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JULY 20, 2026
This handout photograph taken on July 16 by US Central Command Public Affairs shows US Marines from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit conducting a verification boarding aboard the M/T Wen Yao in the Gulf of Oman
Iran is fighting a "full-scale war" with the United States, its president said Monday, as Washington expanded its strikes across the Islamic...
JULY 20, 2026
Leandro Paredes (right) was sent off following the final whistle (PA).
Argentina could face additional disciplinary proceedings following the brawl that marred the end of their World Cup final defeat to Spain.
Leandro Paredes was sent off after the final whistle after clashing with Spain’s Eric Garcia and Gavi while Nahuel Molina appeared to take a swing at Spain...
JULY 18, 2026
Wildfire smoke obscured the downtown Akron skyline as seen from West Market Street, July 16, 2026, in Akron, Ohio. - Andrew Dolph, Akron Beacon Journal via USA TODAY Network
Toxic smoke from the Canadian wildfires is setting record levels of hazardous air in the eastern United States.
On July 17, hazy skies were commonplace from Minnesota to Virginia as toxic smoke traveled hundreds of...
JULY 17, 2026
Tech stocks are selling off for the second consecutive day on Wall Street - REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
The US stock market sank on Friday in a “bloodbath” for companies linked to the AI boom.
Shares on Wall Street fell heavily in the wake of sharp downturns in Japan and Taiwan as investors raised questions about the soaring valuations of companies...
JULY 15, 2026
Traffic slows down along the North-South Arterial in Utica, NY during a lake effect snow storm on Friday, November 28, 2025. - Daniel DeLoach/Utica Observer-Dispatch
Last winter arrived early across parts of the United States, with November snowstorms, early blizzard warnings and even flakes reaching places like Florida before Thanksgiving. The season featured repeated waves of Arctic air colliding with moisture-rich storm systems,...
JULY 13, 2026
Elon Musk's Colossus 2 Data Center.
Along the Tennessee-Mississippi border, majority-Black neighborhoods already face cancer risks four times the national average and air that fails federal ozone standards. Into this landscape, according to a Reuters-based report, Elon Musk’s xAI trucked 59 natural gas turbines for its Colossus 2 AI data center and started burning fuel without Clean Air Act permits. What happened next matters...
JULY 14, 2026
Sales of data-center operators are rising. - Hyosub Shin/The Atlanta Journal-Constitution/Zuma Press
America’s data-center developers are ready to cash in on the AI boom.
Data-center builders and operators across the U.S. are working with bankers to sell majority equity stakes worth tens of billions of dollars in their companies this summer, according to people familiar with the efforts.
Bankers are working...
JULY 14, 2026
Calf Creek canyon valley and the Grand Staircase-Escalante national monument in Utah. Photograph: Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket/Getty Images
Donald Trump has approved a sharp reduction in the size of two national monuments in Utah held sacred by many Native Americans, in the latest move to open US public land to corporate developers and the oil and gas industry.
The two monuments,...
JULY 14, 2026
Japan's Softbank AI Investment. - Miyuki Saito
TOKYO, JAPAN — Worries about a bubble in artificial intelligence investments are absurd, SoftBank Group’s CEO Masayoshi Son said Tuesday, deriding such doubts as backward and akin to questioning the use of cars and planes.
Softbank's AI Investment. - Miyuki Saito
“To ask whether AI is a bubble is a foolish question,” Son told executives at an...
JULY 13, 2026
Peter Thiel’s Dialog event aimed to bring together those who can ‘accomplish something amazing in the world’ - Visual China Group via Getty
It is the ultimate private members’ club – a gathering of 200 of the world’s most influential people, from tech bros and hedge funders to politicians and Hollywood actors. And once a year, they convene...
