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France’s Last Newspaper Hawker Honored by President Macron
Honoring a Paris Legend
Frances last newspaper hawker, Ali Akbar, will soon receive one of the nation’s highest honors. President Emmanuel Macron, once a regular...
ISRO Images Show How Uttarkashi Floods Wiped Out Dharali and Shifted River Paths
Mapping the destruction
Two days after the floods hit on August 5, high resolution images from ISRO showed a huge fan shaped deposit of mud...
Whitmer Warns Trump That Tariffs Could Cost Michigan Thousands of Jobs
The Oval Office Meeting
Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer met President Trump last Tuesday. They talked in private inside the Oval Office. Whitmer brought slides. She...
Iran Moves Surviving Nuclear Scientists into Hiding as Tensions Rise
What happened
Iran has moved many of its surviving nuclear scientists out of their homes and away from university posts after a wave of deadly...
Domestic Workers Arrested Over Illegal Abortions in Hong Kong
Police Discover Hidden Foetus and Pills
Eleven domestic workers have been arrested in Hong Kong over suspected domestic workers illegal abortions and “child destruction.”The case...
Trump deadline ends with no deal as talks with Putin move ahead
Deadline passed and no deal came
President Trump set a time limit for Russia to agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine. The deadline passed with...
Tom Hanks Honors Apollo 13 Commander Jim Lovell After His Death at 97
What happened
Jim Lovell, the astronaut who led the Apollo 13 crew, died on August 7, 2025 at his home in Lake Forest, Illinois, at...
Germany suspends military exports to Israel after Gaza City plan
Germany on Friday said it will stop any military exports that could be used in the Gaza Strip after Israel’s security cabinet approved a...
Wildfires Force Turkey To Close Dardanelles Strait
Dardanelles Strait Shut Due to Wildfires
Wildfires force Turkey to close the Dardanelles Strait temporarily as fires rage near Canakkale in the country’s northwest. This...
Hostage Families Sail a Protest Flotilla as Israel Weighs Control of Gaza
What happened at sea
Families of Israelis held in Gaza left Ashkelon on small boats on August 7, 2025, in a loud protest to press...