Brighty the Burro, Beloved Grand Canyon Statue, Is Rescued From Dragon Bravo Fire
The statue was missing an ear and two front legs, but it was mostly intact when crews recovered it from the Dragon Bravo fire. Source link
Three killed, eight injured in shooting in crowded New York club amid record low gun violence year
Image used for representation | Photo Credit: Reuters Three people are dead and eight others wounded after a shooting in a crowded New York City club early Sunday (August 17, 2025) morning. Investigators believe a shooter or shooters opened fire with multiple weapons at Taste of the City Lounge in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Crown … Read more
Air Canada to resume flights after directive ending strike
An empty Air Canada bag drop area is shown as Air Canada flight attendants strike at Montreal–Trudeau International Airport in Montreal, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Air Canada plans to resume flights on Sunday (August 17, 2025) after the Canadian Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) acted on a directive from the country’s Jobs … Read more
$800 for a Credit Card? Why Your Premium Cards Will Cost More.
Credit card companies and airlines are in a race for customers who spend the most money — and that is making it harder for many other customers to score deals and perks. Source link
Magnitude 5.8 earthquake hits Indonesia; at least 29 people injured
Indonesia is frequently struck by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis because of its location on the “Ring of Fire”, an arc of volcanoes and fault lines in the Pacific Basin. Representational file image. | Photo Credit: Reuters A magnitude 5.8 undersea earthquake shook the eastern side of Indonesia on Sunday (August 17, 2025) morning, injuring … Read more
‘Planting food, not violence or hate’: Brazil’s Lula razzes Donald Trump over tariff-hit grapes
Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Saturday (August 17, 2025) he hopes U.S. President Donald Trump can come and get to know the real Brazil, as the South American powerhouse reels from Washington’s 50% tariffs. In a video taken while … Read more
China hands over third Hangor-class submarine to Pakistan
Officials of the Pakistan Navy and the China Navy during the launching ceremony of the third Hangor-class submarine in Wuhan, China, on August 16, 2025. | Photo Credit: Facebook/Director General Public Relations Navy China has delivered the third of the eight new “advanced” Hangor-class submarines to Pakistan as part of Beijing’s efforts to upgrade Islamabad’s … Read more
Passenger train derails in Pakistan’s Punjab; 1 killed, several injured
At least one person was killed and several others injured on Sunday (August 17, 2025) when four carriages of a passenger train derailed in Pakistan’s Punjab province, according to a media report. The derailment occurred near the province’s Lodhran railway station, Geo News reported. The train was travelling from Peshawar to Karachi at the time … Read more
Hurricane Erin intensifies offshore, lashes Caribbean with rain
Jamie Rhome, deputy director of the National Hurricane Center, gives an update on Tropical Storm Erin at the National Hurricane Center, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025, in Miami. | Photo Credit: AP Hurricane Erin rapidly strengthened offshore to a “catastrophic” Category 5 storm on Saturday (August 16, 2025), as rain lashed Caribbean islands and weather officials … Read more
Military airstrike on gem mining town kills at least 21 in Myanmar
Ta’ang National Liberation Army officers. File. | Photo Credit: AP An airstrike by Myanmar’s military on the town of Mogok, the centre of the Southeast Asian country’s lucrative gem-mining industry, has killed at least 21 people including a pregnant woman, an armed opposition group, local residents and Myanmar’s online media said on Saturday (August 16, … Read more