In Wisconsin, Cheese and Packers Stories Help Northern Sky Theater Thrive
Northern Sky Theater in Door County programs original musicals steeped in local history, archetypes and customs. Source link
Six Sublime Beaches on the Great Lakes
Sandy shorelines and fresh breezes characterize these six spots in the United States and Canada. Source link
India, Philippines stage joint sail and naval drill in the disputed South China Sea
Representational image only. File | Photo Credit: AP India and the Philippines staged joint sail and naval exercises in the disputed South China Sea for the first time, a high-profile military deployment that will likely antagonise China. Beijing has separate territorial disputes with the two Asian democracies and a long-running regional rivalry with New Delhi. … Read more
Takeaways for India from Trump moment: strategic autonomy is alive, neoliberalism is dead
U.S. President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Donald J. Trump can be brutally forthright and publicly so. It is partly innate and partly a strategy to throw his interlocutors off balance. In a 1989 interview on CNN’s Larry King Live, Mr. Trump was asked by the host about his strategies for gaining an … Read more
More than 3,200 Boeing fighter jet workers go on strike after rejecting contract offer
Representational image only. File | Photo Credit: AP More than 3,200 union members who assemble Boeing’s fighter jets in the St. Louis area and Illinois went on strike on Monday (August 4, 2025) after rejecting a second contract offer the previous day. Boeing Defense said it was ready for the work stoppage and it will … Read more
U.N. reports mounting toll among aid seekers as U.S. envoy due in Gaza
Israeli forces have killed hundreds of hungry Palestinians waiting for aid outside U.S.-backed food distribution points, the U.N.’s rights office said on Friday (August 1, 2025), as a special envoy from Washington was due to inspect the sites. The U.N.’s rights office in the Palestinian territories said at least 1,373 people had been killed seeking … Read more
El Salvador approves indefinite presidential reelection, extends presidential terms to six years
Nayib Bukele. File. | Photo Credit: AP The party of El Salvador President Nayib Bukele approved constitutional changes in the country’s National Assembly on Thursday that will allow indefinite presidential reelection and extend presidential terms to six years. Lawmaker Ana Figueroa from the New Ideas party had proposed the changes to five articles of the … Read more
All five miners found dead after Chilean mine collapse
Relatives of Alex Araya Acevedo, a 29-year-old miner who died in El Teniente mine of Chilean state-run copper producer Codelco, gather outside Codelco’s offices to demand information about the delivery of his body, which has been delayed, after the regional prosecutor confirmed that all trapped miners have been found dead, in Rancagua, Chile on August … Read more
Netanyahu asks Red Cross for help after ‘profound shock’ of Gaza hostage videos
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu requested the help of the International Committee of the Red Cross on Sunday (August 3, 2025) to aid hostages in Gaza, as outrage built at videos showing two of them emaciated. The premier’s office said he spoke to the ICRC coordinator for the region, Julien Lerisson, and “requested his involvement … Read more
Protesters in Syria’s Druze heartland demand govt forces withdraw
A drone view shows the predominantly Druze city of Sweida, following deadly clashes between Druze fighters, Sunni Bedouin tribes and government forces, in Syria | Photo Credit: Reuters Hundreds gathered in Syria’s Druze heartland on Friday to demand the withdrawal of government forces after deadly sectarian violence last month and the opening of an aid … Read more