World News A Giant Raft of Volcanic Rock From an Underwater Eruption Could Help Revive the Great Barrier ReefTIME - Hillary LeungA mass of floating pumice so large it’s being tracked via satellite is making its way to Australia, and with it a range of marine organisms including corals that could help restore the threatened Great
Sperm Scientists Fertilized 7 Northern White Rhino Eggs With Sperm From the Now-Dead Last MaleTIME - Associated Press(CREMONA, Italy) — Eggs removed from the last two female northern white rhinos have been fertilized with sperm from the now-dead last male, but it will be about 10 days before it’s known whether the eggs
China China Let Its Currency Sink to an 11-Year Low After Trump's Trade ThreatsTIME - JOE McDONALD / AP(BEIJING) — China allowed its yuan to sink to an 11-year low Monday after President Donald Trump sent jittery financial markets tumbling by announcing new tariff hikes and threatening to block American
World News Banksy's Brexit Mural Has Disappeared From the Side of a U.K. BuildingTIME - Hillary LeungBanksy’s mural depicting a worker chipping away at a star on the flag of the European Union has disappeared from the side of a building in a coastal English town, CNN reports. The artwork, symbolizing
World News Indonesia Plans to Move Its Capital to the Island of BorneoTIME - Arys Aditya and Tassia Sipahutar / BloombergIndonesia will build a new capital city on the island of Borneo, home to some of the world’s biggest coal reserves and and orangutan habitats, as President Joko Widodo seeks to ease pressure on congested
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates Vow to Back Yemen War EffortTIME - JON GAMBRELL / AP(DUBAI, United Arab Emirates) — Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates pledged Monday to keep their floundering coalition war against Yemen’s Houthi rebels together after an Emirati troop pullout and
Hong Kong Chinese State Media Warns of Intervention as Hong Kong Protests Turn ViolentTIME - AMY GUNIA / HONG KONGIn the wake of violent clashes in Hong Kong on Sunday, during which a live gunshot was fired for the first time since protests began in early June, Chinese state media used its harshest rhetoric yet to
Barbados Tropical Storm Dorian Intensifies as It Moves WestTIME - Associated Press(MIAMI) — Forecasters say the fourth tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season is maintaining its strength as it moves toward the Windward Islands. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Sunday
Maryland Massive Gas Explosion Destroys Maryland Office and Shopping ComplexTIME - Brian Witte / APA powerful natural gas explosion badly damaged a Maryland office complex and shopping center Sunday morning, ripping away part of the facade and exposing twisted metal, authorities said. No injuries were
Minnesota State Fair Volunteer at Minnesota State Fair's Republican Party Booth Reports Being Groped After ArgumentTIME - Associated Press(FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn.) — Police at the Minnesota State Fair say they’re investigating after a volunteer at the Republican Party booth reported being groped through her clothes after a political argument
Title VII Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Legalize Workplace Discrimination Against Gay EmployeesTIME - Alejandro de la GarzaWith an amicus brief filed on Friday, the Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to essentially legalize anti-gay discrimination in the workplace. The brief, from Solicitor General Noel Francisco,
Tariffs Trump 'Ordered' U.S. Businesses to Cut Ties With China. Here's the Obscure Federal Law That Might Grant Him the AuthorityTIME - Associated Press(BIARRITZ, France) — President Donald Trump is threatening to use the emergency authority granted by a powerful but obscure federal law to make good on his tweeted “order” to U.S. businesses to cut ties
Mohammad Javad Zarif Iranian Official Surprises World Leaders With Unannounced Visit to G-7 SummitTIME - SYLVIE CORBET, LORI HINNANT and DARLENE SUPERVILLE / AP(BIARRITZ, France) — A top Iranian official paid an unannounced visit Sunday to the G-7 summit and headed straight to the buildings where leaders of the world’s major democracies have been debating how
Los Angeles County Los Angeles Deputy Lied About Being Shot, Authorities SayTIME - Associated Press(LOS ANGELES) — A Los Angeles County deputy lied when he said he was shot in the shoulder while standing in a sheriff’s station parking lot last week and will face a criminal investigation, authorities
Taylor Swift 'I Just Wanna Do Everything I Can For 2020.' Criticizing Trump, Taylor Swift Says She Now Regrets Past Political SilenceTIME - Kelly Gilblom / Bloomberg(Bloomberg) — Taylor Swift said U.S. President Donald Trump probably thinks of the U.S. as an “autocracy” and that she has become disillusioned with the state of American politics in an interview with
Alaska Alaskan Salmon Deaths Blamed on Record High TemperaturesTIME - DAN JOLING / AP(ANCHORAGE, Alaska) — Add salmon to the list of species affected by Alaska’s blistering summer temperatures, including the hottest July on record. Dead salmon have shown up in river systems throughout
Greenland Amid Climate Change, Arctic Region Evolves Into Strategic, Economic HotspotTIME - DAVID RISING and SETH BORENSTEIN / AP(TASIILAQ, Greenland) — From a helicopter, Greenland’s brilliant white ice and dark mountains make the desolation seem to go on forever. And the few people who live here — its whole population wouldn’t
Quesadilla A Controversial Quesadilla-Pizza Recipe Video Is Giving the Internet IndigestionTIME - Rachel E. GreenspanThough recipe tutorial videos are often the salivation-inducing stuff of culinary inspiration, the latest new viral cooking video is giving the Internet a stomach ache. But yes, we’re all also curious
Measles Disneyland, Universal Studios Hollywood Visitors Reportedly Exposed to MeaslesTIME - Associated Press(SANTA ANA, Calif.) — A New Zealand teenager who visited Disneyland and other Southern California tourist spots last week brought along more than just her luggage. She brought measles. Public health officials
Indianapolis Colts Oft-Injured Colts Quarterback Andrew Luck Announces Early RetirementTIME - MICHAEL MAROT / AP(INDIANAPOLIS) — Andrew Luck watched one last game from the sideline Saturday. Then he said goodbye to the NFL. The Indianapolis Colts quarterback heard boos as he walked away from the field, then walked
Barack Obama Lizzo, Lil Nas X and a Little Sinatra: Barack Obama Shares His Summer PlaylistTIME - Alejandro de la GarzaFormer President Barack Obama has tweeted out his summer playlist, in case you needed some auditory inspiration for the last few weeks of the season. The artists featured — who span the likes of The Black
News Brazil Begins Deploying Troops to Fight Amazon Rainforest FiresTIME - MARCELO SILVA de SOUSA / AP(RIO DE JANEIRO) — Backed by military aircraft, Brazilian troops on Saturday were deploying in the Amazon to fight fires that have swept the region and prompted anti-government protests as well as an outcry.
Peace Building 'Childhood Sweethearts' Die in Car Crash Minutes After Their WeddingTIME - Associated Press(ORANGE, Texas) — Harley Morgan was still wearing his dark suit and Rhiannon Boudreaux her wedding dress when the Texas “childhood sweethearts” were killed in a crash with a truck minutes after they were
Joe Walsh Former Illinois Rep. Joe Walsh Confirms He'll Challenge President Trump For 2020 Republican NominationTIME - Associated Press(WASHINGTON) — Joe Walsh, a former Illinois congressman and tea party favorite turned radio talk show host, announced a longshot challenge Sunday to President Donald Trump for the Republican nomination
Protest Hong Kong Police Deploy Water Cannons, Tear Gas as Protesters Throw Bricks and Gasoline BombsTIME - KELVIN CHAN and KATIE TAM / AP(HONG KONG) — Police in Hong Kong used tear gas Sunday to clear pro-democracy demonstrators who had taken over a street and brought out water cannon trucks for the first time in the summerlong protests.
Tariffs Trump's 'Second Thoughts' On China Trade War? The White House Says He Meant He Wished He'd Raised Tariffs Even HigherTIME - DARLENE SUPERVILLE and ZEKE MILLER / AP(BIARRITZ, France) — President Donald Trump said Sunday that he had second thoughts about escalating the trade war with China, but the White House later reversed that message saying the president was and
Prince AlbertNewly-Public Notes Written by Queen Victoria Reveal the British Monarch's Grief, Mourning Following Her Husband Prince Albert'sTIME - MIKE CORDER / AP(LONDON) — British royal documents including Queen Victoria’s heart-wrenching, handwritten account of her husband Prince Albert’s death have been shared online, offering a firsthand account of her overwhelming
Rohingya It's Been Two Years Since 730,000 Rohingya Were Forced to Flee. There's No End in Sight to the CrisisTIME - Tun KhinTun Khin is President of the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK It was exactly two years ago today, on August 25 2017, that the Myanmar military launched a murderous “clearance operation” in Rakhine State.
Atlanta, GA Spectators Injured by Lightening Strike at Tour Championship in AtlantaTIME - Doug Ferguson(ATLANTA) — Six people were injured Saturday when lightning struck a 60-foot pine at the Tour Championship, showering the area with debris, Atlanta police said. The third round of the season-ending PGA
Emmanuel Macron 'A Test of Unity', Power Moves and Posturing as G7 Summit Gets UnderwayTIME(BIARRITZ, France) — The posturing by leaders of the G-7 rich democracies began well before they stood together for a summit photo. French President Emmanuel Macron, the host, cornered Donald Trump at
