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Facebook Tweet Email Link A fire broke out on Arthur’s Seat, a landmark dormant volcano in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Sunday, according to local authorities. A “large area” of shrubbery was affected by the blaze, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said in a Sunday evening statement. No casualties were reported, it added. The first calls about the fire came in around 4:05 p.m. local time (11:05 a.m. ET), the fire service said, telling CNN more than five hours after this that the blaze was still not extinguished. The cause of the fire was not shared by the fire service. Video…
Facebook Tweet Email Link Jerusalem — An Israeli strike in Gaza City late Sunday night killed six journalists, according to Al-Shifa hospital, including four from Al Jazeera. The Israeli military said they targeted and killed reporter Anas Al-Sharif after accusing him of leading a Hamas cell. Mohammed Qreiqeh, another prominent Al Jazeera journalist in Gaza, was also killed in the strike, the network said. “The order to kill Anas Al-Sharif, one of Gaza’s bravest journalists, along with his colleagues, is a desperate attempt to silence voices ahead of the occupation of Gaza,” Al Jazeera said in a statement after the…
Last updated: 7:00 PM ET, Fri August 8, 2025 WHY IT RATES: The host agency gives its annual education event a new, refreshed look. —Janeen Christoff, TravelPulse Managing EditorKHM Travel Group’s annual supplier and education event lived up to its name, uniting travel advisors from across the country for a refreshed Destination Success. This year, attendees could “chart their own course” by choosing the sessions they wanted to attend. The event took place at the historic Hotel Cleveland in downtown Cleveland, Ohio with 98 supplier partners, 246 in-person agent attendees, and another 171 virtual attendees watching from home. General sessions included a…
Well, the coding-equals-prosperity promise has officially collapsed. Fresh computer science graduates are facing unemployment rates of 6.1% to 7.5% — more than double what biology and art history majors are experiencing, according to a recent Federal Reserve Bank of New York study. A crushing New York Times piece highlights what’s happening on the ground. The individual stories are surreal. Manasi Mishra, 21, graduated from Purdue after being promised six-figure starting salaries, only to receive a single interview, at Chipotle. (She didn’t get the job.) Zach Taylor has applied to nearly 6,000 tech jobs since graduating from Oregon State in 2023,…
Mark Zuckerberg has spent 14 years gobbling up his leafy Palo Alto neighborhood, according to a New York Times report detailing how the Meta CEO has purchased 11 properties for over $110 million to create his own personal fiefdom in Crescent Park. The piecemeal compound features a main residence, guest homes, manicured gardens, and a pickleball court — even a pool with a movable hydrofloor that can turn the swimming area into a dance floor. The pièce de résistance: a seven-foot statue of wife Priscilla Chan draped in flowing silver robes. Beneath his suburban stronghold lies 7,000 square feet of…
Facebook Tweet Email Link Not for the first time, European capitals are gripped with apprehension that Russian President Vladimir Putin will surgically divide the transatlantic alliance as well as get everything he wants in Ukraine. Ahead of the suddenly announced summit in Alaska on Friday between Putin and US President Donald Trump, one European diplomat, who declined to be named as they were not authorized to speak on the record, told CNN: “We are at risk of being a footnote in history.” In part, European fears are down to just how little is known about what the Kremlin has proposed…
The Department of Transportation Office of the Inspector General (DOT) announced it will spearhead a safety audit of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) oversight of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport airspace following the January 29, mid-air collision.In June, Senator Maria Cantwell, ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, led a bipartisan letter with Chairman Ted Cruz requesting concurrent safety audits from both the Department of Transportation’s acting inspector general and the Army’s inspector general. The letter addressed coordination issues between the Army and DCA air traffic control that may have contributed to the fatal collision. The…
Stanford University has confirmed its admissions policies for fall 2026 will continue considering legacy status, a decision that could influence access to one of Silicon Valley’s most important talent pipelines. Stanford is also ending its test-optional policy, requiring SAT or ACT scores for the first time since 2021. According to the Stanford Daily, the university is so committed to keeping legacy preferences that it’s withdrawing from California’s Cal Grant program, forgoing state financial aid rather than comply with legislation signed by California Governor Gavin Newsom last fall — Assembly Bill 1780 — which bans legacy admissions. The university promises to…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — It’s August, and horror and humor came to play. In a month that’s long been known to let edgier movies thrive, Zach Cregger’s highly anticipated horror film “Weapons” did not disappoint, topping the box office during its debut weekend with $42.5 million domestically from 3,202 theaters. It made $70 million internationally. The film’s success also handed its distributor, Warner Bros. Pictures, the seventh No. 1 opening of the year, and became the studio’s sixth film in a row to debut with over $40 million domestically. “Freakier Friday,” Disney’s chaotic sequel to the 2003 classic, “Freaky Friday,”…
In just one week’s time, almost 1,260 tons of sargassum seaweed were removed from beaches in Costa Maya in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo by the Secretariat of the Navy, according to a report in Riviera Maya News.From July 26 to August 1, 259.9 tons of sargassum were removed from the Mahahual and Xcalak beach areas, the Secretariat said. “The work was carried out by 78 members of the Eleventh Naval Zone and 80 civilian personnel, including business owners, restaurateurs and service providers from the Port of Mahahual,” the Secretariat said, adding that “2,265 meters of containment barriers remain…