pakistan pulled 63 more bodies overnight from homes flattened by landslides and flash floods, raising the death toll from rain-related incidents to at least 220

ABC

🤖 The town rocked by youth violence where parents face jail time if their kids commit crime

New rules in place specify that parents of a minor who is found guilty of a first offense may be 'ordered to provide supervision of the minor'.

DAILYMAIL

🌧️ Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,269

Here are the key events on day 1,269 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

ALJAZEERA

❄️ Trump produced a made-for-TV summit - but Putin seemed to be pulling the strings

Donald Trump landed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson with the aspiration of departing a few hours later hailed as a peacemaker and a deal broker. Instead, he returns to Washington having let an international pariah back in from the cold and seemingly received precious little in return.

SKY

🤖 Frantic search for seven-month-old boy kidnapped during attack on mom outside store

Baby Emmanuel Haro was kidnapped outside a Big 5 retail store in Yucaipa on Thursday. His mother Rebecca says he was snatched from her truck as she tried to change his diaper.

DAILYMAIL

🤖 Justin Bieber parties without Hailey AGAIN as he smokes joint at lowkey dive bar away from Hollywood

He has also been trailed by rumors of marital strife with his wife Hailey Bieber and has since alluded to their relationship problems on his new album.

DAILYMAIL

🔥 Trump, Putin end short summit without ceasefire deal in Ukraine

Warm welcome for Russia's Putin at meeting with US President Donald Trump in Alaska, but no deal on ending Ukraine war.

ALJAZEERA

🤖 Spain’s Old Ways May Show How to Keep Cool

The tradition of the siesta is no accident. Spain has been living with extreme heat for centuries, and its people have ways of coping.

NYTIMES

👔 Once Seen as Divisive, South Korea’s New Leader Tries for Charming

To South Koreans weary of the political polarization that led briefly to martial law, President Lee Jae Myung is showing a more human touch than his predecessor. But his biggest challenges lie ahead.

NYTIMES

📰 Science news this week: Black holes galore and blue whales that still sing

Aug. 16, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

LIVESCIENCE

🤖 Trump Administration Backs Off New Attempt to Widen Control of D.C. Police

The chief will remain after a lawsuit challenged the Justice Department’s attempt to install a new leader as part of an effort to put the agency under federal control.

NYTIMES

👔 ‘Next Time in Moscow’: Putin Secures De-Isolation as Trump’s ‘Listening Exercise’ Fails

While the US President called the talks “productive,” his failure to secure a firm commitment to peace has been widely interpreted as a missed opportunity to pressure the aggressor genuinely.

KYIVPOST

🌐 US credit spreads hit lowest level this century after sharp rally

Investors warn credit markets are ‘weirdly confident’ despite threats to global economy

FT

👮 Trump team backs down in stoush over police takeover in Washington, DC

Officials in the US capital took the Trump administration to court after it tried to put a federal official in charge of the city’s police department.

SMH

🌧️ At Trump’s Summit, No Deal on Ukraine, and No Consequence for Putin

President Trump’s failure to reach an accord on Ukraine only made his warm welcome for the Russian leader more striking.

NYTIMES

🇮🇱 Far-right Israeli minister posts video of confrontation with imprisoned Palestinian leader

Itamar Ben-Gvir admonishes the man who many see as the future leader of the Palestinian Authority, in an encounter that the United Nations condemned as “disturbing”.

SMH

👔 Donald Trump’s Self-Own Summit with Vladimir Putin

Even the puffery-prone President couldn’t alchemize his non-deal with Russia into Trumpian gold.

NEWYORKER

🔥 It’s obvious what Putin got from this meeting – for Trump, not so much

Reporters were shocked and confused by the summit’s abrupt ending. Had the two leaders actually agreed to anything? What the hell just happened?

SMH

🌩️ Potential ‘100 Foot’ Waves Headed for U.S. East Coast

It’s official: Tropical Storm Erin has been upgraded to Hurricane status. As of Friday, the Category 1 storm (but expected to grow) is moving towards the Caribbean, then it’s slated to curve northeast off the United States’ East Coast by next week – bringing with it heavy rains, flash flooding, gusty winds, and most likely […]

ENDTIMES

🇨🇳 China’s corporate bonds win record share of top credit ratings

Beijing seeks to minimise domestic defaults but fears over credit quality persist

FT

📰 Trump-Putin meeting updates as it happened: US, Russian presidents fail to strike deal in Alaska to end Ukraine war

The face-to-face high-stakes summit, which excluded Volodymyr Zelensky, ended without news of a deal between Moscow and Washington. Follow our live coverage.

SMH

🌧️ Trump and Putin Put on a Show in Summit, but No Ukraine Deal Emerges

President Trump gave President Vladimir Putin a warm public reception, effectively ending his diplomatic isolation over the past three years for his invasion of Ukraine. But Mr. Putin did not agree to stop the war.

NYTIMES

🤖 The unhealthy food nutritionists say you shouldn't ban from your diet

Julia Cassidy, a dietitian and eating disorder specialist, says that demonizing certain foods can lead to an unhealthy relationship with eating.

DAILYMAIL

🤖 Stephen A. Smith reveals his true thoughts on LeBron James in wake of ugly public feud

Back in March, cameras caught James and the ESPN personality in a heated confrontation during the Los Angeles Lakers' matchup against Smith's beloved New York Knicks .

DAILYMAIL

❗ DC police chief retains command after deal with Trump administration

The city had asked a judge to block Attorney General Bondi's order that put in place an "emergency police commissioner".

BBC

🤖 Casey Affleck's girlfriend Caylee Cowan takes a stand for the animal kingdom in new PETA campaign

The 27-year-old is now the face of PETA's latest campaign advocating for vegan leather alternatives (even starring in a new billboard for the cause)

DAILYMAIL

🌧️ Trump calls on Zelenskyy to ‘make a deal’ after productive talks with Putin

President Donald Trump rated his closely-watched summit Friday with Russian President Vladimir Putin a “10” out of 10 and touted “very good progress” in the road to peace in Ukraine, but said “there’s no deal until there’s a deal,” in an exclusive interview on “Hannity.” “I can tell you, the meeting was a very warm […]

ENDTIMES

👔 6 Takeaways From Trump’s Meeting With Putin

While no deal was announced, the Russian leader secured some wins and left on good terms with the U.S. president.

NYTIMES

🤖 Trump’s Putin Gambit Failed—but Maybe It Was Still Worth Trying

Successful diplomacy of any kind requires some kind of high-stakes compromise.

FP

🌧️ Trump’s red carpet reception for Putin in Alaska ends without deal to end war in Ukraine

The tensions between the two leaders were not apparent from their clasped hands and grins as Trump welcomed Putin back to U.S. soil for the first time in a decade. But as they parted, little was known about what comes next.

PBS

👔 Trump reacts to Hillary Clinton's surprising suggestion she would nominate president for Nobel Peace Prize

The Former Secretary of State made the statement in a podcast appearance ahead of Trump's meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska.

DAILYMAIL

🤖 'She was so f***ed up': Carolyn Bessette's friends tell MAUREEN CALLAHAN of her secret Daddy issue, JFK Jr's murder brag that drove her mad... and why everything we know about her is a lie

Carolyn Bessette's marriage to JFK Jr is depicted as a fairy tale. In truth, it was more of a horror movie. Don't be fooled.

DAILYMAIL

🌧️ Putin Probably Bought Himself More Time for His War in Ukraine

Few East-West meetings have ended with less clarity than Friday’s Trump-Putin summit in Alaska. What was clear, though, was that Vladimir Putin was well satisfied.

NYTIMES

🤖 Judge Rejects Trump’s Attempt to End Standards of Care for Detained Migrant Children

Court-mandated oversight will remain in place for migrant children in custody. Lawyers have reported poor medical care and lack of sunlight and showers.

NYTIMES

🔥 No ceasefire, no deal. What summit means for Trump, Putin and Ukraine

Three BBC correspondents at the meeting in Alaska assess what we learned about the two leaders and what's next for the war.

BBC

🔥 No ceasefire, no deal: What summit means for Trump, Putin and Ukraine

Three BBC correspondents at the meeting in Alaska assess what we learned about the two leaders and what's next for the war.

BBC

🔥 Starbucks sets ambitious new goal to combat customers' biggest gripe

Starbucks is making a bold promise to tackle one of customers' biggest pet peeves.

DAILYMAIL

👔 The astonishing difference between Trump's opening and closing handshakes with Putin

Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin were all smiles as they came face-to-face for the first time since 2018. But the same couldn't be said at the conclusion of their summit in Alaska.

DAILYMAIL

👔 Trump Welcomes Putin With B-2 Bomber Flyover and Red Carpet

President Trump clapped for his guest, Vladimir V. Putin, as he stepped off the plane. But their visit ended with little but an agreement to see each other again — perhaps, Mr. Putin said, “in Moscow?”

NYTIMES

📰 Arnold Schwarzenegger wears expletive-laden shirt to troll Gavin Newsom over his redistricting plans

The 78-year-old actor shared a picture of himself sporting the crude shirt in the gym as he took aim at Newsom's attempt to redraw districts in the state.

DAILYMAIL

🌧️ Trump-Putin live: US president says advice to Zelenskyy is to ‘make a deal’

US and Russian leaders fail to reach Ukraine peace deal at summit

FT

⚔️ Alaska summit as it happened: Trump urges Zelenskyy to ‘make a deal’ after Putin talks conclude

Trump open to future meeting but says responsibility for ending war now rests with Kyiv and European allies

FT

🌐 Fans are convinced Travis Kelce's outfit is a nod to girlfriend Taylor Swift as he arrives for first NFL game since podcast broke the internet

Kansas City traveled to Seattle for another tune-up ahead of the 2025 season, and Kelce was front and center of the group - just days after he and his girlfriend broke the internet.

DAILYMAIL

📈 Kelly Clarkson's ex-assistant Brittney Marie Jones allegedly cheated on her husband with Brandon Blackstock, shock report claims

It has been claimed that Brittney Marie Jones' husband Greg LaPoint found out about her alleged affair with the now deceased music executive in the summer of 2023.

DAILYMAIL

🌧️ “We didn’t get there” – Trump and Putin Ukraine meeting falls short

US President Donald Trump says he and Russian President Vladimir Putin made progress during talks in Alaska.

ALJAZEERA

🌧️ ‘We didn’t get there’ says Trump, after Putin Ukraine meeting falls short

US President Donald Trump says he and Russian President Vladimir Putin made progress during talks in Alaska.

ALJAZEERA

📰 Newsom’s Gerrymander of California Has a Formidable Foe: Schwarzenegger

The actor-turned-governor helped overhaul how California draws political maps. In an interview with The New York Times, he said he would fight to preserve that legacy.

NYTIMES

🇺🇸 Mysterious California UFO group offering 'angels to aliens' sermons and 'mind evolution' forced to deny cult claims

The Alien Church in Los Angeles is pushing back against growing accusations that it functions as a cult.

DAILYMAIL

🌧️ What Trump and Putin said – and didn’t say – after their meeting in Alaska

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Alaska on Friday for talks on the Ukraine war. After meeting for about two and a half hours, the two presidents appeared briefly before the press to read statements and both left a short time later. Nick Schifrin was there for the summit and reports from Anchorage.

PBS

🌧️ In pictures: Trump-Putin summit ends without a deal but with plenty of standout moments

The presidents of the United States and Russia wrapped up critical talks in Alaska without reaching a deal on ending the war in Ukraine. 

SKY

👔 Foul-mouthed MSNBC host curses live on air during rant against Trump over Putin summit

MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace went on a tirade against the president for meeting with the Russian leader on Friday.

DAILYMAIL

📰 Trump and Putin claim ‘great progress’ – but leave Alaska early with no deal

The two men took no questions at a brief news conference where they hailed “constructive” talks but acknowledged there was still an impasse on key points.

SMH

🌧️ The art of the ‘no deal’: How the Trump-Putin meeting unfolded

Hours after the meeting ended, Ukraine’s air force said that Russia had launched 85 attack drones and ballistic missiles on Ukraine overnight, while Russia said it had intercepted 29 Ukrainian drones.

SMH

⚔️ Top Democrat Slams Trump-Putin Meeting, Calling It ‘Undeserved Reward’

The top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee criticized President Donald Trump on Friday for meeting with Vladimir Putin, calling the summit an “undeserved reward” for the Russian leader.

KYIVPOST

🇯🇵 Body found after bear attacks man on Hokkaido mountain in Japan

The victim’s friend saw the man fighting off the bear while bleeding from his leg, before being dragged away into a bush along the trail leading to the summit of Mount Rausu.

SMH

🇯🇵 Body found in Hokkaido after man watches bear drag friend off path

The victim’s friend saw the man fighting off the bear while bleeding from his leg, before the bear dragged him away into a bush along the trail leading to the summit of Mount Rausu in Japan.

SMH

🥳 California Democrats unveil their new congressional map to counter Republicans

As the battle over partisan redistricting mounts, Democrats in California unveil a congressional map that could yield up to five new seats for their party, countering Texas' plan for five GOP seats.

NPR

✊ Indonesians raise anime pirate flag in protest as nation marks independence

A Japanese cartoon pirate flag has been raised across Indonesia as a sign of growing frustration with the government.

ALJAZEERA

🔥 ‘There’s No Deal Until There’s a Deal’

Read Trump and Putin’s remarks after their pivotal meeting in Alaska.

FP

🔥 Sad truth about ageing men... every woman whispers about it. So many women put up with these ludicrous husbands: AMANDA PLATELL

Reflecting on making his half century, Leonardo DiCaprio tells Esquire magazine he doesn't feel 50 but 32.

DAILYMAIL

🤖 California Lawmakers Release a Proposed House Map Favoring Democrats

The plan would help Democrats flip five seats, offsetting the gains Republicans hope to make by redrawing maps in Texas.

NYTIMES

🔥 Confessions of the Royal butler: What Harry, Kate and William are really like. The wicked practical joke the Queen played on her family. And why I had to hide in a cupboard when I saw Charles. Intimate revelations by GRANT HARROLD

As always, it was an absolute honour to be in the Queen's presence, but you never knew what was going to happen next.

DAILYMAIL

🔥 Sharon Stone reveals how she was 'super-sexually' abused by her grandfather, was almost killed after a stroke and her mother's shocking last words to her in scandalous interview

A couple of days before our interview, late last month, Sharon Stone announced on Instagram that her mother had died.

DAILYMAIL

⚔️ Truth about the mile-high monster: Millionaire threatened a stewardess with gang rape. Now our special report reveals six convictions, where he got his cash and what friends say about his VERY different two wives...

As the sun set over central London on Thursday evening, some of Britain's most high profile Pakistanis gathered for a glittering event at a five-star hotel.

DAILYMAIL

🌧️ Trump and Putin declare 'no deal' on ending Ukraine war despite 'progress' during unusual press conference following historic meeting in Alaska

President Donald Trump left the world hanging by announcing no details and answering no questions about his 'extremely productive meeting' with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

DAILYMAIL

🔥 Selena Gomez sizzles in pink lingerie as she poses for bedroom selfie

The 33-year-old actress - who recently glammed up to celebrate the launch of her Rare Beauty perfume - took the snap in the reflection of a vanity mirror inside what appeared to be a spacious bedroom.

DAILYMAIL

🤖 Class-action suit claims Otter AI secretly records private work conversations

The suit claims the popular service may be recording and processing millions of users' private conversations without consent.

NPR

🤖 Michelle Obama weighs in on Caitlin Clark-Angel Reese rivalry after WNBA racism investigation

Clark and Reese have helped catapult women's basketball to new heights - both during their college days and since they joined the WNBA. They had a clash the last time they faced off.

DAILYMAIL

🤖 Puerto Rico police charge suspect in killing of tourist from US mainland

Authorities in Puerto Rico say a 37-year-old man has turned himself into police and was charged in the recent killing of a tourist from the U.S. mainland who had flown to the island for Bad Bunny’s residency

ABC

🌧️ Putin jabs Joe Biden by saying he would have never invaded Ukraine if Trump were in charge

Vladimir Putin said that former President Joe Biden is to blame for allowing the war with Ukraine to materialize.

DAILYMAIL

🌧️ Watch: How the Trump-Putin summit unfolded in 82 seconds

The meeting concluded with no deal being reached between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin but "great progress" was made in Ukraine talks.

BBC

🌧️ How the Trump-Putin summit unfolded... in under 2 minutes

The meeting concluded with no deal being reached between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin but "great progress" was made in Ukraine talks.

BBC

⚔️ Teen sisters in jet ski crash were warned about dangerous behavior by cops moments before fatal collision

Rachel Aliza Nisanov, 13, tragically died while her sister Aviva, 16, was left in a critical condition after their jet ski collided with a concrete dock during an outing on the water in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

DAILYMAIL

🌧️ WATCH: Trump says he and Putin ‘made some headway’ toward Ukraine war deal

Trump, who called the meeting “very profound” and “productive,” said that while there were “many, many points that we agreed on,” there were “a couple of big ones that we haven't quite gotten there.”

PBS

🚨 Trump-Putin live: Ukraine under air raid alert as Alaska talks end

US and Russian leaders fail to reach Ukraine peace deal at summit

FT

🌧️ WATCH: Putin says Russia and the U.S. need to ‘turn the page’

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that “it's very important” for Russia and the United States “turn the page to go back to cooperation,” as pressure grows to end the ongoing war in Ukraine.

PBS

🔥 Trump fails to secure Ukraine deal at Alaska summit with Putin

Truncated talks end without ceasefire despite US president’s warm welcome for Russian leader

FT

👔 Trump Is Testing D.C.’s Home Rule. What Is It?

The city’s limited self-governance has set the stage for the president’s police takeover.

NYTIMES

👔 'Next time in Moscow?' - Putin invites Trump to Russia with rare use of English

Russian President Vladimir Putin invited US President Donald Trump to Moscow at the end of their joint press conference in Alaska.

BBC

🔥 How 177 bombs came to rest under a children’s playground in England

When builder Steven Parkinson started digging up a children’s playground in his picture postcard town of Wooler, he had no idea that the ‘suspicious object’ he found was only the beginning.

SMH

⚔️ Air Force announces new policy to deny transgender troops hearings before discharges

Military legal experts who have been advising transgender troops say that the new policy is unlawful, and while they were not aware of the other services releasing similar memos, they fear it could serve as a blueprint across the military.

PBS

🔥 Two Decades of Putin Playing the West

For more than 20 years, Western leaders have played right into Putin’s hands — and given one a shake.

NYTIMES

👮 Trump team backs down in stoush over Washington DC police takeover

Officials in the US capital took the Trump administration to court after it tried to put a federal official in charge of the city’s police department.

SMH

👮 Trump team backs down in stoush over Washington, DC, police takeover

Officials in the US capital took the Trump administration to court after it tried to put a federal official in charge of the city’s police department.

SMH

📰 Trump-Putin meeting LIVE updates: US, Russian presidents fail to strike deal in Alaska to end Ukraine war

The face-to-face high-stakes summit, which excluded Volodymyr Zelensky, ended without news of a deal between Moscow and Washington. Follow our live coverage.

SMH

⛽ Massachusetts Seeks to End Ratepayer-Funded Subsidy for New Natural Gas Connections

A new Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities policy designed to discourage continued growth in the use of natural gas would end existing subsidies for gas utility lines in all newly constructed homes and buildings.  Under the new policy, developers, home builders or home buyers who wanted gas heat would have to pay the full cost […]

ICN

🌧️ Trump and Putin admit there's still work to be done before a deal to end the Ukraine war and issue warning to the rest of the world: Live updates

LIVE UPDATES: Follow the latest updates as Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin meet one another in an historic summit in Alaska to discuss how to end the war in Ukraine.

DAILYMAIL

🌧️ Trump and Putin fail to reach Ukraine peace deal but tout ‘progress’

‘We didn’t get there,’ Trump says after nearly 3-hour meeting with Putin

FT

🤖 Lana Del Rey reveals body-shaming hell following extreme slim down after Covid weight gain

Lana Del Rey has been swept up in a body-shaming scandal with another singer following her jaw-dropping weight loss. 

DAILYMAIL

🤖 Joy Taylor defends male cheerleaders in the NFL with brutal 'slavery' attack on critics

The Saints will reportedly be one of a dozen NFL teams to include male cheerleaders on their squad - up from seven in 2024. The trend has sparked outrage in some quarters.

DAILYMAIL

⚔️ ROBERT HARDMAN: Queen Camilla's tears as VJ Day hero salutes King Charles

The final ceremony in the great 80th anniversary commemorations of the Second World War came to a tearful conclusion on Friday, writes Robert Hardman.

DAILYMAIL

💨 Treasury Tightens Rules for Wind and Solar Tax Credits, But Offers Leeway

Wind and solar projects will have to meet more difficult work requirements to continue to access federal tax credits over the next four years, under guidance the Trump administration unveiled Friday. Although renewable energy advocates said that the Treasury Department’s new guidelines amounted to an acceleration of the phaseout of federal support for wind and […]

ICN

🌧️ No deal between Putin and Trump in Ukraine negotiations

Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump have spoken positively of negotiations in Alaska that have not resulted in a deal being made.

SMH

👮 4 Takeaways From the Week Trump Took Control of D.C.’s Police

The administration’s grip on the city has only tightened as the week has worn on, while pushback has begun to intensify.

NYTIMES

⚖️ Teen killer finally confesses to murdering sister-in-law and nephews, 1 and 4, after leaving chilling letter

Eric Sweeney, 19, fatally shot Kassandra Sweeney, 25, and her sons, Benjamin, four, and Mason, one, while living at their Northfield home.

DAILYMAIL

💨 Kate and William's fresh start: Prince and Princess of Wales to move family to new eight-bedroom 'forever home' in Windsor after Kate's cancer battle

The couple, along with their children Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, reportedly plan to relocate to the eight-bedroom Forest Lodge property.

DAILYMAIL

🤖 A Fragile Hope for Peace After Trump, Putin Hold ‘Extremely Productive’ Talks

Trump called his Alaska talks with Putin “extremely productive” – but with no deal yet and major gaps still unresolved, hopes for peace remain fragile – with the stakes still rising.

KYIVPOST

🏦 Wall Street buyout barons and fat cat CEOs blamed for the two biggest hospital bankruptcies in decades

Private equity companies and fat cat CEOs are facing scrutiny for the collapse of two major hospital chains.

DAILYMAIL

👔 Trump administration partially retreats, agrees to leave DC police chief in charge

Bondi's new order Friday came after officials in the nation's capital sued to block President Donald Trump's takeover of the Washington police.

PBS

👔 ‘Putin stuck to his guns’: Former State Department official analyzes Trump-Putin summit

For a recap of the summit between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Geoff Bennett spoke with Andrew Weiss. He's a former State Department official who served in the George H.W. Bush and Clinton administrations, and is currently serving as vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

PBS

🌧️ ‘Prepared to Work’ – Putin Tells Trump in Joint Press Conference After Alaska Summit

The Kremlin leader claimed he was ready to end the war in Ukraine and urged closer relations between the US and Russia.

KYIVPOST

👨‍⚖️ Judge Blocks F.T.C. Investigation of Media Matters

The agency began looking into the liberal watchdog group’s research critical of Elon Musk and his social media platform, X, in May.

NYTIMES

🇮🇳 WNBA superstar Sophie Cunningham leaves fans stunned with wild comment about Caitlin Clark's 'smell'

Cunningham joined Clark at the Indiana Fever ahead of the current season and the pair have hit it off both on and off the court - becoming friends as well as teammates.

DAILYMAIL

🔥 Trump meets Putin in Alaska with future of Ukraine war hanging in balance

President Trump welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday. It was the first time Putin had set foot in the U.S. in a decade. The talks centered on reaching a ceasefire nearly four years after Putin ordered the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which has killed hundreds of thousands and displaced millions. Nick Schifrin reports from Anchorage.

PBS

📰 Trump and Putin hold news conference after meeting in Alaska

Talks in Anchorage over ending Russian invasion of Ukraine lasted for more than 2 hours

FT

👔 Trump Welcomes Putin With B-2 Fighter Jet Flyover and Red Carpet

President Trump clapped for his guest, Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, as he stepped foot in the United States for the first time in a decade.

NYTIMES

📰 News Wrap: Abbott calls 2nd second special session for new congressional maps in Texas

In our news wrap Friday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott called a second special session to approve new congressional maps in favor of Republicans, Erin strengthened into the first hurricane of this year's Atlantic season and at least 280 people are dead after flash floods wreaked havoc on parts of northern Pakistan and India.

PBS

📰 News Wrap: Abbott calls 2nd special session for new congressional maps in Texas

In our news wrap Friday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott called a second special session to approve new congressional maps in favor of Republicans, Erin strengthened into the first hurricane of this year's Atlantic season and at least 280 people are dead after flash floods wreaked havoc on parts of northern Pakistan and India.

PBS

📰 Tristan Rogers dead at 79: General Hospital star passes following lung cancer battle

His manager, Meryl Soodak, confirmed his passing with ABC7 News , telling the outlet Rogers passed Friday morning after becoming stricken with the ailment.

DAILYMAIL

🤖 Ex-ESPN host Sage Steele says her close friends publicly attacked her after she sued the sports network

Former ESPN host Sage Steele has opened up about the personal fallout she suffered after filing a lawsuit against the sporting giant in 2022.

DAILYMAIL

❗ D.C. sues to block Trump’s federal takeover of its police department

City officials in Washington are declaring victory after they say the Trump administration backed away from a plan to appoint the nation's DEA chief as an “emergency police commissioner,” a move they call an unprecedented federal power grab. It comes after the city sued to block the president’s attempt to take control of the Metropolitan Police. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Marc Elias.

PBS

❗ Trump’s D.C. takeover reflects efforts to expand his authority, attorney says

City officials in Washington are declaring victory after they say the Trump administration backed away from a plan to appoint the nation's DEA chief as an “emergency police commissioner,” a move they call an unprecedented federal power grab. It comes after the city sued to block the president’s attempt to take control of the Metropolitan Police. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Marc Elias.

PBS

⚔️ MAHA Draft Report Brings Relief to Some, Chagrin to Others

A draft of an upcoming White House report on children’s health was not as harsh toward the agriculture industry as some of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s allies had hoped.

NYTIMES

👔 Brooks and Capehart on Trump’s summit with Putin

New York Times columnist David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart of MSNBC join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including President Trump's summit with Russia's Vladimir Putin in Alaska, Trump's federal takeover of Washington and the battle over redistricting.

PBS

👔 RFK Jr. claims 'the swamp' is trying to drive a 'wedge' between him and Trump and announces he's NOT running for president in 2028

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr . on Friday blasted 'the swamp' for trying to drive a wedge between him and President Donald Trump.

DAILYMAIL

🔥 Rapper Sean Kingston sentenced to 3 years for fraud scheme

The "Beautiful Girls" singer and his mother didn't pay for goods including, a 232-inch LED TV and a bulletproof Cadillac.

BBC

🔥 You may not really be allergic to penicillin. Here's how to find out if you are.

As many as 1 in 5 Americans believe they have a penicillin allergy, but just a tiny fraction actually do. In recent years, it's gotten a lot easier to find out.

LIVESCIENCE

📰 Dozens of rural newspapers shut down in latest disappearance of local journalism

Facing deep financial troubles, News Media Corporation shut down 23 news operations in five states. The closures are just the latest in a trend contributing to news deserts in rural America. Stephanie Sy discussed what this means for the future of local news with Teri Finneman, a journalism professor at the University of Kansas and co-author of "Reviving Rural News."

PBS

🤖 Shocking new survey reveals horrifying impact of football on ex-NFL players

The ex-pros, who had an average age of 62, answered 45 questions about their day-to-day lives since retiring from football. It claims to be 'the largest independent study of its kind.'

DAILYMAIL

🇨🇦 Air Canada cancels hundreds of flights as potential strike by flight attendants looms

Air Canada has canceled hundreds of flights — many of them international flights — as a potential strike by flight attendants looms

ABC

🇨🇳 China unveils newest AI technology at World Robot Conference

More than 200 companies showcase their latest innovations at the World Robot Conference in Beijing, China.

ALJAZEERA

❄️ Applause and an honour guard: Trump welcomes Putin as Ukrainians watch from afar

US president’s warm Alaska greeting brings Russian leader in from the cold

FT

🔥 Liverpool avoid late Bournemouth scare to win Premier League opener

Bournemouth fight back from two down but Liverpool secure late win on emotional Anfield night.

ALJAZEERA

🌧️ Mexico and Guatemala presidents meet face-to-face for the first time to talk key regional projects

The presidents of Mexico and Guatemala talked common goals and concerns in their first face-to-face meeting, including about the fate of a controversial Maya Train and extending the project from Mexico into Guatemala

ABC

👔 WATCH: DC Mayor Bowser and AG Schwalb hold briefing on bid to reverse Trump’s takeover

U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes indicated the law likely doesn’t allow the Trump administration power to fully take over city police, but it probably does give the president more power than the city might like.

PBS

🔥 WATCH: ‘Nothing set in stone,’ Trump says aboard Air Force One en route to meeting with Putin

Speaking aboard Air Force One on his way to meeting with Putin in Alaska, Trump told reporters he wants “to see a ceasefire rapidly.”

PBS

💼 NY Weed Dispensaries Sue Regulators Over Misinterpretation of State Rules

Last month, dozens of cannabis businesses were told they were located too close to schools after state officials realized they had misinterpreted regulations.

NYTIMES

❗ El Salvador extends pretrial detention for 80,000 gang suspects 2 more years

El Salvador’s Congress has voted to extend the detention of over 80,000 people arrested under the state of emergency for two more years

ABC

🌧️ Trump Gives Putin a First-Rate Welcome at Alaska Summit

The U.S. president welcomed his Russian counterpart to their Ukraine war summit with bonhomie.

FP

🌧️ Trump Rolls Out the Red Carpet for Putin in Alaska

The U.S. president welcomed his Russian counterpart to their Ukraine war summit with bonhomie.

FP

🔥 Heat and thirst drive families in Gaza to drink water that makes them sick

The thirst is only growing as a heat wave bears down, with humidity and temperatures in Gaza soaring.

PBS

❄️ Trump rolls out red carpet for Putin as Ukrainians watch from afar

US president’s warm Alaska greeting brings Russian leader in from the cold

FT

🔥 Doorbell cam catches moment trusting elderly widow is ruthlessly scammed out of her savings

The woman handed over $17,500 in cash to a scammer who showed up on her doorstep.

DAILYMAIL

💻 Senator Josh Hawley Begins Child Safety Inquiry Into Meta’s A.I. Bot

Josh Hawley, Republican of Missouri, said he would look into whether the social media company’s artificial intelligence technology endangers children.

NYTIMES

🤖 NCAA fines Michigan millions, suspends Moore 3 games over sign-stealing scandal

The NCAA found overwhelming evidence of a cover-up by Wolverines staff. They considered a multiyear postseason ban but decided against it to avoid penalizing current athletes.

PBS

🌧️ Lip reader reveals the tarmac whispers between Trump and Putin that hint at historic Ukraine deal: 'I'll help you'

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin appeared to agree to 'help' each other strike a deal as they met in person for the first time in six years.

DAILYMAIL

🔥 Inside Sydney Sweeney's wild boozy night out as she continues to blow off American Eagle controversy

Hollywood's latest 'it' girl wore a farm-girl style white cotton crop top that flashed her toned tummy as she added oversized blue denim jeans and white sneakers. She was surrounded by pals.

DAILYMAIL

⚔️ Shocking Ikea flyer from 1985 shows VERY surprising prices... but not everything is what it seems

The Swedish homewares store Ikea is a household name and somehow, 40 years later, some of their most popular furniture is somehow even cheaper.

DAILYMAIL

⚔️ Kremlin’s War Dogs in Alaska: Meet the Kremlin Delegation Driving Friday’s Trump-Putin Summit

As Trump and Putin meet in Alaska, the Kremlin’s delegation reveals Moscow’s real agenda: sanctions deals, war financing, and propaganda – not peace. Here’s who’s at the table.

KYIVPOST

⚔️ Kremlin’s War Dogs in Alaska – Meet the Kremlin Delegation Driving Friday’s Trump-Putin Summit

As Trump and Putin meet in Alaska, the Kremlin’s delegation reveals Moscow’s real agenda: sanctions deals, war financing, and propaganda – not peace. Here’s who’s at the table.

KYIVPOST

⛽ Casey Affleck's girlfriend Caylee Cowan calls for Ben's ex JLo to give up fur as she takes a stand for PETA

The 27-year-old is the face of a new PETA campaign - and in an interview with Daily Mail, revealed how the megastar can make a stand for the animal kingdom.

DAILYMAIL

🤖 New Orleans mayor indicted on fraud charges linked to affair with bodyguard

LaToya Cantrell is accused of ‘defrauding’ city, paying Jeffrey Vappie as if he were on duty while on trips and trysts.

ALJAZEERA

👔 Trump's 'ego-stroke' and the move that made Putin 'purr': Body language expert breaks down historic handshake

Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin were all smiles as they came face-to-face for the first time since 2018.

DAILYMAIL

🛡️ Stocks Waver on Mixed US Data, Eyes on Trump-Putin Summit

The possibility of an end to a conflict that Putin began in 2022 had put the markets in optimistic mood, analysts said, although oil prices had been volatile.

KYIVPOST

👮 Trump and Putin Meet in Alaska

Also, D.C. sued Trump over his takeover of the city’s police. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.

NYTIMES

🌧️ Trump and Putin shake hands warmly in Alaska

President Donald Trump arrived in Alaska for a pivotal summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin that could reshape the war in Ukraine.

SMH

🤖 Tommy McLain, the King of Swamp Pop, Dies at 85

Playing a blend of rock, R&B and zydeco, he had a hit in 1966 with “Sweet Dreams” and inspired Elvis Costello and Nick Lowe, among many others.

NYTIMES

✊ UK to prosecute 60 more people for backing banned Palestine Action group

Since the controversial ban on July 7, more than 700 people have been detained at peaceful protests.

ALJAZEERA

❗ How an emergency declaration deepened Honduras’s crime crisis

Critics say Honduras's long-running state of exception created a system of impunity for the country's law enforcement.

ALJAZEERA

🌐 Jared Goff opens up on 'crazy' Taylor Swift shoutout on viral New Heights episode that broke the internet

Taylor Swift used Jared Goff in her analogy when describing her level of football knowledge when entering her first date with now-boyfriend Travis Kelce over two years ago, along with Josh Allen.

DAILYMAIL

💱 Priscilla Presley Locked in Feud With Former Business Partners

Elvis’s ex-wife has traded lawsuits in a financial dispute with former advisers that has grown ugly with an allegation that she prematurely “pulled the plug” on her late daughter, Lisa Marie.

NYTIMES

🔥 Jennifer Lopez flashes her nude bra in a lace top as she admits she had 'a difficult time in my life' when shooting Kiss Of The Spider Woman

Jennifer Lopez didn't shy away from showing her sexy side in a recent photo shoot. The multi-hyphenate, 56,showcased her curves in a sheer lace top with a nude bra beneath it.

DAILYMAIL

❗ ‘It Didn’t Have to Be This Way’: After Another Explosion at Clairton Coke Works, Advocates Call for Accountability

In the aftermath of an explosion at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works that injured 20 workers in July 2010, the Allegheny County emergency management chief was grateful it hadn’t been worse. “By the grace of God, nobody’s dead,” Robert A. Full said. “It’s a miracle no one was killed.” The 2010 accident—which prompted multiple lawsuits […]

ICN

👔 Canadian premier to meet with Mexican president in Mexico next month

A senior official says Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will visit Mexico in September to meet with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum

ABC

👔 Peru's president affirms sovereignty of Amazon River island

Peruvian President Dina Boluarte has visited an Amazon River island at the center of a territorial dispute with Colombia

ABC

🔥 Putin's face says it all as Trump shocks him with roaring power move as they meet in Alaska

The reaction came just moments after Putin shook Donald Trump 's hand in their first face-to-face meeting since 2018.

DAILYMAIL

🔥 'I can't hear you!' Putin points to his ear when reporter asks if he'll 'stop killing civilians'

The moment occurred after Putin and Donald Trump greeted each other in Alaska .

DAILYMAIL

🌧️ Nervous Putin reacts to Trump's power move moments after leaders meet in Alaska for talks to end Ukraine war: Live updates

LIVE UPDATES: Follow the latest updates as Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin meet one another in an historic summit in Alaska to discuss how to end the war in Ukraine.

DAILYMAIL

👔 Inside Trump and Putin's very cozy 10-minute surprise secret meeting in the fortified Beast

President Donald Trump made an unusual gesture by inviting Russian President Vladimir Putin to ride along with him in the Beast, the presidential limo.

DAILYMAIL

🤖 WWE legend Mick Foley's daughter reveals she sustained life-changing injuries after rollercoaster accident

Noelle Foley, 31, explained how she was left the long-term problem after riding a rollercoaster at the Dollywood theme park.

DAILYMAIL

⚔️ British cops wore jogging outfits to elicit catcalls and then arrested some men who hit on them: report

From catcalls to the doghouse. Female cops in England went undercover as joggers, wearing tight-fitting clothes in a bid to elicit catcalls — and then arrested some of the men who hit on them, according to a report. The Surrey Police Department created a trial task force, which lasted about a month, and led to 18 arrests for offenses like sexual assault, harassment, and theft, the Telegraph reported. Officer Abby Hayward and another Surrey Police Department officer who went undercover as civilian joggers in a bid to catch sexual harassers were catcalled within their first 10 minutes.

SOTT

🚔 Explosion in high-crime area in northern Peru injures 10 people and damages 25 homes

An explosion in northern Peru has injured at least 10 people and damaged 25 homes

ABC

🏛️ Canadian court suggests HOT WEATHER was to blame for vicious assault of Jewish father enjoying park with his children

The father-of-three was attacked in front of his young children in a park in Montreal's Parc-Extension neighborhood on August 8.

DAILYMAIL

🔥 So who IS the A-List couple Sophie Turner split up? Fans scramble to name Hollywood's top suspects

Sophie Turner just dropped a bombshell, and fans are scrambling to figure out which Hollywood power couple she split. Sleuths online are racing to compile lists of fragile Hollywood romances.

DAILYMAIL

⛽ Excruciating Las Vegas drinks prices go viral as tourism tanks in city amid rip-off fury and Trump travel boycotts

Stunned Las Vegas partiers went viral after sharing the extortionate drinks prices vendors are charging in Sin City amid its tanking tourism industry.

DAILYMAIL

🌧️ Trump, Putin skip questions ahead of Alaska joint press conference

US President Trump and Russian President Putin began talks on the Ukraine war at a US military base in Alaska.

ALJAZEERA

🔥 Handshakes and a shared limo ride: Our correspondents unpack greeting

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin appeared to have a friendly, but animated, conversation after landing in Alaska.

BBC

💨 Color revolution? Serbian president suggests foreign interference as violence erupts during nationwide protests

Violent clashes have broken out across Serbia between anti-government protesters and ruling party supporters, leaving dozens injured. The Balkan country has been wracked by unrest for months. Activists are demanding early parliamentary elections and accountability for the deadly collapse of a railway station canopy late last year. The fiercest standoff took place on Wednesday in the city of Novi Sad, where protesters gathered around the office of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS). The party's supporters and protesters threw flares and other objects at each other, with demonstrators also smashing the building's windows. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said that 64 people were injured at the premises of SNS in Novi Sad alone. He claimed that the protesters "approached from the rear with sticks, cannon shots, [and] attacked," adding that the pro-government activists "will not retreat, they opposed the beaters and blockaders" whom he called "thugs." The president added that...

SOTT

🏛️ Thousands more Afghans affected by second data breach

Thousands more Afghan nationals may have been affected by another data breach, the government has said.

SKY

👮 Mayor LaToya Cantrell of New Orleans Is Indicted on Corruption Charges

LaToya Cantrell was charged with going to criminal lengths to carry out a romantic relationship with a city police officer assigned to protect her.

NYTIMES

⚽ After a freeze, Trump administration reluctantly agrees to fund EV chargers

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says he doesn't agree with federal subsidies for high-speed EV chargers, but that his department "will respect Congress' will" and release the funds.

NPR

🔥 'Spooky' photo of tycoon's classic Buick being dragged from river that could solve one of Midwest's most chilling mysteries

The Buick belonged to property magnate Roy George Benn, who has not been seen since 1967.

DAILYMAIL

🌧️ Trump: 'I’m not here to negotiate for Ukraine'

The US president was asked for his opinion by reports on board Air Force One about Russia’s continued aggression against Ukraine the day before the meeting.

SMH

📰 When our inflation infeelings don’t match the CPI

For most Americans, we just lived through the highest period of inflation in our lives. And we are reminded of this every time we go grocery shopping. All over TikTok, tons of people have posted videos of how little they got for … $20. $40. $100. Most upsetting to us: an $8 box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch.<br><br><br><br>Food prices are almost 30% higher than they were five years ago. It’s bad. And those new, higher prices aren’t going away.<br><br>At the same time, prices are no longer inflating at a wild pace. For the last two years, the rate of inflation has slowed way down. And yet, our fears or feelings that things will spiral out of control again? Those have not slowed down.<br><br>This mismatch has been giving us all the …. feelings. Inflation feelings. Infeelings. <br><br>On our latest show: we sort through our infeeltions. We talk to the economists who have studied us. We learn why our personal inflation calculators don’t always match the professional ones.<br><br><em>Listen free at these links: </em><a href="http://n.pr/PM-digital"target="_blank" ><em>Apple Podcasts</em></a><em>, </em><a href="https://n.pr/3gTkQlR"target="_blank" ><em>Spotify</em></a><em>, </em><a href="https://n.pr/3Bkb17W"target="_blank" ><em>the NPR app</em></a><em> or anywhere you get podcasts.</em><br><br><em>Find more Planet Money: </em><a href="https://n.pr/3h92GwS"target="_blank" ><em>Facebook</em></a><em> / </em><a href="https://n.pr/3FqLuws"target="_blank" ><em>Instagram</em></a><em> / </em><a href="https://n.pr/3sGZdrq"target="_blank" ><em>TikTok</em></a><em> / Our weekly </em><a href="https://n.pr/3zrFvUB"target="_blank" ><em>Newsletter</em></a><em>.</em><br><br><em>Support Planet Money, get bonus episodes and sponsor-free listening and now Summer School episodes one week early by subscribing to Planet Money+ </em><a href="http://n.pr/PM-digital"target="_blank" ><em>in Apple Podcasts</em></a><em> or at </em><a href="https://n.pr/3HlREPz"target="_blank" ><em>plus.npr.org/planetmoney</em></a><em>.</em>

NPR

🌧️ High-stakes Trump-Putin summit over Ukraine begins in Alaska

US president says no business deals with Moscow until Ukraine war ‘settled’

FT

👔 Lobster Summit, Speedboat Spins, Pecan Pie: Putin’s US Visits Throughout Time

Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s trip to Alaska would be his eighth stint on American soil since 1999, while he enjoyed six meetings with President Trump during the latter’s first term.

KYIVPOST

🔥 Trump, Putin take no questions at start of Alaska summit

Just before the doors to the meeting were closed, journalists sprayed questions to both world leaders.

SMH

🥳 Scientists have discovered an ancient whale species. It may have looked like a mash-up with &#8216;a seal and a Pok&eacute;mon&#8217;

Amateur fossil hunter Ross Dullard, who found the partial skull, says he will celebrate with a whale-themed party, marking the end of a six-year obsession.

PBS

❗ Doctor issues serious warning about putting viral product on your 'lady bits'

A pediatric emergency doctor has issued a serious warning about a turmeric soap that's going viral on TikTok right now - and why you should avoid using it on certain areas.

DAILYMAIL

🛢️ Tycoon, 60, who ran naked from Hamptons yacht where bikini designer died embroiled in NEW scandal at his $10M mansion

The 60-year-old tycoon spent the night with New York City swimwear designer Martha Nolan-O'Slatarra when she died. He dashed down the dock naked around midnight, screaming for help.

DAILYMAIL

🌧️ Putin Smirks, Shrugs Off Question on Ukraine Civilian Killings in Alaska

During a pre-meeting photo-op with US President Donald Trump in Alaska, Putin was asked about civilian killings in Ukraine and gestured as if he didn’t understand the question.

KYIVPOST

🌧️ Putin and Trump tout 'progress' despite no Ukraine peace deal

President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are meeting at a military base outside Anchorage, Alaska. We've got the latest.

NPR

🤖 Mets' Juan Soto accused of lying about his age in outrageous claim from sports radio host

New York Mets slugger Juan Soto has been accused by a local sports radio host of being older than his listed age of 26. That host admits he 'can't prove' the outrageous claim.

DAILYMAIL

🌩️ Astonishing extreme lightning bolt recorded (515 miles)

From the "we still don't know everything about weather and climate" department and Arizona State University: It was a single lightning flash that streaked across the Great Plains for 515 miles, from eastern Texas nearly all the way to Kansas City, setting a new world record. "We call it megaflash lightning and we're just now figuring out the mechanics of how and why it occurs," said Randy Cerveny, an Arizona State University President's Professor in the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning. Cerveny and colleagues used space-based instruments to measure the megaflash, which took place during a major thunderstorm in October 2017. Its astonishing horizontal reach surpasses by 38 miles the previous record of 477 miles recorded during an April 2020 storm in the southern U.S. The new record-setter went unnoticed until a re-examination of satellite observations from the 2017 storm. "It is likely that even greater extremes still exist, and that we will be able to observe them...

SOTT

🌧️ The moment Putin has craved - a red carpet for a man with blood on his hands

All eyes were on Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin as they met for the first time in more than six years, the Russian president visiting the US for high-stakes talks that could reshape the war in Ukraine.

SKY

🌧️ Trump, Putin and no deal for Ukraine: The view from our correspondents

All eyes were on Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin as they met for the first time in more than six years, the Russian president visiting the US for high-stakes talks anticipated beforehand to potentially shape the war in Ukraine.

SKY

🌧️ Trump, Putin and no deal for Ukraine: Analysis from our correspondents

All eyes were on Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin as they met for the first time in more than six years, the Russian president visiting the US for high-stakes talks anticipated beforehand to potentially shape the war in Ukraine.

SKY

📰 Key takeaways from Alaska summit from Sky News correspondents

All eyes were on Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin as they met for the first time in more than six years, the Russian president visiting the US for high-stakes talks anticipated beforehand to potentially shape the war in Ukraine.

SKY

🔥 Pacific Ocean shift could send US food prices soaring for DECADES, scientists warn

Scientists believe they know what's causing a decades-long weather event that's drying out the West Coast and setting up massive wildfires and food shortages for years to come.

DAILYMAIL

🌧️ What to know about the Trump-Putin meeting in Alaska

The two leaders are meeting in Anchorage to discuss how to end of the war in Ukraine.

BBC

❗ Israel targets emergency workers trying to help people trapped in Gaza City

As military closes in on city, it continues attacks across enclave, targeting al-Shifa and Al-Aqsa hospitals.

ALJAZEERA

🎖️ Medieval knight 'Lancelot' and his stunning stone tomb found under ice cream shop in Poland

Archaeologists found the body of a medieval knight underneath a tombstone that depicted him in full military regalia.

LIVESCIENCE

🤖 Venture capitalist sues Christie’s over Picasso once owned by a criminal

Sasan Ghandehari claims he would not have bought £14.5mn work if auction house had disclosed the conviction

FT

📰 Liverpool vs Bournemouth - Premier League: Live score, team news and updates as Hugo Ekitike scores on league debut after game stopped because of racist comment from crowd

Follow Daily Mail Sports live blog for the latest score, team news and updates as Liverpool take on Bournemouth at Anfield in the opener for the 2025-26 Premier League season.

DAILYMAIL

🎖️ Dutch lawyer blindfolded and taken to high-security prison for exposing the crimes of covid

In the Netherlands (where I now live), on June 11 at 5:00 a.m., the Dienst Speciale Interventies (Special Intervention Service) invaded the home of lawyer Arno van Kessel.This elite counterterrorism unit combines personnel from the Dutch National Police Corps, the Dutch military police and the Dutch Armed Forces. Rather than stopping terrorism, however, this unit was the one terrorizing the Kessel family, including his wife and three children, who were held at gunpoint. Kessel was then blindfolded and taken to a high-security penal institution in Vught, Netherlands.

SOTT

🎥 Logan Paul and Nina Agdal get married in a lavish ceremony in Lake Como

The WWE star, 30, shared images from his big day on his Instagram Stories, captioning one video: 'I've seriously been crying.'

DAILYMAIL

🌧️ Trump and Putin shake hands as they face off for historic Alaska summit to end the war in Ukraine: Live updates

LIVE UPDATES: Follow the latest updates as Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin meet one another in an historic summit in Alaska to discuss how to end the war in Ukraine.

DAILYMAIL

🌧️ Watch: Moment Trump and Putin meet in Alaska for Ukraine talks

This is the moment Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin exchange handshakes as they meet for a summit in Alaska.

BBC

📉 Palm Beach businessman horrifies networking website by sharing details of nudity scandal that almost destroyed his life

Aaron Nosbisch, 31, who founded cannabis and mushroom-infused drink company Brez, couldn't miss the chance to turn his near-disastrous scandal into a marketing opportunity on LinkedIn.

DAILYMAIL

🤖 Biden aide turned MSNBC host mocks Trump's DC crime crackdown...while shielded from chaos in her $2m home

Jen Psaki joined the liberal herd in condemning Trump's DC crime crackdown on her show The Briefing Room.

DAILYMAIL

👔 Trump–Putin Alaska Meeting Kicks Off

“Thank you,” the US president said in his only remark right before his in-person meeting with Putin.

KYIVPOST

🇬🇧 UK's trade envoy to Turkey&#160;resigns following visit to Northern Cyprus

The UK's trade envoy to Turkey, Afzal Khan, has resigned following a trip last week to Northern Cyprus.

SKY

🌧️ Trump greets Putin in Alaska for Russia-Ukraine talks

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin greeted each other today in Anchorage, Alaska.

ALJAZEERA

🌧️ What we expected from the Trump-Putin summit - and what actually happened

A warm handshake, big smiles, and a red carpet - this was the welcome for Vladimir Putin as he touched down on US soil for critical negotiations on the war in Ukraine.

SKY

🌧️ Trump and Putin's no-deal summit was different to what we expected - here's why

A warm handshake, big smiles, and a red carpet - this was the welcome for Vladimir Putin as he touched down on US soil for critical negotiations on the war in Ukraine.

SKY

🌡️ Environmental Groups Sue Over D.O.E. Report Downplaying Climate Change

The lawsuit seeks to block the Trump administration from repealing the legal foundation for regulating climate pollution.

NYTIMES

🌧️ Trump-Putin meeting LIVE updates: US, Russian Presidents meet in Alaska to try striking deal to end Russia-Ukraine war

The face-to-face high-stakes summit, which excludes Volodymyr Zelensky, could reshape the war in Ukraine and relations between Moscow and Washington. Follow our live coverage.

SMH

🌧️ Trump and Putin agree on 'many points' in Ukraine talks - but give little detail away

Donald Trump has said there are "many points" he and Vladimir Putin agreed on after holding critical talks on the war in Ukraine - but no deal has been reached yet.

SKY

🌧️ 'We haven't quite got there': No deal reached to end war in Ukraine, Trump says

No deal has been reached to end the war in Ukraine - but Donald Trump has said there are "many points" he and Vladimir Putin agreed on during their highly anticipated summit.

SKY

🌧️ Trump and Putin greet each other at Alaska summit

US president says no business deals with Moscow until Ukraine war ‘settled’ as the two leaders travel to Alaska for high-stakes summit

FT

❄️ When the world meets on the edge of the map

An anticipated Trump-Putin meeting in Alaska promises high-stakes diplomacy wrapped in Cold War echoes, where the venue, the optics, and the silences may prove as consequential as any agreements reached. In the frozen calculus of modern geopolitics, Alaska is more than a speck on the map — it is a listening post between two worlds that never stopped staring at each other. Now, whispers of a Trump-Putin meeting on this northern edge of America carry the weight of both history and unfinished business. As Washington prepares for another "dialogue" with Moscow, the same undercurrents that defined the Cold War churn just beneath the ice. There are places where power gathers that seem to hum with a strange electricity — rooms, islands, border posts — but sometimes the map itself becomes the stage. On August 15, the long Arctic light of Alaska illuminates two men whose shadowplay has been running for decades: Vladimir Putin, coming not as the vanquished pariah the ICC hoped to brand him,...

SOTT

🌧️ Kiev tries to kill as many civilians as it can right before talks

Zelensky's power is contingent on the war continuing, so he's trying his best to derail or sour any negotiation that could lead to peace. On August 14, 2025, Russian officials reported Ukrainian drone strikes on the border city of Belgorod and the southern capital Rostov-on-Don, killing and injuring civilians. Rostov saw an apartment building struck, with over a dozen casualties; in Belgorod, three civilians were hurt when a drone hit a car downtown. This came two days after the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) alleged that Ukrainian forces were preparing a false-flag provocation in the Kharkov region, complete with pre-positioned journalists - supposedly to shape a narrative blaming Moscow. These incidents are not isolated. They fit into a larger operational and political pattern: each time high-level talks are scheduled Kiev steps up attacks on Russian regions. The results are the same: civilian deaths, destruction of civilian infrastructure, and an attempt to create a cloud...

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🌧️ Putin outlines prospects for nuclear deal with US

Russia and the US could reach a deal on strategic nuclear arms if the two sides make progress on resolving the Ukraine conflict, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday, ahead of his highly anticipated meeting with his US counterpart, Donald Trump, in Anchorage, Alaska. The New START treaty, the only remaining nuclear arms control accord between the two countries, was suspended by Moscow in 2023 over obstacles to inspections and Western military participation in the Ukraine conflict. Putin said: "If we move to the next stages and reach agreements in the field of strategic offensive arms control, this will create long-term conditions for peace between our countries, in Europe, and in the world as a whole." In force since 2011, the treaty limits the US and Russia to no more than 1,550 deployed strategic nuclear warheads and provides for mutual inspections to verify compliance.

SOTT

👮 Officers Clear More Homeless People from Sites Around Washington

Local police now under federal oversight dismantled encampments, discarding tents and other belongings.

NYTIMES

🌧️ Carefully and Gracefully

"It's funny they call [intel] a 'community.' That sounds so benign and beneficial. Everybody likes communities." — Doug Casey And so, now, in Alaska, Mr. Trump sits down with Vlad Putin to attempt a settling of Ukraine's hash. This war has been a three-year bloody grind, millions killed, mostly Ukrainians, provoked underhandedly by US State Dept / CIA neocons, Britain's MI6 apparatus, and the girl-bosses of the EU, for no good reason, namely, to weaken and possibly break-up Russia so as to get at its vast mineral and energy resources. This has been tried before in history, always to the grief of the triers. From our country's point of view, the dynamics in play at this moment are delicate to an extreme. In the background of the Trump-Putin meet-up, amid an eerie silence in the DOJ and FBI, an epic, sweeping prosecution of the RussiaGate hoaxers creeps forward. RussiaGate, of course, was born in the false charge (by America's highest officials, derived from nonsense cooked up by...

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📉 CoreWeave investors sell more than $1bn in shares as IPO lock-up ends

Director Jack Cogen offloads stake with an aggregate market value of about $300mn

FT

🛢️ Delaying Even More Coal, Gas Plant Closures Could Cost Ratepayers Billions

In May, the U.S. Department of Energy ordered Michigan’s Campbell coal plant to stay open, despite its plans to shut down after more than 60 years of operation. A week later, DOE ordered the Eddystone oil and gas plant in Pennsylvania to do the same. The reason, according to the Trump administration, was an inadequate [&#8230;]

ICN

🇮🇱 Israel Abducted Child Near Gaza Aid Site and Tortured Him for Nearly a Month

A recent report reveals Israel is also abducting Palestinians near aid sites, on top of near-daily massacres.

TRUTHOUT

⚔️ Over 20,000 arrested in Iran on suspicion of espionage during war with Israel

Officials are urging citizens to 'maintain vigilance' as they did during the 12-day war, as the hunt for infiltrators continues. Iranian police arrested around 21,000 people on various charges during the 12-day war with Israel, Iran's national police force reported on 12 August. According to local media, more than 7,850 public tips were received during the fighting, leading to the arrests. The spokesperson of the Iranian police, Saed Montazer al-Mahdi, noted that the Iranian Cyber Police (FATA) handled 5,700 cybercrime cases, including internet fraud, unauthorized withdrawals, and a cyber attack on the Nobitex exchange. He said 2,774 "illegal citizens" were detained, with 261 people arrested on suspicion of espionage and 172 detained for unauthorized filming - some for filming "sensitive centers" around the country. Examinations of the suspects' mobile phones led to the opening of 30 special security cases.

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🇷🇺 Russia’s Lavrov Wears USSR Sweatshirt to Trump-Putin Summit

The foreign minister wasn’t subtle about his Soviet nostalgia.

FP

🇮🇱 Israel’s aid rules demand “sensitive data, put staff at risk”

Bushra Khalidi says Israel’s new NGO registration rules violate international law and endanger aid workers.

ALJAZEERA

⚔️ A Secret History of the Japanese Army

<p class="readrate">On the 80th anniversary of Japan’s surrender in WWII, the legacy of a biological warfare unit still haunts. And human rights activists are alarmed by the Trump administration’s changing focus. 

NPR

🤖 Ex-ABC star predicts Alpha male Trump's swagger will FREEZE in Alaska

Moran claimed during a recent interview on CNN that Trump is 'an alpha male' except when Putin is in the room.

DAILYMAIL

⚖️ Mayor LaToya Cantrell of New Orleans Is Indicted, Her Lawyer Says

LaToya Cantrell has been under a corruption investigation that has cast a shadow over her final term as mayor. The specific charges were not immediately clear.

NYTIMES

👔 Verdict, sentencing in coup trial for Brazil’s Bolsonaro set for September

Supreme Court will rule on ex-president&#039;s fate in case dividing nation that could result in lengthy prison term.

ALJAZEERA

❗ Children in a mental health crisis can spend days languishing in the ER

A new study finds that nearly 1 in 10 kids on Medicaid visiting an emergency department for mental health care remain stuck there for days waiting for follow up psychiatric care.

NPR

🔥 Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel gets into heated exchange with reporter over Stefon Diggs

A head coach will go to any length to defend his players, even if it means insulting a member of the media, like Patriots boss Mike Vrabel did on Thursday when asked about Stefon Diggs. 

DAILYMAIL

🇬🇧 Prince Harry's former charity Sentebale slashes UK staff to just ONE amid donations collapse and toxic infighting

The charity founded by Prince Harry has laid off all but one of its London staff amid ongoing funding concerns.

DAILYMAIL

⚔️ When Will World War II End in Japan?

Silence on the official history of 1939 to 1945 has led to a flowering of creative interpretations.

FP

⚕️ RFK Jr revives task force on childhood vaccine safety

Children's Health Defense, an anti-vaccine group Kennedy founded, had pushed through to bring the task force back.

BBC

🌧️ White House announces sudden change to Trump-Putin sit-down as one-on-one meeting expands at last second: Live updates

LIVE UPDATES: Follow the latest updates as Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin meet one another in an historic summit in Alaska to discuss how to end the war in Ukraine.

DAILYMAIL

🤖 Brandi Glanville debuts a new face... after spending OVER $100K on her disfigurement drama

The reality star, 52, said she found a potential solution on social media and shared photos of her transformed look after finding a new doctor.

DAILYMAIL

⚔️ Anger after Howard Stern's crude 'ugliest girl' competition resurfaces

Stern hosted the infamous 'Buttaface Contest' in Las Vegas for many years in the early 2000s, with users slamming the host as 'derogatory' and 'heartless'.

DAILYMAIL

⚔️ Ex-Trump security advisor reveals president's risky strategy to exploit weakness of Putin's bloody war machine

Under President Joe Biden, American appeasement policies kept the Russian economy running hot, even as Biden refused to talk. Trump's plan is engage and squeeze.

DAILYMAIL

⚔️ Trump, Putin Land in Alaska for Bilateral Summit, Shake Hands on Red Carpet

As Trump and Putin touch down in Alaska for their meeting later today, Trump warned that US-Russia economic ties are on the table but won’t deepen unless Moscow’s invasion ends.

KYIVPOST

⛽ Tarek El Moussa gets battery charge from Las Vegas scuffle dismissed - after fulfilling certain conditions

El Moussa was able to show proof that he completed the diversion program requirements, and a judge dismissed his case on Aug. 5

DAILYMAIL

🌧️ LIVE: Trump–Putin Alaska Meeting, Straight From Alaska

The meeting between the US and Russian heads of state had started at around 10:30 p.m. Kyiv time, which would see the two discuss the war in Ukraine and potential ties restoration – stay tuned.

KYIVPOST

🌧️ LIVE: Trump-Putin Alaska Meeting, Straight From Alaska

The meeting between the US and Russian heads of state had started at around 10:30 p.m. Kyiv time, which would see the two discuss the war in Ukraine and potential ties restoration – stay tuned.

KYIVPOST

🔥 Fears of a Fragile World

From the Habsburgs to modern Washington, anxiety underlies empire.

FP

🔥 Dua Lipa showcases her impressive yoga moves on a paddle board in a TINY bikini during sun-soaked Ibiza getaway... as her shirtless fiancé Callum Turner gets in on the action!

Bikini-clad Dua Lipa showcased her impressive yoga moves while balancing on a paddle board in Ibiza on Thursday.

DAILYMAIL

🤖 Macron vows justice after unknown attackers chop down tree honoring murdered French Jewish man

The tree, located in &Eacute;pinay-sur-Seine, was chopped down Wednesday night, seemingly with a chainsaw.

PBS

🔥 Hateful anti-white posts of woke writer for prestigious Conde Nast magazine

Doreen St. Felix, a staff writer for The New Yorker, has sparked backlash after her furious anti-white tweets resurfaced in which she wrote that 'whiteness must be abolished.'

DAILYMAIL

🇮🇳 WNBA fans go into meltdown over Caitlin Clark's NBA2K video game rating

Caitlin Clark remains injured for the Indiana Fever, but that isn't stopping WNBA fans from making her the center of the league's latest controversy.

DAILYMAIL

🔥 For Some Venetians, This Overgrown Island Is Paradise

A citizens’ group is now in charge of the island of Poveglia, where they will create a park for anyone who wants to leave Venice’s maddening crowds of tourists behind.

NYTIMES

🌧️ Russia seeks to comprehend fully the various constraints on Trump

Another round of negotiations between Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff and the Russian leadership? A meeting between Witkoff and President Putin is now imminent. At the same time, General Keith Kellogg has been in Kiev. This comes as Trump's so-called 'ultimatum' is set to expire - although Trump himself casts doubt whether the sanctions that may follow might not 'bother' Putin at all. Has anything changed - beyond Russia's accelerating advances across the extent of the contact line? In one sense, nothing has changed. The Russian position remains as set out by President Putin on 14 June 2024. Has the U.S. position changed? No. Earlier this month, Trump 'whisperer' General Kellogg suggested that the U.S. deploy all of its ballistic-missile submarines to see whether Putin was "bluffing". So there you have it: Kellogg continues to believe that Putin is 'bluffing'. It seems that the Kellogg faction in Team Trump simply cannot either hear or assimilate what Putin has been telling them since...

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📰 Gavin Newsom reveals Trump's private joke over the phone before launching ICE raids in Los Angeles

A day before the president marshalled the state's National Guard, Newsom and Trump spoke on the phone on a late Friday night.

DAILYMAIL

⚖️ Texas Democrats signal likely end of gerrymander battle

"We are about to suffer the blunt force of Governor Abbott's weakness,” state lawmaker says

SALON

✊ Judge Says State Violated Cop City Protester’s Rights, Dismisses Terror Charge

“The State's delay appears to be deliberate, weighing heavily against it,” the judge wrote in his ruling.

TRUTHOUT

🔥 Mysterious change in Pacific to 'lock' US in megadrought that'll send food prices soaring for DECADES

Scientists believe they know what's causing a decades-long weather event that's drying out the West Coast and setting up massive wildfires and food shortages for years to come.

DAILYMAIL

⚔️ China Is Still Afraid of Losing World War II

In the long Asian wars, being the victor in 1945 meant little.

FP

🌐 CIA files blowing the lid off Ark of the Covenant mystery are described as an 'Indiana Jones moment'

The Ark of the Covenant, a millennia-old biblical artifact shrouded in mystery, has once again captured global attention with new revelations that may lead to its hidden location.

DAILYMAIL

🌡️ BBC: Feeding your toddler vegetables protects them from climate change

"... tells me he only likes eggs, fish fingers and pancakes ..." My quest for a climate-friendly family diet Graihagh Jackson Climate journalist Graihagh Jackson goes on a quest to find a diet that's healthy for her child, and helps fight climate change - but will her son actually eat it? ... ... My diet is currently about 75% plants and I follow EAT-Lancet's "Food for the Anthropocene" report recommendations. ... For those considering cutting meat and animal products out entirely, one factor to consider is age, as a vegan diet can be risky for young children, and there have been cases of death or severe malnutrition of babies or young children being given only plant-based food or drinks. ... But here comes the next challenge: getting my toddler to actually eat those plants. He frequently tells me he only likes eggs, fish fingers and pancakes and eschews the colourful plate of my carefully cooked (and in my opinion, delicious) vegetables I serve up alongside his favourites. ......

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🌩️ Waterspout sightings along the Grand Strand, South Carolina

Storms on Thursday across the Grand Strand brought heavy rain, frequent lightning, and rotation. Thankfully, none of these rotating storms produced a tornado over land in Horry County, but offshore, they did. There were multiple sightings along the Grand Strand of waterspouts. Sightings were from viewers in Murrells Inlet, Garden City, and Myrtle Beach. It is unclear if these sightings are of the same waterspout, or different ones.

SOTT

🇨🇦 Air Canada’s Flight Attendants Reject Call for Arbitration

Their union says one of its core demands, to receive pay for groundwork, is unlikely to be introduced in arbitration. The airline began canceling flights ahead of the potential strike.

NYTIMES

🌧️ WATCH LIVE: Trump and Putin to meet in Alaska

Friday's meeting could influence the war in Ukraine and European security.

PBS

📰 WATCH LIVE: Trump and Putin expected to hold joint news conference after meeting in Alaska

President Donald Trump and Russia&rsquo;s Vladimir Putin kicked off their Alaska summit with a warm handshake on Friday, greeting each other like old friends before heading into hours of discussions that could reshape the war in Ukraine and relations between Moscow and Washington.

PBS

📰 WATCH LIVE: Trump and Putin to hold joint news conference after meeting in Alaska

President Donald Trump and Russia&rsquo;s Vladimir Putin met for about 2 1/2 half hours on Friday at a summit in Alaska that started with a handshake, a smile and a ride in the presidential limousine &mdash; an unusually warm reception for a U.S. adversary responsible for launching the largest land war in Europe since 1945.

PBS

📰 WATCH: Trump and Putin hold joint news conference after meeting in Alaska

President Donald Trump said he and Vladimir Putin didn&rsquo;t reach a deal to end Russia&rsquo;s war in Ukraine after meeting on Friday &mdash; despite Putin saying they had come to &ldquo;an understanding&rdquo; &mdash; as the two leaders offered scant details on what was discussed while heaping praise on each other.

PBS

🌧️ Hungarian FM: EU plotting to overthrow three European governments

Brussels is pushing for regime change in Hungary, Serbia, and Slovakia, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has claimed The European Union is attempting to topple the governments of Hungary, Slovakia, and Serbia for prioritizing national interests over alignment with Brussels, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has claimed. He made the comments in a Facebook post on Thursday after phone calls with Slovak Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar and Serbia's top diplomat, Marko Duric. According to Szijjarto, they agreed to strengthen their stance on sovereignty and pledged mutual solidarity amid what they described as growing external pressure. "Brussels has ceased to be a factor in world politics. The fact that Europe has been excluded from the Alaska talks proves it," he wrote, referring to Friday's summit between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the Ukraine conflict.

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🌧️ Alaska Summit in Perspective

A prominent American-Ukrainian leader and lawyer assesses the controversial Trump-Putin meeting on US territory.

KYIVPOST

👔 Jeffrey Sachs: US has 'no right' to tell India who to trade with

New Delhi is planning to boost its export presence in 50 countries in an effort to mitigate the effects of the higher tariffs imposed by Washington The United States has no right to tell India who it can partner with in trade, Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, said on Friday. The economist was commenting in an interview with NDTV television on Washington's decision to impose additional tariffs on India over its purchases of Russian oil. Last week, the White House announced an extra 25% tariff on Indian imports, raising the overall tariff level faced by the South Asian nation to 50%. US President Donald Trump said the measure was prompted by India's continued imports of Russian oil. New Delhi condemned the move as "extremely unfortunate" and pledged to safeguard its national interests. Sachs described the tariff increase as a clear reason for India to remain cautious in its dealings with Washington.

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💥 Lightning strike kills 5 in Bajaur, Pakistan

At least five people lost their lives after lightning struck Jabrari village in the Salarzai area of Bajaur, KP, rescue officials said on Friday. As per details, heavy rainfall triggered flash floods that swept through multiple settlements, destroying homes and leaving dozens missing. Entire neighbourhoods have been inundated, displacing several families and cutting off access to affected areas. A lightning strike in Jabrari village in Bajaur killed at least five people and also destroyed seven houses, leaving 18 people trapped under the rubble, according to rescue officials. Rescue teams are facing significant challenges in reaching the disaster-hit zones due to damaged roads and disrupted communication links.

SOTT

🇫🇷 How the Louvre Made France

For centuries, French leaders have used the iconic museum to cement their place in the world. Macron is no different.

FP

🎥 Embryos small but mighty, first live videos show

Scientists have recorded a human embryo implanting in a womb in real time. The implications of how it happens could lead to more and better treatments for infertility.

NPR

🎥 Incredible, first-of-its-kind video shows human embryo implanting in real time

Scientists have captured a video showing the implantation of a human embryo for the first time, using a laboratory model of a uterus.

LIVESCIENCE

⚔️ 2.6 million-year-old stone tools reveal ancient human relatives were 'forward planning' 600,000 years earlier than thought

Hundreds of stone tools discovered in Kenya have revealed that human relatives traveled long distances to find raw material.

LIVESCIENCE

🔥 Spike Lee and Denzel Washington on a Reunion Making “Highest 2 Lowest”

The director and the actor discuss their latest collaboration, nineteen years after their previous film together. “Time flies,” Lee says. “I didn’t know it had been that long.”

NEWYORKER

⚔️ A Palestinian Journalist Escapes Death in Gaza

The reporter Mohammed R. Mhawish was targeted in an Israeli air strike. He lived, and escaped Gaza. He continues to report on the deprivation and challenges of people trapped in the war.

NEWYORKER

👔 Mutiny at JD Vance's dinner date: Woke staff at Cotswolds gastro-pub threatened to walk out if US vice president attended - prompting a hasty venue switch

Vance's family holiday with his wife, Usha Chilukuri, 39. and their three children, has sparked controversy this week with locals claiming their lives were 'made hell' by police convoys and helicopters.

DAILYMAIL

🌧️ Lightning strike kills 4, injures others in Nigeria

A lightning strike has killed four persons and injured several others at Kantar Uban Daba community in Rimi Local Government Area of Katsina State. The incident, which occurred on Wednesday evening, reportedly took place during heavy rainfall in the area. It was learnt that three of the victims died on Wednesday, while one of the deceased persons succumbed to his injuries on Thursday evening. Some of the injured were reportedly treated at the Rimi General Hospital, while about five of them were still receiving medical attention at the time of the report. The deceased persons have since been buried according to Islamic rites.

SOTT

🌩️ Lightning strike in Tharparkar, Pakistan kills 50 livestock

In a tragic incident in Sindh's Tharparkar district, the Islamkot area was struck by lightning during a thunderstorm, resulting in the death of at least 50 livestock animals. According to local sources, the animals were grazing in open fields when the lightning bolt hit, leaving farmers in shock and despair. Livestock is a primary source of livelihood for residents in this arid region, and the sudden loss has caused significant financial hardship to several families. Authorities have expressed condolences to the affected farmers and are assessing the damages. Local residents have urged the government to provide immediate compensation and implement safety measures to protect people and animals during extreme weather events.

SOTT

🌍 Earthquake swarm rocks California with shaking in Los Angeles

Southern California was rocked by a trio of earthquakes in just hours. Two of the quakes struck in 10 minutes, with tremors rattling nerves across Los Angeles.

DAILYMAIL

🤖 WEF clears Klaus Schwab of material wrongdoing

Davos forum names BlackRock’s Larry Fink as interim co-chair after whisteblower allegations rejected

FT

📰 Liverpool vs Bournemouth - Premier League: Live score, team news and updates with club to pay tribute to Diogo Jota before kick-off

Follow Daily Mail Sports live blog for the latest score, team news and updates as Liverpool take on Bournemouth at Anfield in the opener for the 2025-26 Premier League season.

DAILYMAIL

🔥 Trump says he wants a Ukraine ceasefire TODAY and warns Putin he'll 'walk' if Alaska meeting goes off the rails: Live updates

LIVE UPDATES: Follow the latest updates as Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin meet one another in an historic summit in Alaska to discuss how to end the war in Ukraine.

DAILYMAIL

🔥 LA schoolboy seized by ICE while walking his dog...then agents 'untied pet and let it run onto busy road'

Benjamin Guerrero-Cruz, 18, was walking through his Van Nuys neighborhood last week when he was taken into custody.

DAILYMAIL

⚔️ How wrinkled your skin gets after a shower might be your body's silent warning sign of serious disease

Just a few minutes in the shower or pool is enough to turn your fingers into wrinkly prunes. But doctors are warning in some cases, those wrinkles could be a sign of serious health issues lurking.

DAILYMAIL

🇨🇦 As Air Canada Strike Looms, Here’s What Travelers Need to Know

A strike by the carrier’s flight attendants could disrupt 130,000 travelers a day, including international fliers. Here’s what to know if your flight is affected.

NYTIMES

🇨🇦 As Air Canada Strike Looms, Here’s What to Know About Flight Cancellations and More

A strike by the carrier’s flight attendants could disrupt 130,000 travelers a day, including international fliers. Here’s what to know if your flight is affected.

NYTIMES

⛔ Overnight Tuna Mayo, Folding Camp Beds – Putin’s Media Dismayed at Icy Welcome in Alaska

The journalists also complained of having to queue to brush their teeth and being unable to use their mobile data due to sanctions.

KYIVPOST

✊ Israeli police make arrests at rally for slain Al Jazeera journalists

Footage shows Israeli police in Haifa arresting protesters who were condemning the killings of journalists in Gaza.

ALJAZEERA

⚔️ Nanny who had 'biohazard diarrhea' that canceled United flight reveals why she's HAPPY it happened

Meghan Reinertsen, 29, said she spent 90 minutes locked inside the lavatory during the July 2024 flight from Newark to Indianapolis after eating an undercooked burger.

DAILYMAIL

👨‍⚕️ The Woman to See About Your Face

Melinda Farina, known as the Beauty Broker, sends Hollywood actresses and everyday women to doctors around the globe. In her world, the knives are always out.

NYTIMES

💰 The US economy is a puzzle but the pieces aren't fitting together

Can the world's largest economy skirt damage from tariffs?

BBC

🔥 And Just Like That showrunner couldn't 'keep going' with new episodes after controversial finale

On Thursday night, the infamous Sex and the City spinoff ended its run, and now showrunner Michael Patrick King has revealed why they couldn't 'keep going.'

DAILYMAIL

🌐 Ark of the Covenant quest revived as new revelations point to location of biblical 'super weapon'

The Ark of the Covenant, a millennia-old biblical artifact shrouded in mystery, has once again captured global attention with new revelations that may lead to its hidden location.

DAILYMAIL

🔥 Goodfellas veteran Debi Mazar, 61, stuns in a swimsuit as her husband of 23 years calls her his 'obsession'

Mazar wore a black and red one piece swimsuit while on the beach in Europe. She posed like a pinup model from the 1950s. Her spouse, who works as a chef, was shirt-free.

DAILYMAIL

🌌 Trump Mulls Lower Refugee Cap of 40,000 With Most Space for White South Africans

The vast number of people allowed in the US next year under this plan would belong to a group not facing persecution.

TRUTHOUT

🔥 All-American automaker delights fans with off-road SUV that outruns a Porsche 911

The rugged SUV can beat Dua Lipa's favorite car in a foot race. It's also built in the US.

DAILYMAIL

❗ Bondi names DEA head as D.C.&#8217;s &#8217;emergency police commissioner,&#8217; but capital leaders push back

It was not immediately clear where the move left Pamela Smith, the city's current police chief, who works for the D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser.

PBS

😷 Trump Depicted Youth Crime in D.C. as Rampant. Here’s What the Data Shows.

Concerns came to a head during the pandemic, when carjackings surged and many of those arrested were children. Carjackings and other crimes have declined considerably.

NYTIMES

👔 Verdict and sentencing for Brazil's Bolsonaro is set for early September

Brazil's Supreme Court has announced that it will deliver a verdict and sentence in the coup trial against former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro early next month

ABC

🤖 Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson to Trump: “We’re Not Going to Cower or Bend”

It is time &ldquo;to all come together to resist the tyrannical reign that is coming from the White House,&rdquo; the mayor said.

TRUTHOUT

🏛️ Why has violence flared up in Serbia – and what’s next?

Trouble flares involving police, government supporters and anticorruption groups.

ALJAZEERA

🌧️ Russia gains in east before Trump-Putin summit, Ukraine says holding off

Zelenskyy decries Russia’s attempt to gain battlefield edge pre-US summit maintains its army is holding back &#039;occupier&#039;.

ALJAZEERA

🔥 Giant, cosmic 'Eye of Sauron' snapped staring directly at us in stunning 15-year time-lapse photo

Researchers have combined 15 years' worth of radio data to peer through the cone of a high-energy jet and unravel the magnetic mysteries of a "blazar" billions of light-years from Earth. The new findings also shed light on the origin of elusive "ghost particles."

LIVESCIENCE

👔 Who’s With Trump in Alaska

The U.S. president’s entourage has some surprising inclusions and exclusions. 

FP

⚔️ Robots awkwardly race, fight and flop around in China's first World Humanoid Robot Games

The first World Humanoid Robot Games are underway in China, with robots competing against each other in track and field, soccer, kickboxing and other events.

LIVESCIENCE

🌐 Ditch your bra for good! Women swear by these $33 viral sweat-proof nipple covers that provide coverage for every size

SHOPPING: Sweatproof, seamless nipple covers made for summer. Go braless under sheer tops, strapless dresses, and cutouts-no slips, no lines, just all-day comfort and coverage.

DAILYMAIL

📰 Border Patrol Agents Appear Outside Newsom’s Event to Intimidate Trump Critics

Border Patrol was “directed, clearly by the White House, as a political operation to make a point,” Newsom said.

TRUTHOUT

🌐 The Full Trump-Putin Meeting Scoreboard

Over eight years, Trump and Putin met six times; their seventh meeting in Alaska comes with war in Ukraine, sanctions and global security hanging in the balance.

KYIVPOST

🌐 How Many Times Did Trump and Putin Meet Before Alaska? The Full Scoreboard

Over eight years, Trump and Putin met six times; their seventh meeting in Alaska comes with war in Ukraine, sanctions and global security hanging in the balance.

KYIVPOST

🇮🇱 Far-right Israeli minister confronts long-imprisoned Palestinian leader face to face

Marwan Barghouti is serving five life sentences after being convicted of involvement in attacks at the height of the Palestinian uprising, or intifada, in the early 2000s.

PBS

🌧️ Some John Grisham adaptations are better than others. We ranked them

A TV version of <em>The Rainmaker</em> is out this week, which gave critic Linda Holmes as good a reason as any to rank the on-screen adaptations of John Grisham's legal novels.

NPR

💲 MAGA TV host kicked out of town hall for hurling shocking insult about Dem. Rep. Jasmine Crockett

The right-wing commentator accused Democrat Jasmine Crockett of being 'fake' and 'a rich kid,' along with another savage insult.

DAILYMAIL

📰 Zionist lobby group 'HonestReporting Canada' wages a silent war on Canadian newsrooms

Canadian journalists are finally speaking out about how the Israel lobby group HonestReporting targets newsrooms to silence Palestinian voices and perspectives. It's no secret that Canadian newsrooms have long practiced the "Palestine exception" -- a pattern of bias and suppression of Palestinian voices and perspectives. While some Canadian journalists have sought to resist efforts to suppress the truth, Zionist lobbying groups such as HonestReporting and its Canadian chapter, HonestReporting Canada (HRC), have actively targeted newsrooms and journalists who highlight Palestinian perspectives. Since its founding in 2003, HRC has positioned itself as a media watchdog to combat what it calls "anti-Israel bias" in Canadian newsrooms. But a closer look at the organization's "Success" stories reveals something more troubling: a pattern of pressuring news outlets to reshape or retract coverage, often in ways that sanitize or suppress reporting on Palestinian suffering and...

SOTT

🔥 The shocking side effect of ADHD drugs that could impact 22million Americans

Around 22 million Americans are estimated to have ADHD and just over half of these are prescribed medication to manage their symptoms.

DAILYMAIL

🔥 As Trump Tightens Hold on Kennedy Center, Top Theater Producer Resigns

Jeffrey Finn, a Broadway producer who has overseen theater programming at the Washington venue since 2016, will leave next month.

NYTIMES

🔥 How Europe’s Future Hinges on Defense

Jared Cohen: “Without economic growth, you start to evaporate geopolitically.”

FP

🔥 It is impossible to build a practical quantum broadcaster

A quantum broadcasting system would end up sending slightly different information to every receiver – and efforts to sidestep this problem are too inefficient for practical use

NEWSCIENTIST

🎖️ Report: Israeli Military Has Unit That Exists to Justify Targeting Journalists

The unit aims to give the military leeway “so countries like America wouldn’t stop supplying weapons,” one source said.

TRUTHOUT

🔥 Wildfires sweep Spain, Portugal and Greece during unremitting heatwave

Southern Europe’s wildfires intensify amid a searing heatwave and major religious holidays.

ALJAZEERA

📰 Football rallies around teenage star, 16, who suffered vile trolling mocking her unveiling photos on what should have been happiest day of her life

It should have been one of the happiest days of Skye Stout's life when she signed for Scottish side Kilmarnock on Thursday, with the club announcing the news on their official social media pages.

DAILYMAIL

🇬🇧 Fergie's mum was Prince Philip's lover: This cuckolding scandal claim is the talk of the Palace after Prince Andrew bombshells. Now one of the Duke's friends tells RICHARD KAY the inside story

Of all the jaw-dropping claims in Andrew Lownie's book about Prince Andrew, it is one of the most provocative.

DAILYMAIL

🏦 Beloved chicken chain files for bankruptcy despite being named last year's best category in dining

A franchisee connected to a popular chicken chain filed for bankruptcy.

DAILYMAIL

🌧️ Trump threatens Putin he'll 'walk' if their high-stakes Alaska meeting on Ukraine peace goes spectacularly off the rails: Live updates

LIVE UPDATES: Follow the latest updates as Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin meet one another in an historic summit in Alaska to discuss how to end the war in Ukraine.

DAILYMAIL

⚔️ Russian Bear trap: Ex-Trump advisor VICTORIA COATES reveals president's risky plan to exploit the secret of Putin's bloody war machine

Under President Joe Biden, American appeasement policies kept the Russian economy running hot, even as Biden refused to talk. Trump's plan is engage and squeeze.

DAILYMAIL

🔥 Why is Trump meeting Putin in Alaska?

Trump and Putin will meet one-on-one Friday at a historic summit in Alaska. What’s on the table?

ALJAZEERA

⚔️ The View host Ana Navarro tries to shame Gloria Gaynor into refusing Kennedy Center award because of Trump

Navarro, 53, urged the 81-year-old hitmaker to heed her call with a lengthy missive to Instagram Thursday.

DAILYMAIL

🤖 WEF clears Klaus Schwab of wrongdoing

Davos forum names BlackRock’s Larry Fink as interim co-chair after whisteblower allegations rejected

FT

🌧️ Live updates: Trump to meet with Putin in Alaska

President Donald Trump&rsquo;s face-to-face high-stakes summit with President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday could determine the fate of European security as well as the trajectory of the war in Ukraine.

PBS

🌧️ Live updates: Trump meets with Putin in Alaska

The leaders met in a three-on-three meeting along with top advisers a for high-stakes summit in Alaska that could determine the trajectory of the war in Ukraine and the fate of European security.

PBS

🤖 Four dead in New York City outbreak of Legionnaires' disease

Officials tied the outbreak to cooling towers on 10 buildings in New York's Harlem neighbourhood.

BBC

🔥 Fans go wild for new Dallas Cowboys cheerleader as rookie shares stunning photos after making the team

Morgan Perschy was one of six rookies to make the team this year, officially announcing she made the cut in a long post on July 20, months after her graduation from Arizona State.

DAILYMAIL

🤖 Creepy video of Bryan Kohberger with bright red hands pacing in grim prison cell... as cops reveal what he said to victims moments before slaughter

Chilling new footage has leaked showing quadruple killer Bryan Kohberger wandering aimlessly in his cell and cleaning his shoes as he begins his lifetime behind bars.

DAILYMAIL

👨‍⚕️ Does Your Face Need Work? She’ll Tell You.

Melinda Farina, known as the Beauty Broker, sends Hollywood actresses and everyday women to doctors around the globe. In her world, the knives are always out.

NYTIMES

🔥 I have Ozempic vulva. It's the latest bizarre side effect of the miracle jabs no one talks about - and there's one treatment that can fix it

Some women are reporting that taking GLP-1 injections, more commonly known by brand names like Ozempic and Mounjaro, has produced an unsightly and uncomfortable side effect

DAILYMAIL

🌧️ Alaska Talks: the Unspoken Roadblocks to Peace in Ukraine

The upcoming summit between Putin and Trump in Alaska begs a host of questions concerning Ukraine’s many – many of which politicians and media conveniently prefer to ignore.

KYIVPOST

🌧️ China, India Top Russian Fossil Fuel Buyers in July – EU Remains Active

China and India, key partners of Russia, are buying vast amounts of fossil fuels from Russia, while the EU, a supporter of Ukraine, also continues to purchase Russian energy.

KYIVPOST

👮 Congressional Democrats Move to End Trump’s Control of D.C. Police

The legislation has little chance of success, given that Republicans control Congress.

NYTIMES

💱 NFL star Kirk Cousins remains in limbo as Falcons weigh trading their $27m BACKUP quarterback

Will the Atlanta Falcons put Kirk Cousins, football's highest-paid backup quarterback, on the field this preseason or keep him sidelined in hopes of preserving the possibility of a trade?

DAILYMAIL

🌍 San Andreas fault could unleash an earthquake unlike any seen before, study of deadly Myanmar quake suggests

A study of March's Myanmar earthquake has found that strike-slip faults don't necessarily repeat past behavior, meaning the San Andreas fault could unleash a bigger quake than any seen before.

LIVESCIENCE

⚔️ Queen appears emotional after 'off script' comments about King

The Queen appeared emotional as a war veteran paid tribute to the "brave king" at a VJ Day memorial event following his cancer diagnosis.

SKY

🤖 Taylor Swift and Blake Lively 'not speaking' as fans say singer's new song Ruin the Friendship targets actress

Taylor Swift has reportedly cut off communication with Blake Lively as she gears up to release a new album fans believe contains a diss track aimed at the actress, following a rocky turn in their friendship.

DAILYMAIL

👔 DNI declassified emails expose Democrat fraud that sabotaged 2018 Trump-Putin summit

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has released two emails that are significant not only for their content but for their timing, coming just two days before the Trump-Putin summit in Alaska. The emails reveal that in late 2016, then-DNI James Clapper pushed the fraudulent narrative that Russia had hacked the Democratic National Committee (DNC), overriding pointed objections from then-National Security Agency chief Admiral Mike Rogers. The timing matters because this very narrative — the claim that Russia had hacked the DNC to help President Trump — was used to sabotage the 2018 Trump-Putin summit in Helsinki. Just three days before that meeting, Special Counsel Robert Mueller indicted 12 Russian nationals on charges of hacking the DNC. The indictment was designed to create political chaos. Mueller knew that the 12 Russians were located in Russia and would never stand trial, meaning he would never need to prove the case. The result of the indictments was exactly what...

SOTT

⚕️ Latinx Communities Face Disproportionate Health Impacts From Factory Farming

A new report found higher levels of fine particulate matter in areas near cattle and hog farms across the US.

TRUTHOUT

🛡️ How Trump-Putin Summit Signals Return to Imperial Thinking

The two leaders are bringing some old-world approaches to bear on a 21st-century conflict.

NYTIMES

✊ Serbia's protesters accuse police of brutality as they prepare to rally again on Friday

Serbia&rsquo;s police say they have detained scores of demonstrators who took part in anti-government protests throughout the country this week

ABC

🤖 Critics say Trump&#8217;s push for fairness in college admissions is leaving out legacy preferences

In recent weeks, Trump has taken several actions to scrub any vestiges of race from admissions decisions, suggesting that some schools are ignoring a 2023 Supreme Court decision striking down affirmative action.

PBS

🌧️ Trump Just Does Not Get Putin

Trump views Ukraine as a real estate deal, not an existential war. He misunderstands Putin’s goals – and lacks the resolve to confront him or secure lasting peace.

KYIVPOST

🏛️ CFPB staff layoffs can proceed, appeals court rules

The Trump administration sent reduction-in-force notices to more than 1,400 staffers at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in April.

NPR

👮 Tensions grow as Trump and Washington, D.C. officials fight over police authority

Tension in the nation's capital escalated over the question of who controls the city's police department after Washington, D.C.'s Attorney General sued over the White House's bid for full control.

NPR

🔥 Australian and Philippine forces launch largest military exercises near disputed South China Sea

Australia has launched its largest military exercises with Philippine forces, involving over 3,600 personnel in live-fire drills and a beach assault near the South China Sea

ABC

👮 DC Attorney General Sues Bondi to Block Trump Takeover of DC Police

The lawsuit also sought to block Trump's DEA administrator from becoming the police force's &ldquo;interim commissioner.&rdquo;

TRUTHOUT

🇦🇫 Taliban marks fourth anniversary of return to power with internal threats

Four years on, Afghanistan remains an international pariah for its harsh repression of women.

ALJAZEERA

🇷🇺 India Won’t Abandon Russia

Despite the high cost of Trump’s secondary tariffs, New Delhi has compelling reasons to keep Moscow close.

FP

🤖 A braided stream, not a family tree: How new evidence upends our understanding of how humans evolved

Evidence is mounting that the evolution of our species is more convoluted than we imagined — more like a braided stream than a branching tree.

LIVESCIENCE

🌐 CIA's Ark of the Covenant quest revived as new revelations point to hidden location of biblical 'super weapon'

The Ark of the Covenant, a millennia-old biblical artifact shrouded in mystery, has once again captured global attention with new revelations that may lead to its hidden location.

DAILYMAIL

📰 Trump Speaks to Belarus Leader Ahead of Alaska Summit With Putin

According to Belarus state news agency BELTA, “Lukashenko invited Trump and his family to visit Belarus, and he agreed.”

KYIVPOST

👨‍⚕️ Inside Matthew Perry's dark final days: Top ketamine doctor reveals haunting truth about star's dangerous obsession with the drug - and who he really blames for his tragic death

He was the Friend everyone wished they had - the one with the looks, the smarts and above all the sense of humour. Yet at Matthew Perry 's core there existed an aching loneliness.

DAILYMAIL

🇬🇧 Jared Kushner’s Affinity to take 8% stake in UK lender OakNorth

Investment by firm founded by Donald Trump’s son-in-law comes as bank plans US push

FT

🤖 Michigan and Jim Harbaugh learn punishment for sign-stealing scandal that rocked college football

The University of Michigan and former head football coach Jim Harbaugh have both learned their fate for the sign-stealing scandal that tainted the Wolverines' 2023 national championship.

DAILYMAIL

🌩️ Deadly storm Erin is upgraded to hurricane status as spaghetti models reveal path up the US East Coast

Tropical Storm Erin turned into the first major hurricane of the 2025 season Friday morning, as forecasters warned that millions along the US East Coast could be in severe danger.

DAILYMAIL

🤖 Cheryl Hines 'iced out' of TV husband Larry David's new HBO show produced by the Obamas

Cheryl Hines's hopes of reuniting on screen with her longtime TV husband Larry David are fading fast - and the Obamas may be to blame, Daily Mail can reveal. 

DAILYMAIL

🌐 A $45 Treatment Can Save a Starving Child. US Aid Cuts Have Frozen the Supply

The dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has disrupted the global supply chain that provides a therapeutic food, leaving thousands of malnourished children at risk of dying.

NYTIMES

🌧️ Hillary Clinton says she'll nominate Trump for Nobel Peace Prize if Russia-Ukraine deal materializes

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has suggested that if Donald Trump brokers a successful Ukraine-Russia peace deal that he should win the Nobel Prize.

DAILYMAIL

⚔️ Reggie the dancing bottlenose dolphin could kill someone, warn marine experts

The solitary bottlenose dolphin, believed to be a young male, has gone viral after adorable footage emerged of it excitedly playing with a family and asking for belly rubs in Lyme Bay, Dorset.

DAILYMAIL

❗ Trump SUED over his military takeover of DC as new flashy fleet of ICE vehicles with gold branding arrive in ex-sanctuary city

D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb filed a lawsuit on Friday morning challenging the president's use of emergency powers.

DAILYMAIL

🎤 The Beatles bet on filling Shea and invented a rock’s new era

In 1965, a risky Shea Stadium show cemented Beatlemania and changed the scale of rock concerts forever

SALON

🎤 The Beatles bet on filling Shea and invented rock’s new era

In 1965, a risky Shea Stadium show cemented Beatlemania and changed the scale of rock concerts forever

SALON

⚡ Patrick Mahomes' mom emotional after spotting heartbreaking detail in Kansas City Chiefs documentary

'The Kingdom' is now streaming on ESPN+ and Randi Mahomes caught a glimpse of something that made her emotional while watching one of the six episodes.

DAILYMAIL

👮 DC sues over Pam Bondi’s “hostile takeover” of the police

The district's attorney general called the attempt to remove the police chief “an affront to the dignity”

SALON

🔥 The Biggest Loser's biggest scandals: Contestants on noughties weight loss show reveal how they didn't eat for 10 days, were left with blood in their urine, and 'collapsed' from burning 8,000 calories a day

Contestants from noughties weight loss show The Biggest Loser have opened up about some of the extreme measures they took to shed the pounds in a new documentary on Netflix.

DAILYMAIL

🌩️ Hurricane Erin threatens Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands with flooding

Heavy rains are forecast to start with the storm expected to become a major Category 3 storm over the weekend.

ALJAZEERA

🏦 Fed Chair Faces Scrutiny — and Bats — at Major Policy Speech in Mountain Forum

A colony of bats recently took up residence at the storied Jackson Lake Lodge, where central bankers and economic policymakers will convene next week for an exclusive gathering.

NYTIMES

🔥 With a Shovel and a Dream, a Woman Finds a 2.3 Carat Diamond in Arkansas

After three weeks, with bug bites and tattered hiking boots, Micherre Fox found the stone at Crater of Diamonds State Park.

NYTIMES

🤖 Two injured in shooting near mosque in Sweden

Two people have been injured after a shooting near a mosque in southern Sweden, police have said.

SKY

🤖 Afghans in US mark withdrawal anniversary amid Trump immigration crackdown

Advocates say Trump policies add fear to four years of uncertainty for Afghans seeking safety in US after Taliban rise.

ALJAZEERA

🤖 Afghans in US mark Taliban Kabul takeover amid Trump immigration crackdown

Advocates say Trump policies add fear to four years of uncertainty for Afghans seeking safety in US after Taliban rise.

ALJAZEERA

👮 Shooting near a mosque in Sweden leaves 2 wounded, police say

Police in central Sweden say a shooting near a mosque in the city of Odebro has left two people injured

ABC

🤖 Tom Cruise's girlfriend Ana de Armas has threesome on the beach in terrifying new movie

De Armas is glammed up to the nines with heavy makeup and a cute bob haircut that is styled just so. In the trailer, however, the star looks worn down as she tries to stay alive.

DAILYMAIL

🔥 'It makes no sense to say there was only one origin of Homo sapiens': How the evolutionary record of Asia is complicating what we know about our species

As experts study the human fossil record of Asia, many have come to see it as telling a different story than what happened in Europe and Africa.

LIVESCIENCE

🤖 Shooting near a mosque in Sweden leaves 2 wounded, police say

The shooting took place outside a mosque in the central city of &Ouml;rebro in the early afternoon following Friday prayers, police said.

PBS

🇮🇱 Celeb-loved designer sweater company enrages customer after denying Israel request

A customer is speaking out after designer sweater brand Lingua Franca denied her request to make a custom sweater that read, 'Proud Zionist.'

DAILYMAIL

🤖 Sophie Turner claims she broke up A-list couple with simple gesture at Hollywood afterparty

Sophie Turner sent fans into overdrive with a wild confession - claiming she was to blame for a celebrity couple calling off their engagement after a single run-in at a Hollywood soiree.

DAILYMAIL

⚔️ Joe Rogan launches fresh attack on Trump over issue he warns will sour GOP voters on the president

Rogan, 58, claimed the conservative was alienating his base Wednesday.

DAILYMAIL

🗳️ A political shift ahead? What to know about Bolivia’s presidential election

An economic crisis and divided left has opened the door to a possible right-wing victory for the first time in decades.

ALJAZEERA

📊 Mom wrote heartrending note after son, 10, vanished... then cops discovered her horrifying secret

Jaden Spicer, 10, was reported missing from his home on Panbowl Branch Road in the tiny Kentucky town of Jackson on the morning of August 6 after he wasn't seen since the night before.

DAILYMAIL

⚔️ US Slaps Russian Crypto Exchange Garantex With New Sanctions

Washington sanctions Russian crypto exchange Garantex, again linked to cybercriminal money laundering. The US State Dept. is offering a $6M reward for information leading to the arrest of its leaders.

KYIVPOST

🇦🇺 Family of college star who broke down at reporter's grilling speak out on the agonizing footage

On Tuesday, the Nebraska Cornhuskers' freshman punter went viral after he was overcome with emotion when asked about leaving his family in Australia to chase his football dreams.

DAILYMAIL

📜 Plastic pollution treaty talks in Geneva end without an agreement

Nations worked for 11 days at the United Nations office to try to complete a landmark treaty to end the plastic pollution crisis.

PBS

🔥 New York rocked by 'explosion' as black smoke chokes Manhattan neighborhood

An explosion has rocked Manhattan's Upper East Side and sent plumes of smoke into the skies over New York City.

DAILYMAIL

🔍 Shocking discovery reveals millions could be living with undiagnosed autism

Millions of Americans may be unknowingly suffering from a neurological disorder that may go undiagnosed for years.

DAILYMAIL

⚔️ China unveils tech breakthrough that 'makes EVERY warship an aircraft carrier'

Aerospace engineers in the East Asian superpower have developed what is believed to be the world's first high-speed vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) drone powered by a jet engine.

DAILYMAIL

🔥 Governor Hochul Pardons Laotian Immigrant to Stop His Deportation

The man had been convicted of manslaughter as a teenager after he admitted to fatally shooting a man during a pool hall confrontation in Brooklyn, arguing it was self-defense.

NYTIMES

🌩️ Deadly storm Erin to reach hurricane status in just HOURS as spaghetti models reveal path up the US East Coast

Tropical Storm Erin could bring severe danger to millions along the US East Coast as the latest storm-tracking models project it will become a major hurricane this weekend.

DAILYMAIL

🌩️ Hurricane Erin strengthens, may undergo rapid intensification into extremely dangerous Category 4 storm

Hurricane Erin formed on Friday, becoming the first hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season. Now, all eyes are watching what this system does next as it treks just north of the Caribbean islands.

FOXWEATHER

🌀 Hurricane Erin expected to rapidly intensify into a extremely dangerous Category 4 cyclone

Hurricane Erin formed on Friday, becoming the first hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season. Now, all eyes are watching what this system does next as it treks just north of the Caribbean islands.

FOXWEATHER

🌩️ Hurricane Erin rapidly intensifies into major Category 3 storm, unleashing 120mph winds in its path

Hurricane Erin has the potential to become a major Category 4 hurricane with winds reaching at least 150 mph. Now, all eyes are watching what this system does next as it treks just north of the Caribbean islands.

FOXWEATHER

🌩️ Hurricane Erin rapidly intensifies into dangerous Category 4 storm, unleashing 130mph winds in its path

Hurricane Erin is undergoing rapid intensification and quickly strengthened into an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane with winds reaching at least 130 mph. Now, all eyes are watching what this system does next as it treks just north of the Caribbean islands.

FOXWEATHER

🌩️ Hurricane Erin rapidly intensifies into dangerous Category 4 storm, unleashing 145 mph winds in its path

Hurricane Erin is undergoing rapid intensification and quickly strengthened into an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane with winds reaching at least 145 mph. Now, all eyes are watching what this system does next as it treks just north of the Caribbean islands.

FOXWEATHER

🌀 Hurricane Erin creeps closer to extremely dangerous Category 5 strength as outer bands lash Caribbean Islands

Hurricane Erin is undergoing rapid intensification and quickly strengthened into an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane with winds reaching at least 155 mph. Now, all eyes are watching what this system does next as it treks just north of the Caribbean islands.

FOXWEATHER

🌩️ Hurricane Erin rapidly intensifies into catastrophic Category 5 storm as vicious bands lash Caribbean Islands

Hurricane Erin is undergoing rapid intensification and quickly strengthened into an extremely dangerous Category 5 hurricane with winds reaching at least 160 mph. Now, all eyes are watching what this system does next as it treks just north of the Caribbean islands.

FOXWEATHER

🌩️ Hurricane Erin rapidly intensifies into catastrophic Category 5 storm as bands lash Caribbean Islands

Hurricane Erin is undergoing rapid intensification and quickly strengthened into an extremely dangerous Category 5 hurricane with winds reaching at least 160 mph. Now, all eyes are watching what this system does next as it treks just north of the Caribbean islands.

FOXWEATHER

🌀 Hurricane Erin remains an extremely dangerous Category 4 cyclone north of the Caribbean

Hurricane Erin underwent rapid intensification and quickly strengthened into an extremely dangerous Category 5 hurricane at its peak intensity. Now, all eyes are watching what this system does next as it treks just north of the Caribbean islands.

FOXWEATHER

🌩️ Hurricane Erin remains an extremely dangerous major storm north of the Caribbean, unleashing dangerous impacts

Hurricane Erin underwent rapid intensification and quickly strengthened into an extremely dangerous Category 5 hurricane at its peak intensity. Now, all eyes are watching what this system does next as it treks just north of the Caribbean islands.

FOXWEATHER

💥 More than 160 people killed in Pakistan in heavy rains, flash floods

Disaster agency says the majority of deaths happened in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in northwest Pakistan.

ALJAZEERA

💥 Nearly 200 people killed in Pakistan in heavy rains, flash floods

Disaster agency says the majority of deaths happened in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in northwest Pakistan.

ALJAZEERA

📈 Why Does the Stock Market Keep Rising?

Strong corporate earnings, mostly stable tariff rates and the expectation of interest rate cuts have eased worries of a market reckoning.

NYTIMES

⚔️ Toxic vapor that's spreading killer lung disease discovered inside Whole Foods building

More deaths have been reported due to toxic vapor spreading in Manhattan neighborhoods, city officials have warned. Cases are also up 20 percent compared to last week.

DAILYMAIL

🇦🇺 Family of college star who wept after being stunned by reporter's question speak out from across the globe

On Tuesday, the Nebraska Cornhuskers' freshman punter went viral after he was overcome with emotion when asked about leaving his family in Australia to chase his football dreams.

DAILYMAIL

🤖 Indigenous Communities From Southern Mexico Refuse to Bow to ICE in California

Increasingly targeted in immigration raids, Mixteco and Triqui communities hold festivals of resistance.

TRUTHOUT

🔥 Spain, Portugal, and Greece battle wildfires as heatwave is expected to last for days

A heatwave with temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius, or 104 Fahrenheit, on several days this month was expected to last through Monday.

PBS

🌧️ Inside Ukraine: Farewell Insights from Norway’s Ambassador Helena Sand Anderson

Join Natalka Cmoc for a powerful farewell talk with Norway’s Ambassador to Ukraine on war, diplomacy, and Ukraine’s unbreakable spirit in this special “Off the Record” episode.

KYIVPOST

🎓 Looming Federal Cuts to Public Education Threaten Communities in Every State

Educators say the cuts will hit already vulnerable low-income, unhoused, disabled, migrant and refugee students hardest.

TRUTHOUT

🔥 Outrage as trans athlete exhibition backed by Nike appears in Smithsonian

With Donald Trump's White House cracking down on the tone of Smithsonian exhibits, the world's largest museum and research complex is now facing more outrage from the right.

DAILYMAIL

🇫🇷 Kylie Jenner and Timothee Chalamet's 40 days apart EXPLAINED as rumors persist they are over

The last time the dynamic duo were spied side-by-side was on July 5 when they were in St Tropez in France during a yacht vacation. Since then she has been partying.

DAILYMAIL

🔥 Mallorca vs Barcelona: La Liga – teams, start, lineups

Barcelona kick off their La Liga title defence at Mallorca on Saturday with Marcus Rashford&#039;s registration in doubt.

ALJAZEERA

🏛️ Washington DC sues federal government over police takeover

The DEA head, Terry Cole, would assume "all the powers and duties" of DC police chief, Bondi said.

BBC

🔥 Babysitter weeps as she's given enormous sentence for delivering disabled children to pedophile boyfriend so he could rape them

Brittney Mae Lyon touted her interest in working with special needs children in online ads for her childcare services.

DAILYMAIL

🌩️ Bryan Norcross: Erin forecast to reach Category 4 — still on track to miss the east coast

Tropical Storm Erin is likely to become Hurricane Erin shortly. It&apos;s now tracking over ocean water that&apos;s in the low 80s, and the dry and dusty air that has had a stranglehold on the circulation is dissipating. Steady intensification is forecast into early next week.

FOXWEATHER

⚔️ Trump to ‘Talk Business’ With Russia, Wants Kyiv Secured for Next Talks

US President Donald Trump said aboard Air Force One that he believes Russia wants to do business with the US, but added it would only be possible once the war is over.

KYIVPOST

👮 Trump’s takeover of DC police department faces new lawsuit amid crackdown

Washington, DC attorney general says in a new lawsuit that Trump is going far beyond his power under the law.

ALJAZEERA

🤖 Retail sales rise a solid 0.5% in July from June helped by rebounding auto sales

The increases followed two consecutive months of spending declines.

PBS

🔥 Best budget star projectors under $40 — Affordable gadgets for kids and adults, tried and tested

These are the best budget star projectors you can buy in every category, from Astronaut Starry Sky and Cadrim to Dinosaur Egg Galaxy.

LIVESCIENCE

⚡ China builds record-breaking floating wind turbine — it could change the face of renewable energy

Floating offshore wind turbines open a whole new playing field for energy companies, which have so far had to stick to shallow waters.

LIVESCIENCE

🔥 Walmart and Amazon hand Trump another big win in tariff battle

Prices keep slowly ticking up at stores. That didn't stop Americans from spending at Walmart and Amazon.

DAILYMAIL

👔 Black DC woman shares why her quality of life has become so much better since Trump's crime crackdown

A young black woman in DC beamed on camera as she said she was 'feeling more safe than I ever felt' in the nation's capital after President Trump's crime crackdown in the city.

DAILYMAIL

👔 The surprising city that is ignoring Trump's tariffs and the local economy is booming

The city appears to have dodged the negative consequences of President Trump's tariffs on a vast range of imported goods. 

DAILYMAIL

🔥 Javad Zarif: The Time for a Paradigm Shift Is Now

Former Iranian foreign minister outlines path for diplomacy.

FP

🔥 The Time for a Paradigm Shift Is Now

Former Iranian foreign minister outlines path for diplomacy.

FP

🤖 New lawsuit challenges Trump&#8217;s federal takeover of DC police department as crackdown intensifies

District of Columbia Attorney General Brian Schwalb said in a new lawsuit that Trump is going far beyond his power under the law.

PBS

🌐 Plastic Pollution Talks in Geneva End Without Treaty

The UN eyes further negotiations, but global discord on limiting an escalating crisis makes next steps unclear.

ICN

👮 Shooting at mosque in Sweden leaves 2 wounded, police say

Police say two people have been wounded following a shooting near a mosque in Sweden

ABC

🇷🇺 Don’t Overestimate Russia’s Clout

Russia has less leverage and is in a worse position today than it was in Istanbul in 2022 – Why?

KYIVPOST

🤖 Incredible moment 'drunk' Southwest pilot who 'reeked of booze' was escorted off flight by cops moments before takeoff

David Allsop, 52, was arrested for a DUI in January at Savannah-Hilton Head International Airport in Georgia.

DAILYMAIL

🌧️ Kyiv’s Deep Strikes Cripple Russia’s Energy Network, Inflict $74B Loss

Overnight, Ukraine struck Russia’s Syzran oil refinery and a command post in Yenakiyevo, part of a campaign to erode Moscow’s military-economic potential totaling $74B in 2025 so far, Kyiv says.

KYIVPOST

📰 Daily Cartoon: Friday, August 15th

A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

NEWYORKER

🤖 Stephen Colbert's $50m humiliation laid bare in brutal DailyMail+ Power List ranking the best and worst late-night hosts

The Daily Mail has ranked eight of the remaining heavy-hitters in our Late-Night Power List based on polling that measured likeability, trustworthiness, perceived bias and knowledge.

DAILYMAIL

🇮🇱 How the world is reacting to Israel’s settlement plan in occupied West Bank

Plans to develop the illegal E1 settlement, which would jeopardise a future Palestinian state, widely condemned.

ALJAZEERA

⚕️ UnitedHealth shares jump after Buffett’s Berkshire takes stake

Troubled healthcare group has been one of the worst performers on the S&P 500 this year

FT

🤖 The 'godfather of AI' reveals the only way humanity can survive superintelligent AI

Professor Geoffrey Hinton, a Nobel Prize-winning researcher dubbed the 'Godfather of AI', says there is a 10 to 20 per cent chance that AI wipes out humanity.

DAILYMAIL

🤖 Ethiopian fossil Lucy leaves for her first exhibition in Europe

Lucy was recovered in Ethiopia in 1974 from what was an ancient lake near fossilized remains of crocodiles, turtle eggs and crab claws.

PBS

🔥 Europe now needs to step off the sidelines on Ukraine

If EU leaders genuinely believe Kyiv’s independence matters, they must deploy combat troops to guarantee any ceasefire

FT

🌟 Bella Hadid hand feeds dad Mohamed's lookalike girlfriend at the launch party for her fragrance

The model, 28, was joined by her parents Yolanda and Mohamed as well as her celebrity friends at the dreamy event.

DAILYMAIL

🇨🇳 China’s vision of America

A book published more than 30 years ago by a close confidant of Xi Jinping now looks uncannily prescient

FT

🔥 Trump’s “American Hell” is everywhere

His declining reality show mentality is destroying the fabric of our nation — and the press is complicit

SALON

🌧️ Can Putin sway Trump with economic offers in Alaska?

Putin will hope to appeal to Trump’s business instincts by discussing economic ties alongside the future of Ukraine.

ALJAZEERA

📜 United Nations Plastic Treaty Talks End Without Deal

Countries failed to bridge wide gaps on whether the world should limit plastic manufacturing and restrict the use of harmful plastic chemicals.

NYTIMES

🌋 Controversial Navy SEAL and fitness guru returns to endurance racing at age 50 to finish 200-mile trek in just 66 hours

Fitness guru, author, influencer and retired Navy SEAL David Goggins wanted to get back into endurance racing after a five-year layoff. Naturally he chose a 200-mile race near a famous volcano.

DAILYMAIL

🌊 Flash Floods in Pakistan Kill at Least 150 People in a Single Day

The country has endured heavier rain during monsoon seasons, which scientists have attributed to climate change. The authorities said that about 150 people died on Friday.

NYTIMES

🏦 Pictet bankers’ move to Italy sparks fierce Swiss tax debate

Relocation prompts critics to argue that Geneva’s tough regime deters super-wealthy

FT

🤖 NASA astronaut reveals exactly how much they get PAID in blunt three-word statement

It's the job that puts the average 9-5 to shame. But while being an astronaut is a career many dream of, you might wonder how well it pays.

DAILYMAIL

⚔️ Taliban leader warns God will severely punish Afghans ungrateful for Islamic rule

Since the Taliban seized Afghanistan in 2021, they have imposed their interpretation of Islamic law on daily life, including sweeping restrictions on women and girls, based on edicts from their leader Hibatullah Akhundzada.

PBS

🌧️ Live updates: Trump and Putin prepare for Alaska summit

US and Russian leaders head for high-stakes summit over future of war in Ukraine

FT

🌧️ Trump says no business deals with Russia until ‘war settled’

US president en route to Alaska for summit on Ukraine with Vladimir Putin

FT

🌧️ Russia says it expects Putin-Trump summit to end with a ‘result’

Trump says no business deals with Moscow until Ukraine war ‘settled’ as the two leaders travel to Anchorage for high-stakes talks

FT

🔥 Trump ‘not going to be happy’ unless Putin agrees to ceasefire ‘today’

US president says no business deals with Moscow until Ukraine war ‘settled’ as the two leaders travel to Alaska for high-stakes summit

FT

🌊 Flash floods triggered by torrential rains kill over 200 people in India and Pakistan

Flash floods triggered by torrential rains have killed more than 200 people in India and Pakistan

ABC

👔 Macron vows justice after unknown attackers chop down tree honoring murdered Jew

French President Emmanuel Macron says no effort is being spared to track down and prosecute unknown attackers who felled an olive tree planted in memory of Ilan Halimi, a French Jew murdered in 2006

ABC

🔥 Spain, Portugal, and Greece battle wildfires as heatwave is expected to last for days

Firefighters in Spain, Portugal, and Greece continue to battle wildfires amid persistent hot, dry conditions

ABC

🌧️ Pope Leo XIV prays for peace as U.S.-Russia summit over Ukraine war gets underway

History&rsquo;s first American pope didn&rsquo;t mention the meeting Friday in Alaska between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. But he has constantly called for dialogue and an end to the conflict, including in conversations with Putin and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

PBS

📊 Mom wrote heartrending note after son, 4, vanished... then cops discovered her horrifying secret

Jaden Spicer, 10, was reported missing from his home on Panbowl Branch Road in the tiny Kentucky town of Jackson on the morning of August 6 after he wasn't seen since the night before.

DAILYMAIL

🇮🇱 Israel’s Ben Gvir filmed threatening Marwan Barghouti in prison

Palestinian officials call Israeli threats against jailed leader Marwan Barghouti, an &quot;unprecedented provocation.&quot;

ALJAZEERA

🎬 New study investigates the fear people have of using a Ouija board

Many people are terrified of what might happen if they use one of these boards, but why exactly is this ? A staple of horror movies, paranormal invest...

UM

🔥 Bryan Kohberger's calls to his mom at the time of the Idaho murders revealed in disturbing unreleased evidence

Digital experts discovered an intense relationship between Kohberger and his parents Michael and MaryAnn Kohberger - in particular with his mom, who he would call multiple times every single day.

DAILYMAIL

🔥 Man gunned down & killed in front of family watching on Facebook livestream

This is the shocking moment a Chicago man is shot and killed outside his car while Facebook live-streaming to horrified loved ones. Dad-of-one Kevin Watson, 42, was gunned down in a parking lot while ranting online to friends and family about a recent parking dispute. He had been visiting his cousin&#8217;s workplace when he started [&#8230;]

ENDTIMES

📰 Sickening news for Dems as Trump's polls surge again amid DC crime crackdown that's sparked woke fury

The figures showed Trump's net approval rating for crime up high for his second term as of August.

DAILYMAIL

🇵🇸 Fury as Labour-run council tears down 'dangerous' St George's and Union Jack flags from city streets (but Palestine flags are allowed)

Scores of St George and Union Jack flags have sprung up on lampposts and buildings across parts of Northfield, Birmingham , in what organisers have described as a 'patriotic outpouring'.

DAILYMAIL

🌐 Could Trump-Putin Peace Deal Let Russia Dodge War Crimes Trials?

As Trump meets Putin in Alaska, Global Rights Compliance tells Kyiv Post that stopping Ukraine’s war crimes cases in a peace deal would break international law.

KYIVPOST

🇷🇺 Putin prepares nuclear missile tests in veiled threat to West

Vladimir Putin has been preparing to test a new nuclear-armed cruise missile ahead of his meeting with Donald Trump in Alaska. Russia’s Pankavo nuclear test site, located on the Barents Sea archipelago of Novaya Zemlya, has seen a surge in activity in recent weeks, satellite images show. The site has seen an increase in personnel [&#8230;]

ENDTIMES

⚔️ Beauty product used by millions is making people's eyes CHANGE COLOUR, alarming reports reveal

Health experts have warned women using lash serums that promise longer, darker lashes that the trending beauty product could also cost them their eye-colour.

DAILYMAIL

🤖 What you should NEVER touch in an airport... and the vile consequences if you dare to

With summer travel in full swing, airports across the US are busier than ever. An average of 2.9 million passengers fly every day in and out of American airports, bringing with them countless germs.

DAILYMAIL

🌊 At least 224 dead after flash floods hit India and Pakistan

Flash flooding has killed at least 224 people in India and Pakistan over the last 24 hours, according to local officials.

SKY

🌊 More than 280 dead after flash floods hit India and Pakistan

Flash flooding has killed more than 280 people in India and Pakistan over the last 24 hours, according to local officials.

SKY

🔥 What to expect when Trump and Putin meet in Alaska

Donald Trump is meeting Vladimir Putin on Friday, but the White House is signalling that major agreements are unlikely.

ALJAZEERA

🌩️ Flash floods triggered by torrential rains kill at least 176 people in India and Pakistan

Experts say cloudbursts have increased in recent years partly because of climate change, while damage from the storms also has increased because of unplanned development in mountain regions.

PBS

🌧️ Kyivstar Makes Historic Nasdaq Debut Under Ticker KYIV, Pioneering Ukraine’s Entry to US Markets

This is the first-ever US stock exchange listing for a business in Ukraine only, marking a historic milestone in the nation’s economic development.

KYIVPOST

🔥 Stunning college volleyball star Ally Batenhorst announces dramatic career move

The 23-year-old had played college volleyball at both Nebraska and USC before joining the Omaha Supernovas of Major League Volleyball.

DAILYMAIL

💻 Scientists Are Secretly Testing Unthinkable Technologies … Years Before They Exist

Social media. AI. Genetic engineering. Self-driving cars. Autonomous robots. What if hindsight was ahead of us, and we could at least have an idea of the social, behavioral and ethical implications of emerging technologies before they even existed? If it sounds like science fiction, it sort of is. “Science fiction science” or “sci-fi-sci” is an [&#8230;]

ENDTIMES

🌧️ Swimmer contracts brain-eating amoeba spreading in water... are YOU at risk?

A person has been hospitalized after contracting a rare infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba from swimming in a popular local lake.

DAILYMAIL

🏛️ Haiti Taps New Interim Leader

The country avoided a gang-backed government takeover last week, but security remains tenuous.

FP

🔥 Satellites watch France's largest wildfire in 75 years burn an area larger than Paris

Satellite images revealed the scope of destruction in the south of France where an area larger than the country's capital Paris has been turned into ashes by a massive wildfire.

LIVESCIENCE

🏭 Plastic pollution talks adjourn, but countries want to stay engaged: UNEP chief

The international push for consensus on a legally binding deal to end plastic pollution proved beyond the grasp of weary UN Member States meeting in Geneva on Friday, as they agreed to resume discussions at a future date.

UN

🌧️ UN highlights need for peaceful resolution, as Trump and Putin prepare to meet on Ukraine

The United Nations has reiterated the importance of dialogue as US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin prepare to meet on Friday in Alaska, with Ukraine top of the agenda.

UN

🇮🇱 Trapped in Gaza: Palestinians with disabilities cannot reach aid

When Israeli forces in Gaza issue a new displacement order ahead of an incursion into a neighbourhood or city, Palestinian civilians are expected to pack their bags and flee – perhaps for the third, fourth, or tenth time.&nbsp;

UN

📜 Plastic pollution treaty talks adjourn, but countries want to ‘remain at the table’: UNEP chief

The international push for consensus on a legally binding deal to end plastic pollution proved beyond the grasp of weary UN Member States meeting in Geneva on Friday, as they agreed to resume discussions at a future date.

UN

📰 World News in Brief: Cholera strikes Sudan and beyond, humanitarian needs grown for returning Afghans, rising insecurity in DR Congo

The preventable but often deadly waterborne disease – cholera – continues to spread around the world, driven by conflict and poverty, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.&nbsp;

UN

🌡️ A two-way street: Reversing brain drain in Somalia

For many countries in crisis, brain drain can feel like an unbreakable loop. Armed conflict, climate shocks and economic downturn drive out local experts who take with them the know-how that is essential to reversing the crisis. &nbsp;

UN

⚔️ UN warns Gaza crisis could worsen without safe, unrestricted aid flow

Without an urgent and unrestricted flow of aid, Gaza’s already dire humanitarian crisis could deteriorate further, the UN warned on Friday.

UN

🌡️ A two-way street: Reversing the brain drain in Somalia

For many countries in crisis, brain drain can feel like an unbreakable loop. Armed conflict, climate shocks and economic downturn drive out local experts who take with them the know-how that is essential to reversing the crisis. &nbsp;

UN

🏦 Texas megachurch pastor says scammers stole $18K pretending to work for Wells Fargo

A Texas megachurch pastor claims he and his family were defrauded of more than $18,000 by scammers pretending to be Wells Fargo employees, who reportedly had inexplicable access to their personal banking information. Pastor Brian McAnally, who serves as spiritual formation pastor at Grace Fellowship near Houston, said Wells Fargo did not restore the money [&#8230;]

ENDTIMES

🌧️ Liverpool target Isak ‘controls’ his Newcastle future

Swedish international striker Alexander Isak has been training away from his Newcastle colleagues amid Liverpool link.

ALJAZEERA

🌊 Rescuers search for missing after devastating Kashmir cloudburst

Rescuers in Kashmir search for survivors after flash floods triggered by a deadly cloudburst claim at least 60 lives.

ALJAZEERA

⚔️ Japan marks 80th anniversary of WWII surrender as concern grows about fading memory

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba expressed &ldquo;remorse&rdquo; over the war, which he called a mistake.

PBS

🔥 MIT Student drops out because she says AGI will kill everyone before she can graduate

We&#8217;re all probably feeling a little anxious about AI. It&#8217;s horrible for the environment, is used as an excuse to fire workers, floods the internet with misinformation and slop, entrenches government surveillance, and appears to be driving people into psychosis. And so, at a time when many college students are dropping out to join AI [&#8230;]

ENDTIMES

🌩️ Heavy rains expected in Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands as Tropical Storm Erin nears

Tropical storm watches are in effect for parts of the Leeward Islands, and tropical storm conditions are also forecast for the U.S. and British Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico over the weekend.

PBS

🏛️ Hezbollah says Lebanon disarmament plan serves Israel, vows to keep weapons

Group&#039;s leader urges government &#039;not to hand over the country to an insatiable Israeli aggressor or an American tyrant&#039;.

ALJAZEERA

🇮🇱 Israel releases video showing public humiliation of prominent Palestinian prisoner

The spectacle of Israel's Itamar Ben-Gvir humiliating perhaps the most popular of all Palestinians in his prison cell was as unedifying as the national security minister's extremist politics.

SKY

🌧️ Pope Leo XIV prays for peace as US-Russia summit over Ukraine war gets underway

Pope Leo XIV is praying for a peaceful end to the &ldquo;increasingly deafening violence&rdquo; of wars around the world

ABC

⚔️ What Will Trump and Putin Have to Say in Alaska?

Trump meets Putin on Friday in the first US-Russia summit since 2021, with the stated aim to end the war. Hopes and doubts mix across Europe as the leaders meet in Alaska.

KYIVPOST

🌧️ Trump and Putin to meet in Alaska for high-stakes summit on Russia-Ukraine war

Any success is far from assured, especially as Russia and Ukraine remain far apart in their demands for peace.

PBS

⚔️ Taliban leader warns God will severely punish Afghans ungrateful for Islamic rule

The Taliban leader is warning that God will severely punish Afghans who are ungrateful for Islamic rule in the country

ABC

🌧️ Ukraine Reserves Contain Russian Penetration Threatening Critical Pokrovsk Sector

Ukrainian army spokesmen say the situation is under control, but five days after hundreds of Russian infantry infiltrated more than 10 km behind Ukrainian lines, the salient is still there.

KYIVPOST

🌊 Flash Floods in Pakistan Kill at Least 60 People in a Single Day

The country has faced heavier rain during monsoon seasons, which scientists have attributed to climate change.

NYTIMES

🌧️ Trump the ‘dealmaker’ gears up for Putin summit

After promising to solve the Ukraine war throughout his campaign, the US president faces a moment of truth in Alaska

FT

🌧️ Trump the ‘dealmaker’ and the Putin summit

After promising to solve the Ukraine war throughout his campaign, the US president faces a moment of truth in Alaska

FT

🎥 Meghan's perfect Instagram image falls as fans spot insect crawling on her cookies in posed up video

The Duchess of Sussex, 44, who lives in Montecito, California, this week shares a snippet of homemade treats to the Instagram account of her lifestyle brand, As ever.

DAILYMAIL

🔥 What to know ahead of Trump-Putin summit. And, Texas Democrats could end boycott

Trump and Putin meet in Alaska today. Here's what you need to know before the summit. And, Texas Democrats could end their boycott if California also begins redistricting.

NPR

🔥 What to Know Ahead of the Trump-Putin Summit

We have a primer on today’s Trump-Putin summit in Alaska.

NYTIMES

⚔️ Masaoki Sen, a Kamikaze Volunteer and Japan Tea Ceremony Grandmaster, Dies

A pilot who never flew on a suicide mission during World War II, Mr. Sen went on to become a grandmaster of Japan’s tea ceremony and used the platform to oppose all wars.

NYTIMES

🌧️ Trump and Putin set for Alaska showdown as sidelined Zelensky waits to discover Ukraine's fate: Live updates

LIVE UPDATES: Follow the latest updates as Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin meet one another in an historic summit in Alaska to discuss how to end the war in Ukraine.

DAILYMAIL

🌧️ Sergei Lavrov trolls the West by wearing Soviet CCCP top to showdown between Trump and Putin in Alaska 

The shirt has been seen as an inflammatory and offensive gesture towards Ukraine because CCCP is a Russian abbreviation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).

DAILYMAIL

🔥 Why Candace Owens won’t stop her “transvestigations”

The Brigitte Macron conspiracy theory helps MAGA cope with their own contradictory gender ideology

SALON

🔥 Lebanon, Iran’s delicate diplomacy amid calls to disarm Hezbollah

Iran dispatches one of its most senior politicians to Beirut in a bid to soothe tensions.

ALJAZEERA

⚡ Breaking: Navalnaya Urges Putin to Agree Release of Anti-War Prisoners at Trump Summit

Russian oppositionist calls for freeing by Kremlin of Russian and Ukrainian political prisoners.

KYIVPOST

🌐 Geneva talks on global plastic pollution treaty collapse without a deal

Several delegates express dismay at the failure to break a deadlock at the sixth round of talks in under three years.

ALJAZEERA

🤖 Meghan Markle's 'underwhelming' With Love guestlist: Season 2 stars a make-up artist, pilates instructor and Netflix TV chefs after she was unable to attract big names, insiders reveal

Netflix has bailed out the Duchess of Sussex by packing the With Love, Meghan with people who have shows with the streamer, most of them TV chefs, a source has said.

DAILYMAIL

🔥 “And Just Like That” exits with a woman alone at the end of her story

Carrie Bradshaw leaves us with a question, and answer, that should have been the start of something wonderful

SALON

🔥 Groom accidentally calls his bride by his ex-girlfriend's name at the altar in a real life 'Ross and Rachel' moment

Andrew Fildes, 51, was left mortified after he accidentally called his bride Rebecca Fildes, 46, by the wrong name during his vows.

DAILYMAIL

🌩️ Heavy rains expected in Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands as Tropical Storm Erin nears

Tropical Storm Erin is approaching Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, bringing heavy rains that could cause flooding and landslides

ABC

🎥 Meghan's perfect Instagram persona slips as fans spot an 'insect' crawling on her flower cookies in new video

The Duchess of Sussex, 44, who lives in Montecito, California, this week shares a snippet of homemade treats to the Instagram account of her lifestyle brand, As ever.

DAILYMAIL

🔥 UK ready to put ‘boots on ground’ in Ukraine if ceasefire reached, says minister

John Healey says UK is committed to helping secure peace ahead of Trump-Putin meeting in Anchorage

FT

🔥 Trump to Head to Alaska for Face-to-Face with Putin

Trump departs for Alaska to meet Putin in a bilateral summit on Friday. The meeting is set for 11 a.m. local time, and Trump will return to Washington later the same day.

KYIVPOST

🔥 Trump in Flight to Alaska for Face-to-Face with Putin

Trump departs for Alaska to meet Putin in a bilateral summit on Friday. The meeting is set for 11 a.m. local time, and Trump will return to Washington later the same day.

KYIVPOST

🏛️ Hezbollah vows to keep arms, says Lebanon's disarmament plan serves Israel

Hezbollah's leader has vowed not to disarm, saying the Lebanese government's decision to remove its weapons by the end of the year serves Israel's interests

ABC

🔥 Shocking cancer twist for family of glamorous bikini designer found dead on New York yacht after Irish family called for second post-mortem

The body of 33-year-old Martha Nolan-O'Slatarra was found on board a ritzy Hamptons yacht last week after she had a meeting with an American insurance tycoon on August 4.

DAILYMAIL

🌧️ Ukraine vows to continue drone attacks until there's a peace deal

Ukraine says there will be no let-up in its punishing long-range drone attacks on Russia until Moscow agrees to peace.

SKY

⚔️ Leader-in-Exile of Georgia’s Russian-Occupied Abkhazia Region Marks 33 Years Since War of Secession Began

More than 200,000 people, overwhelmingly ethnic Georgians, were displaced in the 1992-1993 war.

KYIVPOST

🤖 Ghostly 'spiral' photobombs Perseid meteors over several US states — and experts are unsure what caused it

The ghostly light, which was triggered by a rocket reentry, sailed across the night sky as skywatchers across the U.S. looked up to see "shooting stars" streak across the heavens. However, experts are confused over which spacecraft is responsible.

LIVESCIENCE

📰 What Could Happen at the Trump-Putin Summit, and a Game of Chicken Over Voting Maps

Plus, your Friday news quiz.

NYTIMES

🔥 Texas could lose political clout under Trump’s call for a new census

Trump's plan to exclude undocumented immigrants could have unforeseen consequences in border states

SALON

👔 The Curious Symbolism of J. D. Vance’s English Getaway

The Vice-President built his political brand on bashing élites. Why does he vacation like one?

NEWYORKER

👮 “Highest 2 Lowest” Marks a Conservative Pivot for Spike Lee

Denzel Washington stars as a music executive who takes police matters into his own hands, in this remake of Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 kidnapping classic.

NEWYORKER

🔥 2025 Fall Culture Preview

What we’re watching, listening to, and doing this fall.

NEWYORKER

🔥 The Mini Crossword: Friday, August 15, 2025

Word before New Roman or after New York: five letters.

NEWYORKER

🔥 Garrett Hongo Reads Charles Wright

The poet joins Kevin Young to read “T’ang Notebook,” by Charles Wright, and his own poem “On Emptiness.”

NEWYORKER

🇷🇺 How an Asylum Seeker in U.S. Custody Ended Up in a Russian Prison

Eighteen months after an activist fled Russia to avoid persecution, an appeals court found that he lacked a “well-founded fear or clear probability of future persecution.”

NEWYORKER

🔥 “And Just Like That . . . ,” Carrie Bradshaw Bids an Unsatisfying Farewell

The series sequel to “Sex and the City” ends with an abrupt, disappointing finale.

NEWYORKER

🇮🇱 Palestinians condemn Israel’s Ben-Gvir over Marwan Barghouti threat

Footage shows far-right minister taunting 66-year-old Palestinian leader during jail visit.

ALJAZEERA

🔥 Trump’s Attempt to Make Museums Submit Feels Familiar

MAGA would fill museums with self-glorifying kitsch, the aesthetic lingua franca of all authoritarians.

NYTIMES

🔥 A 'slap in the face'? Royal expert reacts to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Netflix deal on PALACE CONFIDENTIAL

The Sussexes signed a new 'multi-year, first look deal for film and television projects' with the streaming giant - understood to be worth less for the couple than their previous contract.

DAILYMAIL

📰 Trump-Putin Meeting: What Time, Where and How to Watch

The leaders of the United States and Russia will hold talks at an American military base in Alaska and are expected to hold a news conference afterward.

NYTIMES

🌧️ Trump faces “serious risks” with Putin’s “maximalist demands”

David Salvo, of the Alliance for Securing Democracy, warns of Putin&#039;s push to sway Trump on Ukraine.

ALJAZEERA

🇷🇺 Russia Slashes Soldier Bonuses by Up to 3x Amid $61B Deficit, Creating ‘Caste System’ by Region

Facing a $61B deficit, Moscow cuts enlistment bonuses in multiple regions by up to threefold, while others raise payouts — a “caste system” valuing lives by region.

KYIVPOST

⚔️ Why Putin Can’t Quit

Even if Putin wanted to negotiate a peace in good faith – which does not appear to be the case – the momentum of war inside Russia portends turmoil once the soldiers come home.

KYIVPOST

🤖 Why African campaign groups want the traditional world map scrapped

The African Union (AU) has backed a campaign to end the use of a 16th-century map in favour of one that more accurately displays Africa's size.

SKY

⚔️ Japanese minister visits controversial shrine to mark end of World War II

Japan marks 80 years since Emperor Hirohito announced his country&#039;s surrender to Allied forces.

ALJAZEERA

⚔️ Japan minister visits controversial shrine to mark World War II anniversary

Japan marks 80 years since Emperor Hirohito announced his country&#039;s surrender to Allied forces.

ALJAZEERA

🤖 Fascinating simulation shows what a 24 hour fast does to the body - triggering 'deep repair'

A YouTube video has visualised the fascinating process of what happens to your body when you fast for 24 hours

DAILYMAIL

🇷🇺 Putin comes to America: Russian leader heads to Pacific Coast in heavily armoured limo before jetting to Alaska for historic meeting with Trump

Footage shows a long line of black armoured vehicles speeding along a road, flanked by flashing police cars and trailed by what appears to be an ambulance.

DAILYMAIL

🔥 How Trump’s Meeting With Putin Could Unfold, as Trump Seeks Cease-Fire in Ukraine

A sudden feud, an impasse or a first step toward a cease-fire are all possible at the summit in Alaska as the two leaders navigate thorny issues such as Ukraine’s territory and NATO expansion.

NYTIMES

👮 Feds Turn Into Beat Cops in Trump’s D.C. Policing Surge

In the nation’s capital, federal agents have operated a sobriety checkpoint, made gun and drug busts and carried out other day-to-day police work. Some residents are uneasy.

NYTIMES

📈 Tariffs Are High. So Is the Stock Market.

Strong corporate earnings, mostly stable tariff rates and the expectation of interest rate cuts have eased worries of a market reckoning.

NYTIMES

🌊 Sewage floods Gaza’s Nasser Hospital after Israeli strike

Sewage water has flooded Gaza’s Nasser Hospital after an Israeli strike damaged nearby infrastructure.

ALJAZEERA

🌐 Blackwater founder Erik Prince to send forces to Haiti to fight gangs

Vectus Global, a security company led by Erik Prince, has a contract to battle Haiti&#039;s gangs and restore tax collection.

ALJAZEERA

🔥 Sarah Jessica Parker on ‘And Just Like That ...’ and Carrie Bradshaw’s Legacy

The “Sex and the City” revival reached its bittersweet end this week. Does the actress like where Carrie Bradshaw landed? “Absolutely.”

NYTIMES

⚔️ Even as ‘And Just Like That ...’ Ends, Carrie Bradshaw’s Clothes Live On

Throughout the beloved series “Sex and the City” and its reboot “And Just Like That …,” the protagonist’s wardrobe was the most reliable through line.

NYTIMES

⚔️ Even as ‘And Just Like That . . .’ Ends, Carrie Bradshaw’s Clothes Live On

Throughout the beloved series “Sex and the City” and its reboot “And Just Like That …,” the protagonist’s wardrobe was the most reliable through line.

NYTIMES

⚔️ How Ambitious Democratic Governors Are Navigating Trump’s Redistricting War

Some have emerged as a front line against Trump’s push to grab more seats in Congress, putting the issue at the center of their party’s politics. Others are ceding the spotlight.

NYTIMES

🔥 With a Shovel and a Dream, Woman Finds 2.3 Carat Diamond in Arkansas

After three weeks, with bug bites and tattered hiking boots, Micherre Fox found the stone at Crater of Diamonds State Park.

NYTIMES

🤖 Boy Crisis of 2025, Meet the ‘Boy Problem’ of the 1900s

It takes a village to raise a child. But some of the villagers must be men.

NYTIMES

📈 Why Hands-Off Investing Pays Off

Put money into low-cost stock and bond funds, but don’t forget the rest of the recipe: Leave your investments alone.

NYTIMES

🔥 No Running Water and No Electricity, but for Some Venetians, This Island Is Paradise

A citizens’ group is now in charge of the island of Poveglia, where they will create a park for anyone who wants to leave Venice’s maddening crowds of tourists behind.

NYTIMES

📈 The Stock Market Is Getting Scary. What You Should Do.

There are troubling signs that our stock market may be overheated.

NYTIMES

🐾 They’re Stuffed Animals. They’re Also A.I. Chatbots.

New types of cuddly toys, some for children as young as 3, are being sold as an alternative to screen time — and to parental attention.

NYTIMES

🏦 SoftBank-owned PayPay files for US listing

Sale of American depositary shares could value payments company above $10bn and help fund AI bets

FT

❄️ The Last Refugees Let Into the U.S. Wonder if Their New Country Wants Them

After President Trump suspended the refugee admissions program, some new arrivals found themselves out in the Wisconsin cold. With help, they have survived.

NYTIMES

🗳️ Evo Morales, Barred from Bolivia’s Election, Urges Null Votes

Despite being barred from running again for president and being sought for arrest, a towering figure of Bolivian politics is trying to rally supporters to cast null votes.

NYTIMES

🔥 Tribal Colleges Rely on Federal Funding. Their Leaders Fear the Trump Years.

As the Trump administration has publicly targeted elite universities, it has also quietly pursued funding cuts for the nation’s tribal colleges, which rely on federal dollars to operate.

NYTIMES

🌌 Elon Musk’s SpaceX Most Likely Doesn’t Pay Taxes

Elon Musk’s rocket company relies on federal contracts, but years of losses have most likely let it avoid paying federal income taxes, according to internal company documents.

NYTIMES

🌧️ Trump and Putin meet today in Anchorage. Here's what to know

President Trump told reporters on Friday that he's willing to talk about business with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but said there would be no deals "until we get the war solved" in Ukraine.

NPR

🗳️ As Republicans face voters during tense town halls, it's about sticking to the script

While just a fraction of Republicans in Congress are holding town halls during the August recess — in-person and virtual — the questions from voters, and answers from lawmakers, strike a similar tune.

NPR

🗳️ In Houston, some worry their problems would be neglected after redistricting

In one neighborhood of the city, Latinos worry about immigration and urban problems but may soon be grouped in with suburban voters.

NPR

🤖 Three Whale Rock: Thailand's 75-million-year-old stone leviathans that look like they're floating in a sea of trees

Three Whale Rock is a geological formation and tourist attraction in Thailand's Phu Sing Forest Park that looks remarkably like a small family of whales.

LIVESCIENCE

⛽ New York Already Denied Permits to These Gas Pipelines. Under Trump, They Could Get Greenlit

Hundreds of New Yorkers rallied against new natural gas pipelines in their state as a deadline loomed for the public to comment on a revived proposal to expand the gas pipeline that supplies downstate New York.&#160; Oklahoma-based natural gas company the Williams Cos. had shelved that pipeline and another New York project years ago over [&#8230;]

ICN

🌧️ Trump and Putin arrive in Alaska for high-stakes summit on ending the war in Ukraine

President Trump told reporters on Friday that he's willing to talk about business with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but said there would be no deals "until we get the war solved" in Ukraine.

NPR

🤖 Chicago Aims To Have Most Air Pollution Sensors in the US

City officials are scrambling to install nearly 300 high-quality air pollution sensors across Chicago, a network that would be the largest in the U.S. and one of the biggest worldwide. The plan is to have the monitors up by the end of summer as city officials try to get a handle on the poor air [&#8230;]

ICN

🔥 Gaza is no anomaly: Hunger and hoarding are the West’s oldest weapons

Across continents and centuries, Western domination has always been achieved by feeding the few and starving the many.

ALJAZEERA

🔥 Trump Must Force Unconditional Ceasefire With an Iron Fist

Excepting to entice Putin with half measures is a recipe for disaster. The only way to a just peace is to make clear exactly how weak Russia really is – with the threat of making them even weaker.

KYIVPOST

🤖 Capitol Hill rumors suggest 'four alien species' are piloting UAPs

Politicians and scientists alike have been debating the claim that there are four types of aliens visiting Earth. This peculiar line of debate began b...

UM

👔 Photos: Putin’s 25-year legacy with US presidents

A visual journey through Putin&#039;s interactions with five US presidents spanning a quarter-century of diplomacy.

ALJAZEERA

🌧️ What time is Trump meeting Putin and why in Alaska?

The two leaders are set to meet in Anchorage on Friday to discuss how to end of the war in Ukraine.

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🌧️ Trump and Putin meet in Anchorage today

President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in Anchorage today to talk about Ukraine. Here's what to know.

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📉 Celebrities are marketing products directly to their fans

Stars are starting their own companies and marketing products directly to their fans. We talked to people following and making these deals, including John Legend who started his own skincare brand.

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🌧️ ‘May God give the right words to President Trump’: Anchorage awaits Putin summit

Ukrainian refugees in Alaska have mixed feelings about US and Russian leaders’ meeting

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🌧️ ‘May God give the right words to President Trump’: Anchorage hosts Putin summit

Ukrainian refugees in Alaska have mixed feelings about US and Russian leaders’ meeting

FT

❗ Trump administration names DEA head to be D.C.'s emergency police commissioner

Attorney General Pam Bondi has named the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration to be Washington D.C.'s emergency police commissioner. The National Guard, FBI and other entities are now working to follow President Trump's directive to clean up the nation's capital.

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💼 How a plumbing small business shaped a community in Denver

In 1968, Nathaniel Estes started his own plumbing business in Denver's Five Points neighborhood. As his company grew, he became a pillar of the local Black community. His son, Eddie Estes, and daughter, Cathy Lane, remember their now 94-year-old father, and what it was like growing up as the plumber's kids.

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🇨🇳 ‘Irrational’: China’s top spy agency attacks ASIO over espionage ‘threat’

Beijing has verbally attacked Australia’s intelligence agencies, accusing them of fabricating a spy threat while carrying out their own espionage in China.

SMH

🇦🇺 Australian lawyer apologizes for AI-generated errors in murder case

A senior lawyer in Australia has apologized to a judge for using AI-generated fake quotes and non-existent case judgments in a murder case

ABC

🤖 Turkish authorities detain Istanbul district mayor in sweeping crackdown on opposition

Turkish authorities have detained the mayor of Istanbul's Beyoglu district and about 40 other officials

ABC

⚔️ India 'will not tolerate' nuclear blackmail, says Modi in warning to Pakistan

India's Prime Minister has warned Pakistan it will not succumb to, or tolerate, nuclear blackmail.

SKY

💰 ‘Luck running out’ for Swiss economy as growth slows ahead of US tariff hit

GDP only expanded by 0.1% in second quarter, adding to pressure on central bank to return to negative interest rates

FT

🌧️ Flowers From the Front Line Exhibition Opens in Kyiv on August 16.

Two artists have joined forces to let art and creativity raise awareness about the ongoing war in Ukraine. The “Flowers from the Front Line” exhibit will appear in the center of Kyiv.

KYIVPOST

✊ Serbian protesters are back on the streets as clashes with government loyalists escalate

Thousands of anti-government protesters are back on the streets of Serbia after two days of clashes with loyalists of populist President Aleksandar Vucic and riot police that left dozens injured or detained

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⚔️ On India's Independence Day, Modi vows to punish Pakistan for future attacks

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has warned Pakistan that India will punish its archrival neighbor if there are future attacks on India

ABC

🌊 Flash floods triggered by heavy rains kill at least 49 people in Pakistan

Officials in Pakistan say flash floods triggered by heavy rains have killed at least 49 people in the northwest and elsewhere in the country over the past 24 hours

ABC

📰 Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai’s trial delayed over health concerns

The 77-year-old founder of the Apple Daily newspaper is charged with foreign collusion over 2019 protests.

ALJAZEERA

⚡ Killer of British mother in Australia eligible for earlier release after appeal

A teenager who stabbed a British mother to death in Australia after breaking into her home will be eligible for early release after successfully appealing against his sentence.

SKY

🔥 Trump-Putin Meeting in Alaska: a Chance for Diplomacy or Just Political Show?

Aside from the performative element of meeting with Putin, Trump seems to be keen on shaping expectations in the event little or nothing comes out of the encounter.

KYIVPOST

🇷🇺 Why Russia Sold Alaska to the U.S.

The Trump-Putin summit will take place in a former Russian colony that the United States bought for $7.2 million in 1867. Here’s how the deal came together and why its legacy matters.

NYTIMES

🤖 They’re Losing Their Vision. They Still Love Playing Tennis.

For the visually impaired people who participate in blind tennis, the sport delivers joy. “This is what I’ve been missing,” one player said.

NYTIMES

📰 The nepo baby premium, frothing markets, and Apple vs. Apples

It’s … Indicators of the Week! Our rapid run through the numbers you need to know.  <br><br>On today’s episode: John Legend croons; CPI inflation soothes; Same job as mom? You’ll earn more, dude; Apple vs. Apple, a courtroom feud. <br><br><strong>Related episodes:</strong> <br><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/08/14/nx-s1-5501492/why-every-a-lister-also-has-a-side-hustle"target="_blank" >Why every A-lister also has a side hustle </a><br><a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/09/12/1198907946/the-dojs-case-against-apple"target="_blank" >The DOJ's case against Apple </a><br><a href="https://matthewstaiger.github.io/matthewstaiger.com/The%20Intergenerational%20Transmission%20of%20Employers%20and%20the%20Earnings%20of%20Young%20Workers.pdf"target="_blank" >The Intergenerational Transmission of Employers and the Earnings of Young Workers</a><br><br><em>For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at </em><a href="http://plus.npr.org/"target="_blank" ><em>plus.npr.org</em></a><em>. </em><br><br><em>Fact-checking by </em><a href="https://www.npr.org/people/g-s1-26724/sierra-juarez"target="_blank" ><em>Sierra Juarez</em></a><em>. Music by </em><a href="https://dropelectric.bandcamp.com/"target="_blank" ><em>Drop Electric</em></a><em>. Find us: </em><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@planetmoney"target="_blank" ><em>TikTok</em></a><em>, </em><a href="https://www.instagram.com/planetmoney/"target="_blank" ><em>Instagram</em></a><em>, </em><a href="https://www.facebook.com/planetmoney"target="_blank" ><em>Facebook</em></a><em>, </em><a href="https://www.npr.org/newsletter/money"target="_blank" ><em>Newsletter</em></a><em>.</em><br>

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🌧️ What makes 'life' so hard to define? A developmental biologist weighs in

<p dir="ltr">In this Back To School episode we consider the "List of Life": the criteria that define what it is to be a living thing. Some are easy calls: A kitten is alive. A grain of salt is not.<p dir="ltr">But what about the tricky cases, like a virus? Or, more importantly, what about futuristic android robots?<p dir="ltr">As part of our Black History Month celebration, developmental biologist <a href="https://www.crystalrogersphd.com/about-the-pi.html"target="_blank" >Crystal Rogers</a> and Short Wave co-host <a href="https://www.npr.org/people/1082526815/regina-g-barber"target="_blank" >Regina G. Barber</a> dig into what makes something alive, and wade into a Star-Trek-themed debate.<p dir="ltr"><em>Listen to Short Wave on <a href="https://n.pr/3HOQKeK"target="_blank" >Spotify</a> and <a href="https://n.pr/3WA9vqh"target="_blank" >Apple Podcasts</a>.</em><p dir="ltr"><em>Is there something you'd like us to cover? Email us at shortwave@npr.org.</em>

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