Month: August 2025
“Felt Like Thunder”: 2 Dead, 10 Injured In Explosion At US Steel Plant
An explosion at a US Steel plant near Pittsburgh left two dead and sent at least 10 to hospitals Monday and heavily damaged the sprawling facility, officials said.
Spain Orders Town To Scrap Motion Restricting Muslim Festivities
Spain’s leftist government ordered a town to drop a ban on religious celebrations in municipal sports facilities, a measure critics say was aimed at blocking longstanding Muslim festivities.
Why xAI is giving you ‘limited’ free access to Grok 4
The move arrives days after the company’s competitor, OpenAI, released GPT-5 at no cost to all users.
Killing of Al Jazeera journalists is ‘100% a war crime’, CPJ Regional Director says
Media advocacy group the Committee to Protect Journalists on Monday slammed an Israeli strike that killed several Al Jazeera staff in Gaza overnight, saying journalists should never be targeted in war. The CPJ in July called for the protection of Anas…
4 Children, 2 Adults Killed As Fire Rips Through House In Maryland
A fire ripped through a house in Charles County, Maryland, killing four children and two adults, authorities said.
Greta Thunberg, Activists Plan New Aid Flotilla To Gaza
Greta Thunberg said she and a Palestinian activist group plan to sail a new flotilla loaded with humanitarian aid to Gaza to break the “illegal Israeli siege”.
Exporter rate ‘shopping’ exacerbating uneven India ocean service
Exporters’ proclivity for rate shopping leads to choppiness in a market that is also beholden to vessels being pulled into larger ocean freight markets.
Destructive beetles multiply in Central WA; state tries new treatment
Japanese beetles feed on more than 300 plants and can devastate grape crops and strip roses and other garden plants of their leaves.