US Secures Majority Control of 65 Billion Barrels of Venezuelan Oil in Historic Deal
A Deal Unlike Any Other On Friday, August 29, President Donald Trump announced what he called “THE BIGGEST OIL DEAL IN WORLD HISTORY” — a sweeping agreement giving the United States majority control over more than 65 billion barrels of Venezuela’s proven oil reserves. Venezuela’s…
Iceland Votes No to EU as Fish Trump Geopolitics in Historic Referendum
A Nation Chooses Its Waters Over Brussels In one of the most closely watched votes in recent Nordic history, Icelandic voters on August 29 decisively answered a question that had lingered for over a decade: No, Iceland will not reopen talks to join the European…
NASA’s Powerful New Roman Telescope Blasts Off to Map the Cosmos
A New Eye on the Universe A massive observatory that scientists have called a “discovery machine” has launched toward the cosmos, beginning a journey that could mark a significant shift in our understanding of the universe. The mission launched on August 30 at 7:26 a.m….
Ukraine Strikes Deep Into Russia as Kyiv Reels From Deadly Depot Blast
A Week of Fire: Russia and Ukraine Trade Devastating Blows The war in Ukraine entered a particularly brutal stretch this weekend, with strikes reaching deep into Russian territory even as the death toll from a catastrophic explosion near Kyiv climbed to 38. The events of…
ICE Arrests in the SF Bay Area Surge Nearly 70 Percent, New Data Reveals
A Sharp Rise in Immigration Enforcement New data from UC Berkeley’s Deportation Data Project is painting a stark picture of immigration enforcement in the San Francisco Bay Area. From January through July 2025, ICE made 2,928 arrests in the region. During the same period in…
Six Months In, the Iran War Grinds On With Diplomacy and Economic Pressure Colliding
A Conflict at the Six-Month Mark The US-Iran war began on February 28, 2026, after the United States and Israel conducted airstrikes on various Iranian military targets, which included the assassination of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. What many hoped would be a swift operation has…
Norway’s King Harald V Dies at 89, Ending a 35-Year Reign of Quiet Strength
A King Who Refused to Quit King Harald V of Norway, who went into exile in the United States as a child during the Nazi occupation of his homeland and refused a string of European noblewomen in order to marry his school sweetheart, has died….
Nepal Glacier Collapse Death Toll Surpasses 600 With Thousands Still Missing
A Wall of Water, Ice, and Mud On the morning of August 26, a catastrophic chain of events began high in the Himalayas. A massive glacier collapse triggered devastating flooding that swept through parts of Nepal and Tibet, sending a wall of water, ice, rock,…
Six Months Into the Iran War, No End in Sight and a $37 Billion Tab
A “Little Excursion” That Became a Six-Month War When President Donald Trump launched joint strikes with Israel against Iran on February 28, he promised Americans it would be swift. It was a notable milestone for a Republican leader who repeatedly assured Americans that attacking Iran…
Convicted Genocide War Criminal Ratko Mladic Dies in UN Prison at 84
The ‘Butcher of Bosnia’ Is Gone, But His Crimes Will Never Be Forgotten Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb general who spent his final years serving a life sentence for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, died on Thursday, August 27, at a United…
