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  • Shootout Erupts At Seattle Festival, Killing 3; Second Gunman On The Run 17 minutes ago by Tyler Durden

    Shootout Erupts At Seattle Festival, Killing 3; Second Gunman On The Run Seattle police are searching for a second suspect after two gunmen allegedly exchanged fire inside the crowded Bite of Seattle festival beneath the Space Needle, killing three people and wounding four others, including a 2-year-old boy. BREAKING: 2 killed, 5 injured in shooting at Seattle Center, Washington pic.twitter.com/MPaA3lzO7W — Rapid Report (@RapidReport2025) July 27, 2026 Assistant Seattle Police Chief Tyrone Davis told reporters late Sunday that investigators believe the suspects were shooting at each other when bystanders were caught in the crossfire. Three people were killed and four

  • Nvidia Weighs $250 Billion Backstop For OpenAI's Gargantuan Ohio Data Center Campus 42 minutes ago by Tyler Durden

    Nvidia Weighs $250 Billion Backstop For OpenAI's Gargantuan Ohio Data Center Campus Nvidia is in early talks to provide up to $250 billion in financing guarantees to help OpenAI lease computing capacity from a planned $500 billion, 10-gigawatt data center facility in Ohio, according to Bloomberg , citing people familiar with the matter. The proposed deal highlights investor concerns that the AI bubble has been fueled by circular financing. The SoftBank-led project is located in southern Ohio and, when fully built, would support 10 gigawatts of computing capacity, or roughly equivalent to the output of 10 large nuclear reactors. The

  • Chamath Warns A Government Ban On Open-Source AI Would Tank The Market And Crater Anthropic And OpenAI an hour ago by Tyler Durden

    Chamath Warns A Government Ban On Open-Source AI Would Tank The Market And Crater Anthropic And OpenAI Venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya warned that any U.S. move to ban open-source AI would blow a hole in corporate balance sheets and drag the stock market down. "If the United States government intervenes, it will tank the stock market. Not debatable," Palihapitiya said on the "All-In" podcast released over the weekend. "Now, you can debate which companies get tanked. For example, if they said, 'No more open source. American companies cannot use open source.'" Chamath: Banning Open Source AI Will Crash the Stock

  • Elizabeth Warren Claims Crypto Clarity Act Would Help Trump... And 'Criminals & Cartels' 2 hours ago by Tyler Durden

    Elizabeth Warren Claims Crypto Clarity Act Would Help Trump... And 'Criminals & Cartels' Authored by Matthew Di Salvo via BitcoinMagazine.com, Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren has blasted the Clarity Act draft bill, claiming it would allow criminals and cartels to move money. Speaking in a video statement on X Wednesday, Warren hinted that the potential law would allow President Donald Trump to make money from crypto. Lawmakers are currently mulling over the latest draft of the Clarity Act, which aims to set in stone digital asset regulation. The latest draft bans officials and their families from issuing or promoting crypto. “This

  • Left-Wing Activists Rush To Defend Islamic Migrants After Attack On Berlin Pride Parade 2 hours ago by Tyler Durden

    Left-Wing Activists Rush To Defend Islamic Migrants After Attack On Berlin Pride Parade Is "suicidal empathy" the real cause of the western world's immigration crisis? Or, is the political left completely devoid of empathy? Is the multicultural agenda so important to them that they're willing to sacrifice their own people to protect it? The problem of "intersectionality" and engineered mass immigration is that progressive ideals are not shared or respected by most cultures. Leftists envision a sweeping coalition of socialist and minority groups joining forces to destroy the "evil colonial west", but they seem to be ignoring the fact that


The Guardian

  • Uganda begins emergency food handouts after 19 die from hunger 5 hours ago by Samuel Okiror
    Global development, Uganda, Hunger, Africa, World news, Yoweri Museveni, Drought, Environment, Water, Aid, Food security, Malnutrition, Climate crisis

    Government move follows months of drought and crop failures in Karamoja, with 1.5m people facing malnutrition Uganda has launched emergency food relief distribution after at least 19 deaths from hunger were reported in an area of prolonged drought in the east of the country. A crisis has been building in the Karamoja region of Uganda as crops have failed without the season’s expected rains, leaving the region’s 1.5 million people facing acute food shortages and rising malnutrition. Continue reading...

  • Two Russian men jailed in Angola for terrorism and spying 4 days ago by Rachel Savage in Johannesburg and agencies
    Angola, Human rights, Africa, Russia, World news

    The men were convicted over alleged plan to stage coup and organise deadly demonstrations over fuel prices last year Two Russian men have been found guilty by an Angolan court of terrorism and spying after being accused of planning a coup and helping to organise deadly demonstrations in the southern African country last year. Lev Lakshtanov and Igor Ratchin were sentenced to eight and 11 years in jail respectively. They had denied the charges, claiming they were in Angola for cultural and business activities. Continue reading...

  • MoD cancels army training in Kenya over powers to prosecute British soldiers 4 days ago by Hannah Al-Othman North of England correspondent
    British army, UK news, Military, World news, Kenya, Africa, Ministry of Defence

    September exercise called off after Kenya raises concerns over funding and jurisdiction for criminal offences The British army has been forced to cancel training for its troops in Kenya after the Kenyan government refused to ratify a bilateral defence agreement. While the UK government wanted to renew the existing agreement, Kenyan lawmakers had sought changes to give local authorities greater powers to hold British soldiers accountable for any offences committed in the country. Continue reading...

  • Health worker monitored for Ebola in London hospital after working in DRC 6 days ago by Nadeem Badshah
    Ebola, London, Democratic Republic of the Congo, World news, UK news, Health, Africa

    UK resident was evacuated from Democratic Republic of the Congo where there is an outbreak of the disease A humanitarian worker is being monitored at a specialist hospital in London after potential exposure to the Ebola virus. The UK resident was medically evacuated from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) where the worker had been treating patients with the disease, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said. Continue reading...

  • Healthy diet too expensive for one in three people globally, UN report finds 6 days ago by Kat Lay Global health correspondent
    Global development, Hunger, Poverty, United Nations, Africa, Asia Pacific, Americas, World Health Organization, Health, Food poverty, World news

    Global hunger declined for the third year in a row in 2025 but experts call for action to bring down costs of fruit, vegetables and dairy as report shows 2.69bn people can’t afford to eat well One in three people cannot afford to eat a healthy diet, a new report has found, prompting calls for urgent action on food affordability. There are 2.69 billion people unable to afford a diverse diet that meets their energy and nutrient needs, and it will take “immense” amounts of work to achieve the global target of zero hunger by 2030, the annual report from


South China Morning Post

  • Paris police arrest man who wounded 3 with knives 3 minutes ago by Agence France-Presse

    A French off-duty policeman on Monday detained a man after he allegedly attacked and wounded three women with two kitchen knives in Paris, a minister and police said. Three women aged 19, 24 and 36 were taken to hospital after the assault at around 11.30am in the Porte de Clichy area in the north of the capital, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez and Paris police said. Two were gravely wounded, but their lives were not in danger, Nunez said. One was hit in the lower back, the other in the...

  • Germany’s drive to compete with China collides with long-standing tradition of Sunday rest 2 hours ago by Huizhao Huang

    Germany’s drive to compete with Chinese imports is colliding with its long-standing tradition of Sunday rest, with policymakers and retailers now asking whether a century-old consensus still fits an economy struggling to regain its competitiveness. The latest flashpoint came in early July, when the country’s coalition government unveiled a package of measures to boost Germany’s competitiveness, including plans to let bakeries, confectioneries and public libraries operate longer on Sundays from...

  • Germany releases second suspect in deadly Berlin Pride parade attack 3 hours ago by Reuters

    A ⁠second suspect ⁠detained in connection ⁠with a deadly car-ramming attack on Berlin’s Pride celebrations over the weekend has been released, ‌the German federal prosecutors’ office said on Monday. “We continue to investigate broadly,” the prosecutors’ office told Reuters and declined to comment ⁠further. Spiegel on Monday cited sources as ‌saying that authorities released the person because initial suspicion that ‌he was a passenger in the ⁠vehicle ⁠at the time of the attack could ‌not be...

  • Israel to allow international force into Gaza under Trump ceasefire plan 5 hours ago by Reuters

    Israel will allow a multinational security force to enter Gaza as proposed under US President Donald Trump’s ceasefire plan for the enclave, an Israeli official said on Sunday. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s security cabinet on Sunday approved ‌the legal framework that would allow the force’s entry to Gaza, the official said. Netanyahu was scheduled to depart for Washington on Monday and was expected to meet Trump on Tuesday. The official said that the mission, called the International...

  • The former military chief aiming to unseat Netanyahu in Israel 5 hours ago by Agence France-Presse

    As Israel heads into a fiercely contested general election on October 27, former military chief Gadi Eisenkot has emerged as the principal challenger to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Eisenkot’s rise comes at a pivotal moment in Israeli politics, with the election widely viewed as a referendum on the long-serving premier’s leadership in the violent aftermath of Hamas’ October 7, 2023, attack on Israel. A recent Channel 12 poll put Eisenkot’s new party, Yashar (Hebrew for “Straight” or...


New York Times

  • How the Iran-Backed Houthis Cornered Saudi Arabia Into a New Conflict 2 hours ago by Vivian Nereim and Shuaib Almosawa
    War and Armed Conflicts, US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026), International Relations, Peace Process, Houthis, Saudi Arabia, Yemen

    The Iran-backed Houthis have seized on a vulnerable moment for Saudi Arabia, which is reluctant to enter another war, to try to force political concessions in Yemen.

  • In Washington, Netanyahu Faces a Delicate Balancing Act 3 hours ago by Isabel Kershner
    US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026), Politics and Government, Netanyahu, Benjamin, Trump, Donald J, United States International Relations, Peace Process

    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel is set to meet President Trump on Tuesday, with one eye on Iran and another on the coming elections back home.

  • U.S. Pauses Iran Strikes Amid Growing Risks, and Measles Cases Hit a New Record 2 hours ago by Tracy Mumford, Will Jarvis, Margaret Kadifa, Jake Lucas and Ian Stewart
    United States Politics and Government, Measles, Iran, internal-open-access-audio

    Plus, the soaring costs of President Trump’s new Air Force One.

  • Can a Progressive Win in a Purple State? Abdul El-Sayed Wants to Find Out. 3 hours ago by Michael Kruse
    El-Sayed, Abdul, Midterm Elections (2026), Presidential Election of 2028, Primaries and Caucuses, Muslim Americans, Elections, Senate, Michigan, Detroit (Mich), Stevens, Haley, Content Type: Personal Profile, Clinton, Bill, United States Politics and Government, Progressivism (Theory and Philosophy)

    Michigan’s Aug. 4 primary is a critical front in the fight between Democrats’ progressive and moderate flanks and a preview of the 2028 presidential primary.

  • Election Denier Alexander Kolodin Seeks to Run Arizona’s Elections as Secretary of State 3 hours ago by Reis Thebault
    Kolodin, Alexander, Arizona, Swoboda, Gina, Fontes, Adrian, United States Politics and Government, Midterm Elections (2026), Presidential Election of 2020, Voter Fraud (Election Fraud), State Legislatures, Conspiracy Theories, Elections, Secretary of State

    Arizona G.O.P. voters nominated Alexander Kolodin for secretary of state, despite, or perhaps because of, election denial efforts that earned him an admonition from the state bar association.


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