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Times of Israel - World News

2026-07-30 02:25:53 (2 weeks ago)

US strikes Iran’s Revolutionary Guards in ‘powerful response’ to attacks on its forces

Command centers and other sites hit, says CENTCOM; Trump said 'exasperated' by war's lack of progress

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Al Jazeera - Top Stories

2026-07-30 02:25:03 (2 weeks ago)

Storm apologize after co-owner berates teen girls for support of Cunningham

WNBA basketball team Seattle Storm apologize after co-owner berates girls with 'thank you' sign for Sophie Cunningham.

Times of India

2026-07-30 02:21:15 (2 weeks ago)

This Swiss town will fine dog owners who do not wash away their pets' urine from streets and building facades

Times of India

2026-07-30 02:20:40 (2 weeks ago)

Is Pakistan facilitating Chinese missile shipments to Iran? Islamabad responds

Pakistan's military has strongly denied reports of facilitating Chinese weapons transit to Iran. These claims emerged amid ongoing tensions between Iran and the United States. The Pakistani army dismissed all such speculations as baseless and untrue. This situation highlights Pakistan's careful balancing act between China and Washington. The denial comes after reports suggested Iran would receive air defense systems soon.

ABC News - International News

2026-07-30 02:12:51 (2 weeks ago)

French student pleads guilty and is fined for a straw-licking stunt in Singapore

A French student has been fined in Singapore for licking a straw from a juice vending machine and putting it back in what lawyers described as a social media stunt

Times of India

2026-07-30 02:09:35 (2 weeks ago)

Inside Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's $100 million-plus property empire spread across US

Mark Zuckerberg's real estate ventures span several remarkable properties within the USA. His portfolio showcases opulent compounds in Palo Alto and Hawaii, alongside grand estates in Lake Tahoe and Washington D.C. Recently, he broke records with the purchase of a Miami beach estate, emphasizing his attraction to expansive and secluded living environments. These acquisitions solidify Zuckerberg's reputation as a notable figure in the luxury property market.

ABC News - International News

2026-07-30 02:07:11 (2 weeks ago)

Record-low Danube River affects tourism and industry as drought, heat grip Europe

As wildfires and successive heatwaves in France and Spain highlight climate change's impact, a severe drought is causing record low water levels on the Danube River, affecting tourism and industry

Fox News - Top Stories

2026-07-30 02:05:55 (2 weeks ago)

George and Amal Clooney evacuate France home as wildfires spread across Europe

George and Amal Clooney sent a letter to the Brignoles mayor before evacuating, saying they have "no idea" if their home will survive the fires.

The Guardian - World News

2026-07-30 02:00:55 (2 weeks ago)

Snowy valleys, balloon bikes and a wild game of buzkashi: a different view of Afghanistan – in pictures

As the son of Afghan refugees, Daniel Malikyar wanted to paint a picture of the country he knew, rather than the one he read about in news headlines

The Guardian - World News

2026-07-30 02:00:54 (2 weeks ago)

Mario Vargas Llosa by Gerald Martin review – the passions and politics of Peru’s Nobel laureate

This stylish biography of the author traces his journey from left to right, and from ‘posh Lima’ to Cricklewood

“At what precise moment had Peru fucked itself up?” Those words on the opening page of Conversation in the Cathedral announced the arrival of a writer who understood that national history could become the organising principle of fiction. At precisely the moment when Latin America was discovering the intoxicating possibilities of magical realism – a form whose exuberance had an elective affinity with revolutionary politics, collapsing the distinction between the marvellous and the possible – Mario Vargas Llosa plumped for old-fashioned realism instead.

It was a question of sensibility as much as politics, Gerald Martin suggests in this chatty yet coolly analytical biography. He traces the path of a novelist who began by dissecting oligarchy with surgical precision and ended happily dining among its ranks, completing one of literary history’s most spectacular political migrations – from the hard left to the hard right, over the course of half a century.

The Guardian - World News

2026-07-30 02:00:54 (2 weeks ago)

My slow Swedish summer on the tranquil islands of Östergötland

Small boats and kayaks connect the sparse communities and flourishing wildlife living on the thousands of islets on the Baltic coast

At 5am on Arkösund bay, it is so light it could be midday. I slip out of the pretty clapboard Arkösunds hotell, opened in 1895, as a small boat putters into the Baltic Sea, the sun sparkling on its calm waters. A wooden boardwalk invites me on to a string of tiny islets as geese arrow overhead and a mother swan coaxes her fluffy cygnets into a nook under a bridge.

I’m on Sweden’s east coast to explore the Östergötland archipelago, a sprawl of about 9,000 islands scattered across the Baltic Sea a few hours south of Stockholm. Quieter and less crowded than the better-known isles off Stockholm or Gothenburg, it covers several pockets of coastline and smaller archipelagos: Arkösund, Sankt Anna, Gryt and Tjust. The larger islands are flecked with traditional red timber summer houses, and are home to seals, sea birds, and dense, verdant forests of alder, cedar, oak and pine.

The Guardian - World News

2026-07-30 02:00:54 (2 weeks ago)

‘It’s irreplaceable’: Fury over Reform plans to expand quarry in ancient Kent woodland

Forty hectares of Oaken Wood could be razed after it was identified as potential site of expansion by Reform-run council

It was at the confluence of seven forest paths that Allison Sweetman came to a stop. Trees rose on all sides, save for a recently coppiced section to the north-east. The noon heat had silenced most birds, but the quiet was peaceful.

“This is what they call Seven Wents,” she said. For centuries, the people of Kent had travelled this way, from East Malling to Barming, from Ditton to Teston, for church, commerce and friends. “It’s on maps going back 400 years.”