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Trump officials threaten Kennedy Center demolition if court blocks renovations
The Trump administration has threatened to demolish the Kennedy Center if planned renovations for the performing arts venue are not allowed to be carried out, court documents show.Attorneys from the justice department have also asked for President Donald Trump's...
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Meta’s $17 billion child-safety settlement is the biggest tech payout ever—or 3x what it paid to acquihire a 28-year-old AI superstar | Fortune
Meta Platforms agreed Wednesday to pay up to $17.1 billion to settle a landmark lawsuit brought by 29 states alleging the company deliberately engineered Facebook and Instagram to be addictive to children, marking the largest single settlement in the...
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Video Celebrating Dolly Parton’s lifetime of philanthropy
The country music legend founded the Dollywood Foundation in the ’80s, supporting children’s hospitals, disaster relief, women’s health and Dolly Parton's Imagination Library.
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German airport worker dies of malaria after ‘mosquito arrives on plane’
A Frankfurt Airport worker has died of malaria after a rare outbreak led to six employees contracting the serious infection spread by mosquitoes. It is believed the mosquitoes arrived at Germany's busiest airport on a plane, according to German...
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Guinean President Mamadi Doumbouya dismisses 173 soldiers for desertion
Guinea's President Mamadi Doumbouya, 41, has dismissed more than 170 soldiers for "desertion", including a colonel who helped him seize power in a coup in 2021.Col Michel Lamah was a member of the Special Forces Group (GFS), the elite...
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Flash flood tears through Nepal valley, leaving almost 400 tourists missing, including Americans
At least 22 people were killed and more than 380 listed as missing Wednesday in Nepal after flash flooding tore through valleys in the Himalayan country's northern border areas, according to authorities. At least three...
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Meta settles with states in landmark social media addiction trial
This photo illustration shows the Meta logo in the foreground, with logos of Meta-owned platforms and applications, including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger and Threads, in the background, August 19,2026.Imen Ben Youssef/AFP via Getty Images
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Tiny house villages are increasingly responding to the homeless crisis in America’s fast-growing cities
Recent population estimates show that Charlotte, North Carolina, is the fastest-growing large city in the United States. The city added more than 20,000 residents between 2024 and 2025 and is rapidly approaching a population of...
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Chinese-Eswatini relations: China advises its citizens to leave Taiwan ally over security risks
China's foreign ministry has told its citizens to leave the southern African kingdom of Eswatini over "security risks".The ministry cited "rampant cyber fraud and criminal activities associated with gambling" as among its security concerns, but did not give...
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Islamabad PIMS hospital fire: Witnesses say rescue was delayed as blaze killed 14 babies
It was just after dawn on Wednesday morning at a maternity ward in the Pakistani capital when a horrific blaze erupted.It would go on to kill 14 infants as parents say they waited hours for help to arrive. Hivsa...
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Peace talks rich in symbolism but differences between Russia and Ukraine remain
The talks in Kyiv were rich in symbolism. The sight of Donald Trump's envoys setting foot on Ukrainian soil...