Aerial footage shows vast scale of Oklahoma floods
Aerial footage captured in the US state of Oklahoma shows cars struggling through the flood waters, and submerged fields. Severe storms swept through the city on Sunday morning. Local media…
The entrepreneurs celebrating their past failures
Success in business is acclaimed, but a growing global movement wants failure to be celebrated too.
State Senator Roland Gutierrez Seeks to Unseat Ted Cruz, Widening Democratic Field
Roland Gutierrez, a Democratic state senator who has been an outspoken gun-control proponent since last year’s massacre in Uvalde, Texas, announced on Monday that he would seek Senator Ted Cruz’s…
Ukraine’s Struggles
The recent mutiny in Russia has distracted attention from a more positive development for President Vladimir Putin: Ukraine’s much-anticipated summer counteroffensive hasn’t made much progress so far. Since the counteroffensive…
Underestimate Russia at Your Own Risk: A Comparison of Hubris by Germany During WWII and Today’s Collective West | naked capitalism
In honor of the NATO summit July 11 and 12, this is a comparison of how the Nazi leadership in World War Two and today’s collective West similarly underestimated Russia…
Mark Rutte, Netherlands Prime Minister, Says He Will Leave Politics
Prime Minister Mark Rutte, the Netherlands’s longest-serving prime minister, said on Monday that he would step aside as his party’s leader and would be leaving politics in the coming months…
At Wimbledon, the Human Eye Keeps Dropping the Ball
Andy Murray was a victim. Bianca Andreescu was too. Jiri Lehecka had to play a fifth set and essentially win his third-round match twice. Hawk-Eye Live, an electronic line calling…
As NATO Gathers, Unity Among the Alliance Has Become Harder to Sustain
Ukraine will not be ushered into NATO when President Biden and leaders of the Western alliance gather in Lithuania starting Tuesday. Sweden likely won’t either, its accession still blocked by…
See Pictures of the Flooding in New York
Continued rain and widespread flash flooding are expected Monday in New York and into New England, a day after heavy rain flooded homes, stranded vehicles, made roads impassable and caused…
How a Distant War Is Threatening Livelihoods in the Arctic Circle
In this corner of Norway’s far north, just five miles from the border with Russia, road signs give directions in Norwegian and Russian. Locals are used to crossing from one…