The other Alaska airlift: Volunteers save dogs from a flooded Alaska village, 1 tiny plane at a time
A nonprofit in rural Alaska is working to rescue dogs from Kipnuk, a village hit hard by Typhoon Halong.
Day: October 18, 2025
Pentagon: Kudos to press corps
Re: “Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules” (Oct. 15, Nation): It was heartening to read of press unity in leaving the Pentagon as a body together. Disturbing though, to know what prompted this: new s…
China pledges to cut greenhouse emissions for the first time
Beijing has for the first time ever unveiled pledges to cut, not just limit, greenhouse emissions. A significant step from the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitter, experts nonetheless suggest the country could do more to counter the impacts of the …
With no takers yet, White House sets meeting with colleges still weighing an agreement with Trump
Five remaining universities have been weighing an offer from President Donald Trump to sign a “compact” for higher education
President Donald Trump drops the F-bomb before the cameras. It wasn’t the first time
President Donald Trump talks plainly, bluntly, often even coarsely.
Trump hopes to put an end to Russia’s war without selling Tomahawks to Ukraine
Donald Trump is hesitating whether to sell Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, but remains optimistic that he can reach an agreement to put an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine, maybe even without the long-range weapons Ukraine hopes to get.
Republicans: Thankful for examples ‘of decency and fairness’
Re: “JD Vance dismisses bipartisan outrage over racist and offensive Young Republican group chat” (Oct. 15, Nation): Congratulations and a heartfelt thanks to U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R- Oklahoma. He is one of the few Republicans who have taken a pu…
Israel received coffin of missing hostage handed over to Red Cross, prime minister’s office says
Israel received the remains of another hostage from Gaza on Friday, the prime minister’s office said, a handover from Hamas as the militant group worked to shore up a ceasefire by using bulldozers in a search for bodies under the rubble in the war-scar…
Sources: Li Lin, founder of crypto exchange Huobi, and some of Asia’s earliest Ethereum backers have raised ~$1B to launch a digital asset trust to buy Ether (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
Sources: Li Lin, founder of crypto exchange Huobi, and some of Asia’s earliest Ethereum backers have raised ~$1B to launch a digital asset trust to buy Ether — Li Lin, the founder of crypto exchange Huobi and chairman of …
‘Putin is afraid,’ says Zelenskyy – as Tomahawk missiles not ruled out
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has not ruled out the possibility that he can secure long-range Tomahawk missiles from the US, adding that he believes “Putin is afraid” of the consequences.