TikTok Accused of Violating EU Rules on Online Safety for Children
The European Commission has made the preliminary finding that TikTok breached European Union digital rules by failing to ensure that accounts belonging to...
US State Department Issues Travel Advisory for Belgium
The U.S. Department of State has updated the travel advisory for Belgium, warning about risks to American travelers due to terrorism, crime, and...
America in Brief
US Imposes New Tariffs The United States imposed new tariffs on July 24 on 60 trading partners just as old ones were set...
35 Killed, 30 Injured in Syria Bus Collision
Police car light in Syria in a file photo. Omar Albaw/Middle East Images via AFP via Getty ImagesThirty-five people were killed and 30...
Small Plane Crashes Into Home in Northern Germany, Leaving 1 Dead and 1 Missing
Police tape in Germany in a file photo. Adam Berry/AFP via Getty ImagesBERLIN—At least one person died and a second one appeared to...
France, Spain Battle Wildfires as More Than 250,000 People Are Forced to Flee Homes
LEGE-CAP FERRET, France—France sent a hulking military cargo plane to dump tons of flame retardants as it battled raging wildfires on Saturday and...
‘I can’t work in the farce of climate change cruise tourism anymore’: why Antarctic guides quit their dream jobs
“You’d see massive glacier calvings, and you’d just want to cry. But all the guests would be cheering. And you’d be like …...
Why do some people who trust in science also believe in scientific conspiracy theories?
In a world where trust in institutions is mostly in decline, levels of trust in science remain relatively high. Yet at the same...
‘Manchesterism’ is bigger than Andy Burnham
Walk along Manchester’s Oxford Road on a weekday morning and it is difficult not to notice the northern English city’s confidence. Home to...
An Alaskan Village Cut Off From Its Own Firewood
By Mollie Busby On March 27, [2026], cutting firewood to heat my home became illegal. Not because of anything my husband, Sean, or I...
