Indonesia hit by two powerful earthquakes, at least 40 dead
A powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake shook eastern Indonesia on Saturday morning, August 15. The provisional toll from this earthquake is 40 dead and 50 injured, Fathur Rahman, head of relief, said at the end of the day. Thousands of kilometers away, a…
30 Tests, 30 venues: Yashavi Jaiswal follows Sachin Tendulkar’s footsteps with rare feat
When Yashasvi Jaiswal walked out to bat in Galle for the first Test against Sri Lanka, he was playing the 30th Test of his career. The milestone came with an unusual record – Jaiswal has played each of his first 30 Tests at a different venue. The…
Donald Trump makes Tehran react by declaring that he wants to proclaim the Strait of Hormuz “territory of the United States” after the war
Donald Trump, in Garden City (New York State), August 14, 2026. JULIA DEMAREE NIKHINSON/AP Simple joke or not, Donald Trump provoked an immediate response from Tehran after declaring that he wanted to put the Strait of Hormuz under American control at…
Middle East. “The Strait of Hormuz will soon be an American territory,” says Donald Trump
Donald Trump said on Friday that once Iran was defeated, he would declare the very strategic Strait of Hormuz as a “territory of the United States”, in a tone suggesting that he was joking. He also defended his decision to go to war to prevent Iran from…
Karoline Leavitt, White House spokesperson and convinced Trumpist, leaves her post
She was one of the faces of Donald Trump’s return to power: Karoline Leavitt, spokesperson for the White House and a loyal supporter of the American president, will leave her position at the end of the month to devote herself to her family. The…
Netanyahu urged by Washington to condemn settlers besieging Palestinians in West Bank
The United States is calling on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to publicly condemn settlers who besiege Palestinians in their homes in the occupied West Bank, American and Israeli officials said Friday. Settlers have been surrounding homes in…
Cam Ward’s rough night raises red fags for Titans after offseason hype
Cam Ward’s rough night raises red fags for Titans after offseason hype originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Tennessee Titans quarterback Cam Ward’s first live action of the…
Donald Trump wants to reactivate steam catapults on aircraft carriers
The steam catapult runway of the aircraft carrier “George-H.-W.-Bush”, in the Atlantic Ocean, May 12, 2018. ERIC BARADAT/AFP Donald Trump affirmed, Thursday, August 13, that future aircraft carriers of the American army would once again use old models of…
Policy. Assisted dying: the Constitutional Council approves the law, Emmanuel Macron welcomes the decision
Two reservations of interpretation from the “Wise Men”, recipients of five referrals on this text, however concern the conscience clause, which allows a caregiver to refuse to participate in the lethal act. The Council judges that a private establishment…
“Forgotten territory of the State”: after the earthquake in Colombia, Choco faces its old wounds
In San José del Palmar, near the epicenter of the earthquake that hit Colombia, a road blocked by a landslide is enough to measure the extent of the isolation. A hospital collapsed, infrastructure was damaged and dozens of injured people had to be…
