1 Biden visits Florida in the aftermath of Hurricane Idalia President Biden and first lady Dr. Jill Biden traveled to Florida on Saturday to surveil the damage from Hurricane Idalia. The pair viewed the damage from the Category 4 storm before meeting first responders and receiving a briefing in the town of Live Oak. One…
1 Biden visits Florida in the aftermath of Hurricane Idalia President Biden and first lady Dr. Jill Biden traveled to Florida on Saturday to surveil the damage from Hurricane Idalia. The pair viewed the damage from the Category 4 storm before meeting first responders and receiving a briefing in the town of Live Oak. One…
Earlier this week, the world woke up to an unsettling piece of news: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is reportedly planning a trip outside of his nation’s airtight borders to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who will discuss with him a munitions deal that might replenish Moscow’s stockpile of weapons for the war…
China’s president, Xi Jinping, has decided not to attend the two-day Group of 20 summit starting Sept. 9 in India. Xi attended the 2020 and 2021 meetings virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic, but this will be the first time a Chinese leader has skipped one of the gatherings outright since the first summit in…
First Look Putin dashes hopes of new Ukraine grain deal after talks with Erdoğan The Russian president says a deal that allowed Ukraine to export grain amid the war won’t be restored until the West meets Moscow’s demands on its own agricultural exports. | View caption Hide caption Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that…
China can’t seem to shake off its post-COVID economic slump. Will that weakness backfire on the American economy? CNBC reported that the People’s Bank of China cut interest rates this week in an effort to spur economic growth, amidst a “confidence crisis” that has seen exports fall dramatically, factory production slow down, and housing sales…
A Norwegian mountaineering team is accused of leaving an injured porter to die on Pakistan’s K2 mountain this past July, allegedly choosing to continue their record-breaking climb instead of trying to rescue him. The lead climber, Kristin Harila, along with her guide, Tenjin Sherpa, became the fastest two people to climb all 14 of the ‘eight-thousanders’…
China can’t seem to shake off its post-COVID economic slump. Will that weakness backfire on the American economy? CNBC reported that the People’s Bank of China cut interest rates this week in an effort to spur economic growth, amidst a “confidence crisis” that has seen exports fall dramatically, factory production slow down, and housing sales…
1 Maui blaze becomes deadliest wildfire in a century as death toll rises to 93 At least 93 people have died from the wildfire that struck the island of Maui, Hawaii, making it the deadliest wildfire in modern American history. The fatalities were confirmed Saturday evening in a news release from Maui County, which added…
1 Hurricane Hilary bringing unprecedented storm warnings to Southwest Hurricane Hilary is likely to bring heavy rainfall and flooding to the Southwest United States and parts of Mexico this weekend, as the region prepares for a rare tropical storm to make landfall. Hilary will likely still be a hurricane when it reaches the Baja California…