Lake Stevens man completes Seven Summits by scaling Mount Everest
Mountaineer Travis Van Overbeke scaled Mount Everest this year, conquering the ultimate peak of the Seven Summits — the tallest mountain on every continent.
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U.S. ambassador visits Wall Street Journal reporter detained in Russia on charges of espionage
US Ambassador Lynne Tracy on Monday was allowed to visit Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gerhkovich, who has been behind bars in Russia since March on charges of espionage.
Titan sub may have been doomed from the start. Here’s why
The company behind the submersible that imploded during a recent dive to the Titanic ignored key principles that guide organizations working in high-risk environments, experts say.
Ex-Carillion finance chief given 11-year company director ban
Zafar Khan’s disqualification comes more than five years after outsourcing firm’s collapseThe former finance director of the collapsed outsourcing company Carillion has been banned from serving as a company director for 11 years over his role in the co…
Moment Iranian drone explodes into huge orange fireball in Ukraine
Four Iranian kamikaze drones were used in the attack on civilian areas of Sumy Oblast, a northeast region of Ukraine sharing a 348-mile border with western Russia.
Anthony Edwards, Timberwolves agree on max contract extension
The Minnesota Timberwolves have made it clear.
NATO readies military plans to defend against bruised but unbowed Russia
Russia’s armed forces are bruised but by no means beaten in the war in Ukraine, a top NATO military officer said Monday, as he laid out the biggest revamp to the organization’s military plans since the Cold War should Moscow dare to widen the conflict.
’Open war’: Eight dead as nation attacks
Israeli forces killed eight Palestinians in a large-scale operation Monday in the occupied West Bank in what the army labelled an “extensive counter-terrorism effort” involving drone strikes and hundreds of troops.