Month: August 2026

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kyiv launches one of biggest attacks yet on Moscow with 620 drones

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kyiv launches one of biggest attacks yet on Moscow with 620 drones

Suha KidwaiAugust 18, 2026 11:15 Moscow says it has protested Japanese Prime Minister’s ‘anti-Russian’ comments Russia’s Foreign Ministry has said it “strongly protested” to Japan’s state ambassador over what it called “anti-Russian” comments by ‌Prime Minister Sanae ⁠Takaichi regarding a group of Russian-controlled ‌islands off the coast of ‌Japan. The disputed territory is made up … Read more

Stock market today: Live updates

Stock market today: Live updates

Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, USA, June 3, 2026. Brendan McDermid | Reuters S&P 500 futures fell early Tuesday, led by semiconductors after the major averages started the new week on a losing note, as tensions between the United States and Iran persisted and inflation concerns led to … Read more

Apple’s camera-equipped AirPods appear in leaked video

Apple’s camera-equipped AirPods appear in leaked video

We may get our first look at Apple’s rumored camera-equipped AirPods, thanks to a video MacRumors found in macOS Tahoe 26.7 Release Candidate. The short video clip shows a man, wearing the new AirPods, holding a book with the cover exposed, so Visual Intelligence can see the book’s title. A Siri voiceover plays over the … Read more

Ketel Marte placed on restricted list by D-backs

Ketel Marte placed on restricted list by D-backs

BOSTON — Monday night was supposed to be about the return of two key Diamondbacks contributors from injury. Instead, the focus was on the absence of one of their star players. Second baseman Ketel Marte did not show up at Fenway Park for the series opener against the Red Sox due to what the team … Read more

Ebola outbreak in Congo becomes the country’s deadliest with over 2300 dead

Ebola outbreak in Congo becomes the country's deadliest with over 2300 dead

BUNIA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s fast-moving Ebola outbreak has now killed over 2,300 people and become the deadliest outbreak of the disease on record in the Central African nation.The outbreak unfolding in one of Congo’s most vulnerable regions is the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak ever, with 4,945 cases including 2,325 deaths, according to government data released … Read more

Student shooter kills classmate and himself at a Philippine school

Student shooter kills classmate and himself at a Philippine school

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A high school student carrying two guns shot and killed a fellow student before killing himself Tuesday in an attack on the campus of a southern Philippine high school that he livestreamed using a body camera, police and other officials said. It was the second fatal school shooting in the country … Read more

30-year Treasury yield: Three things that could drive it even higher

30-year Treasury yield: Three things that could drive it even higher

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. New York Stock ExchangeThe yield on the 30-year US Treasury bond has risen to its highest level in nearly two decades, and some strategists see room for the sell-off in long-term government bonds to go further. The 30-year Treasury yield, which is typically sensitive … Read more