A member of Taliban security forces inspects an alleged hideout of the Islamic State group in Sarai-e-Shamali locality of Khair Khana district of Kabul, Afghanistan, Nov. 18, 2021. An unnamed Taliban intelligence official told Reuters the explosion occurred in the same area. Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua via Getty Images Dozens were injured in an explosion…
Monthly Archives: August 2022
Chinese amphibious tanks land on a beach during a Sino-Russian military exercise near the Shandong Peninsula, August 24, 2005. China Photos/Getty Images The Chinese military command responsible for the Taiwan Strait says a 1950 battle highlights a “winning code” for combat. Social-media posts about an exhibition on the Hainan battle follow unprecedented drills around Taiwan…
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Adam Neumann, left, and his wife, Rebekah Neumann. Taylor Hill/Getty Images WeWork cofounder Adam Neumann is back with a new startup. He’s also once again a billionaire, according to Forbes. Here’s how the former CEO has spent his fortune. Adam Neumann lost his billionaire status in April 2020. Now he’s back in the billionaires club,…
The aurora borealis (northern lights) is seen over the sky near Rovaniemi in Lapland, Finland, October 7, 2018. Alexander Kuznetsov/Reuters Eruptions of plasma from the sun are careening toward Earth and will likely cause a geomagnetic storm. That could bring the aurora borealis south to New York, Chicago, and Portland Wednesday night. Solar storms can…
Former U.S. Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin and her husband Todd take in Game 3 of the NBA Eastern Conference final basketball playoff series between the Miami Heat and the Indiana Pacers in Indianapolis, Indiana, May 26, 2013. Reuters/Brent Smith Todd Palin, the ex-husband of former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, filed for divorce in 2019….
US Marines load an AGM-88 High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile onto an F/A-18C at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam on August 13, 2021. US Marine Corps/Lance Cpl. Tyler Harmon A top defense official said this month that the US has been sending Ukraine anti-radiation missiles. The official didn’t say which missile, but there are reports of…
A man supporting restrictions on abortion holds a sign as abortion-rights supporters hold signs behind him outside the South Carolina Statehouse on Thursday, July 7, 2022, in Columbia, S.C. Meg Kinnard/AP State Rep. Neal Collins held back tears Tuesday over the impact of an abortion ban he voted for. The South Carolina Republican said a…
Olena Zelenska, wife of Ukrainian’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, looks on during a TV address in Kyiv, Ukraine on May 6, 2020. Ukrainian Presidential Press Office/AP Olena Zelenska became First Lady of Ukraine on May 20, 2019. Born Olena Kiyashko, she was a writer for a series that starred her husband, Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Zelenska received international…
Former President Donald Trump arrives at Trump Tower in New York on August 9, a day after the FBI executed a search warrant at his home in Palm Beach, Florida. Yuki Iwamura/AP The FBI searched Donald Trump’s Palm Beach, Florida, home for classified documents on August 8. Trump’s fundraising team seized the moment to fire…