Nine family members killed in US airstrike in Kabul targeting suspected ISIS-K bomber, relative says
Nine members of one family — including six children — were killed in a US drone strike targeting a vehicle in a residential neighborhood of...
The latest on evacuation efforts in Afghanistan
At least five rockets were fired at Kabul’s international airport on Monday as the effort to evacuate thousands of people from the city following the...
Hurricane Ida leaves at least 1 dead and more than a million without power as it slows to a near standstill over Louisiana
With more than a million customers without power, calls for help made impossible to answer by the dangerous conditions and a first fatality reported, Hurricane...
Lake Tahoe threatened by massive fire, more ordered to flee
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Hurricane, Afghanistan exit and pandemic exacerbate Biden’s presidency of crises
President Joe Biden is confronting an extraordinary confluence of intensifying crises that are pushing a White House already mired in extreme challenges to the limit....
Female journalist flees Afghanistan following groundbreaking TV interview with Taliban spokesman
Earlier this month, Beheshta Arghand made history in Afghanistan....
Webcams and social media apps are changing the way we experience hurricanes
As Ida barrels ashore, we’re able to see the storm surge inundate communities in real time, and we’re able to hear panicked calls for help....
IMF: Bitcoin Is Privately Issued Crypto With Substantial Risks, Inadvisable as Legal Tender
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says that crypto assets, like bitcoin, are privately issued with substantial risks, and “Making them equivalent to a national currency...
This Singapore startup is using insects to turn trash into treasure
In Singapore, the amount of generated food waste has increased 20% over the past decade. Startup Insectta is turning to maggots to take a bite...
Watch these flies turn food trash into treasure
These maggots are recycling food waste, by eating it — and their byproducts could one day end up in your moisturizers or medical implants, according...
