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FACT-CHECK: Trump grants Kyiv a Patriot production license, but nothing arrives for months
On Wednesday, July 8, 2026, on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Turkey, Donald Trump announced he would grant Ukraine a license to…
REPORT: Washington Strikes Iran in Retaliation After Attack on Three Ships
On the night of July 7 to 8, 2026, American forces struck Iran for the second time in two days, in direct retaliation for…
PROFILE: The Iran That Refuses to Bend Despite Trump's Fury on Hormuz
On July 8, 2026, as Donald Trump piled on public insults from a NATO summit in Ankara, calling Iranian officials "sick" and "scum," Iran…
REPORT: Trump Threatens to "Decimate" Iran Over Any Attempt on His Life
On July 11, 2026, American President Donald Trump crossed a new rhetorical threshold in the conflict that has torn through the Gulf since February.
DECODING: Trump Demands Hormuz Declared Open, Iran Refuses to Bend
On July 11, 2026, the White House made a request that sounds almost disarmingly simple: that Iran publicly declare the Strait of Hormuz open…
The world's largest library holds 170 million items
Founded in 1800 in Washington, the Library of Congress of the United States stands today as the largest physical library ever assembled
The lost colony of Roanoke vanished, leaving only a single carved word
At the end of the sixteenth century, England attempted to establish its first permanent settlement in North America, on a small island
Costa Rica Abolished Its Army in 1948 and Never Needed One Again
Among the most radical and enduring political decisions of the twentieth century in Latin America, Costa Rica's stands apart. In 1948, this
A venomous South American spider quietly spotted in Portugal
Between September 2025 and January 2026, two male specimens of a venomous spider native to South America were spotted in the city