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25 stories from 4 sources, 45 more held back.
Russia could seize ships carrying Western cargo in retaliation for similar actions against Russian maritime trade, President Vladimir Putin has warned. There have been several incidents in recent months in which Western militaries have seized vessels that their governments accused of being part of a “Russian shadow fleet.
At least 14 suspected illegal miners have been killed and eight others injured after the walls of an excavation collapsed at a dumping site in South Africa’s North West province, the authorities have said.
Russian Aerospace Forces Day: What’s inside the arsenal. The Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) mark their anniversary on Wednesday. One of the youngest branches of the Russian military in its current form, the VKS were established 11 years ago.
US trade adviser Peter Navarro, whose uncouth and culturally insensitive remarks have often irked India, has claimed that he was “firebombed” online amid the backlash over his comments last year. Navarro, who has acted as US President Donald Trump’s attack dog, invited the blowback after he repeatedly hurled insults at India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he tried to pressure New Delhi.
UK’s biggest power supplier issues solar eclipse warning. Britain’s biggest household power supplier, Octopus Energy, has asked customers to cut electricity use for two hours on Wednesday to cope with a solar eclipse during peak demand. A total eclipse of the Sun – the first visible from mainland Europe since 1999 – will occur on August 12 from 15:00 to 19:00 GMT (4-8 PM London time).
A child has been killed and eight people wounded in a Ukrainian drone strike on the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, local governor Veniamin Kondratyev has said. The southern Krasnodar Region was targeted by hundreds of UAVs overnight, Kondratyev wrote in a post on Telegram on Wednesday.
Sailors on a US aircraft carrier operating near Iran attempted to jump overboard amid exhaustion and low morale caused by extended operations, several news outlets have reported, citing crew members’ families.
A major US produce supplier has recalled jalapeno products sold through major grocery store and restaurant chains amid a Salmonella outbreak, according to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Taylor Farms has also been linked to a separate multistate outbreak of another foodborne illness.
Several major news outlets have claimed that US President Donald Trump effectively used journalists covering his travels as decoys last month when he secretly switched planes due to a suspected Iranian assassination plot.
Canada’s University of Alberta has won a legal battle to dissolve a research trust named after Ukrainian SS veteran Yaroslav Hunka, whose standing ovation in the Canadian parliament from lawmakers, then-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky sparked an international scandal.
The EU is pumping €90 billion ($105 billion) into Ukraine without knowing how the burden of the interest-free loan will be distributed among member states, German MEP Fabio De Masi told the Berliner Zeitung, warning that the money will enrich “corrupt oligarchs” in Ukraine. Member states gave the green light to the scheme in April, with Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia securing…
Manchester City boss Enzo Maresca is keen to be reunited with two of his most-trusted Chelsea players, and Tottenham Hotspur are entering talks for USMNT forward Folarin Balogun in a deal that could be worth €60 million. Join us for the latest transfer news and rumors from around the globe. Transfers home page | Men's summer grades | Women's grades.
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Athletics shortstop Jacob Wilson's major-league-record errorless streak at the position continued to 113 games Tuesday night, after an errant throw in the eighth inning was overturned from its original ruling. In his club's 12-4 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night, Wilson threw wide of Donovan Walton at second base.
NEW YORK -- Saddled with a .159 average to go along with 12 home runs and 43 RBIs, Cal Raleigh faced reality Tuesday night. The Seattle Mariners catcher, a year removed from finishing second in the American League MVP race, acknowledged his struggles after his club's 4-1 loss to the New York Yankees. "I've got to find a way to be better, and to help bring the guys along.
LOS ANGELES -- Blake Snell struck out seven of the first 10 batters he faced Tuesday night before giving up back-to-back hits in his return to the mound for the Los Angeles Dodgers after being sidelined for three months with loose bodies in his left elbow. He struck out the side on 13 pitches in the first inning Tuesday night against the Kansas City Royals and right-hander Michael Wacha.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Three weeks before Stephen Curry becomes eligible to extend off his current contract, Golden State Warriors general manager Mike Dunleavy again expressed confidence that the franchise icon is committed to remaining in one jersey his entire career. "He hasn't [said any different]," Dunleavy said. "That's always been the message.
INDIANAPOLIS -- Indiana Fever coach Stephanie White gave an impassioned statement to reporters before Tuesday night's 106-92 win over the New York Liberty in which she proclaimed, "The hate, the fearmongering, the divisiveness, the stuff that's trying to hijack our league will not win."
The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority is investigating five races that took place Sunday at racetracks in New Jersey and New York after bookmakers in the United States and United Kingdom detected unusual betting on horses that overperformed and are linked to the same training facility.
CHICAGO -- It began as a 2,500-person promotion but quickly grew to over 40,000. The Chicago White Sox planned a pope hat giveaway in recognition of Chicago native Pope Leo's love for the team -- but realized pretty quickly 2,500 hats wouldn't be enough.
A Texas judge backed a decision to remove a Tulsa, Oklahoma, team from the Southwest Region and keep it from playing in Tuesday's championship game for a berth in the Little League Baseball World Series, according to a statement from a Little League spokesperson.
Rutschman, who has been out since July 18 because of left wrist inflammation, had a two-game rehab stint with Triple-A Worcester over the weekend, starting at catcher and then designated hitter, going a combined 1-for-5 with a double, two runs and two RBIs. The three-time All-Star, who is wearing jersey No. 31 with Boston, is hitting .251 with 8 home runs and 47 RBIs.
That memo you just worked with Claude to write? It might soon carry an invisible signature that says so. Anthropic just quietly detailed the rollout of invisible watermarks that label everything its Claude models touch, and, like most features forced onto the world, a lot of users aren’t happy about it.
Trump is now demanding his Justice Department resurrect criminal charges against a former American Olympian, even after his own handpicked prosecutor admitted there was no evidence. Former President Barack Obama couldn’t help but mock Trump’s gold-gilded Oval Office during a cameo on HBO Max.
With the midterms less than three months away, Raw America managing editor Carl Gibson interviewed Kelly Dietrich, founder and CEO of the National Democratic Training Committee (NDTC), to talk about how Democrats can get involved in 2026 campaigns, and how they can mount candidacies of their own up and down the ticket in 2028. Gibson and Dietrich covered various topics, including:.
Newly surfaced video confirms Donald Trump was hidden away in an airport catering truck and flown out on a decoy jet after leaving the NATO summit in Turkey. Meanwhile, Trump is actively defying Supreme Court rulings that went against him, including on his tariffs, his illegal firing of a Federal Reserve board member and birthright citizenship.
Russia could seize ships carrying Western cargo in retaliation for similar actions against Russian maritime trade, President Vladimir Putin has warned. There have been several incidents in recent months in which Western militaries have seized vessels that their governments accused of being part of a “Russian shadow fleet.
At least 14 suspected illegal miners have been killed and eight others injured after the walls of an excavation collapsed at a dumping site in South Africa’s North West province, the authorities have said.
Russian Aerospace Forces Day: What’s inside the arsenal. The Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) mark their anniversary on Wednesday. One of the youngest branches of the Russian military in its current form, the VKS were established 11 years ago.
US trade adviser Peter Navarro, whose uncouth and culturally insensitive remarks have often irked India, has claimed that he was “firebombed” online amid the backlash over his comments last year. Navarro, who has acted as US President Donald Trump’s attack dog, invited the blowback after he repeatedly hurled insults at India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he tried to pressure New Delhi.
UK’s biggest power supplier issues solar eclipse warning. Britain’s biggest household power supplier, Octopus Energy, has asked customers to cut electricity use for two hours on Wednesday to cope with a solar eclipse during peak demand. A total eclipse of the Sun – the first visible from mainland Europe since 1999 – will occur on August 12 from 15:00 to 19:00 GMT (4-8 PM London time).
A child has been killed and eight people wounded in a Ukrainian drone strike on the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, local governor Veniamin Kondratyev has said. The southern Krasnodar Region was targeted by hundreds of UAVs overnight, Kondratyev wrote in a post on Telegram on Wednesday.
Sailors on a US aircraft carrier operating near Iran attempted to jump overboard amid exhaustion and low morale caused by extended operations, several news outlets have reported, citing crew members’ families.
A major US produce supplier has recalled jalapeno products sold through major grocery store and restaurant chains amid a Salmonella outbreak, according to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Taylor Farms has also been linked to a separate multistate outbreak of another foodborne illness.
Several major news outlets have claimed that US President Donald Trump effectively used journalists covering his travels as decoys last month when he secretly switched planes due to a suspected Iranian assassination plot.
Canada’s University of Alberta has won a legal battle to dissolve a research trust named after Ukrainian SS veteran Yaroslav Hunka, whose standing ovation in the Canadian parliament from lawmakers, then-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky sparked an international scandal.
The EU is pumping €90 billion ($105 billion) into Ukraine without knowing how the burden of the interest-free loan will be distributed among member states, German MEP Fabio De Masi told the Berliner Zeitung, warning that the money will enrich “corrupt oligarchs” in Ukraine. Member states gave the green light to the scheme in April, with Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia securing…
Manchester City boss Enzo Maresca is keen to be reunited with two of his most-trusted Chelsea players, and Tottenham Hotspur are entering talks for USMNT forward Folarin Balogun in a deal that could be worth €60 million. Join us for the latest transfer news and rumors from around the globe. Transfers home page | Men's summer grades | Women's grades.
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Athletics shortstop Jacob Wilson's major-league-record errorless streak at the position continued to 113 games Tuesday night, after an errant throw in the eighth inning was overturned from its original ruling. In his club's 12-4 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night, Wilson threw wide of Donovan Walton at second base.
NEW YORK -- Saddled with a .159 average to go along with 12 home runs and 43 RBIs, Cal Raleigh faced reality Tuesday night. The Seattle Mariners catcher, a year removed from finishing second in the American League MVP race, acknowledged his struggles after his club's 4-1 loss to the New York Yankees. "I've got to find a way to be better, and to help bring the guys along.
LOS ANGELES -- Blake Snell struck out seven of the first 10 batters he faced Tuesday night before giving up back-to-back hits in his return to the mound for the Los Angeles Dodgers after being sidelined for three months with loose bodies in his left elbow. He struck out the side on 13 pitches in the first inning Tuesday night against the Kansas City Royals and right-hander Michael Wacha.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Three weeks before Stephen Curry becomes eligible to extend off his current contract, Golden State Warriors general manager Mike Dunleavy again expressed confidence that the franchise icon is committed to remaining in one jersey his entire career. "He hasn't [said any different]," Dunleavy said. "That's always been the message.
INDIANAPOLIS -- Indiana Fever coach Stephanie White gave an impassioned statement to reporters before Tuesday night's 106-92 win over the New York Liberty in which she proclaimed, "The hate, the fearmongering, the divisiveness, the stuff that's trying to hijack our league will not win."
The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority is investigating five races that took place Sunday at racetracks in New Jersey and New York after bookmakers in the United States and United Kingdom detected unusual betting on horses that overperformed and are linked to the same training facility.
CHICAGO -- It began as a 2,500-person promotion but quickly grew to over 40,000. The Chicago White Sox planned a pope hat giveaway in recognition of Chicago native Pope Leo's love for the team -- but realized pretty quickly 2,500 hats wouldn't be enough.
A Texas judge backed a decision to remove a Tulsa, Oklahoma, team from the Southwest Region and keep it from playing in Tuesday's championship game for a berth in the Little League Baseball World Series, according to a statement from a Little League spokesperson.
Rutschman, who has been out since July 18 because of left wrist inflammation, had a two-game rehab stint with Triple-A Worcester over the weekend, starting at catcher and then designated hitter, going a combined 1-for-5 with a double, two runs and two RBIs. The three-time All-Star, who is wearing jersey No. 31 with Boston, is hitting .251 with 8 home runs and 47 RBIs.
Trump is now demanding his Justice Department resurrect criminal charges against a former American Olympian, even after his own handpicked prosecutor admitted there was no evidence. Former President Barack Obama couldn’t help but mock Trump’s gold-gilded Oval Office during a cameo on HBO Max.
With the midterms less than three months away, Raw America managing editor Carl Gibson interviewed Kelly Dietrich, founder and CEO of the National Democratic Training Committee (NDTC), to talk about how Democrats can get involved in 2026 campaigns, and how they can mount candidacies of their own up and down the ticket in 2028. Gibson and Dietrich covered various topics, including:.
Newly surfaced video confirms Donald Trump was hidden away in an airport catering truck and flown out on a decoy jet after leaving the NATO summit in Turkey. Meanwhile, Trump is actively defying Supreme Court rulings that went against him, including on his tariffs, his illegal firing of a Federal Reserve board member and birthright citizenship.
That memo you just worked with Claude to write? It might soon carry an invisible signature that says so. Anthropic just quietly detailed the rollout of invisible watermarks that label everything its Claude models touch, and, like most features forced onto the world, a lot of users aren’t happy about it.