NY Post, by Allie Yang: The US is seeing surging numbers of a virus that can cause life-threatening swelling in and around the brain and spinal cord. And cases will continue to climb, as August has historically been the month…

Economic Times: Luxury is no longer determined by inheritance; it is defined by accomplishment. Mumbai’s high-end residential landscape is experiencing a fundamental shift. The modern luxury consumer is not someone born into privilege, but someone who has earned it. These…

Vatican News, by Andrea Tornielli: Even when he speaks about war and peace, migration or how to remain human in the age of artificial intelligence, the Successor of Peter remains, above all, a spiritual leader. The fact that the Bishop…

CBS News, by Lilia Luciano and Lucia I Suarez Sang: Hundreds of thousands of people in Puerto Rico’s capital and surrounding communities woke up without running water as a massive rationing measure took effect Friday. It comes amid a severe…

Pope Leo, the first US pontiff, has expressed “great love” for his home country and its core principles of freedom, opportunity and welcoming immigrants, but qualified that he just “happens to be American”. In an interview with the US broadcaster…

USA TODAY, by Dinah Voyles Pulver: It didn’t have to be Spokane. A fast-moving wildfire could sweep into the suburbs of any one of hundreds of cities across the United States. It’s happening with increasing frequency. Paradise. Marshall. Lahaina. Los…

OPB, by By Greg Myre and Willem Marx: Russian missiles tore into the Ukrainian capital before dawn on Saturday, killing nine people and injuring more than 30 others as part of an intensive, ongoing Russian air campaign. “This was a…

AP News, by Astrid Suárez, Megan Janetsky, and Juan Diaz: A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday, killing at least 111 people, damaging hundreds of buildings and leaving many trapped under debris while their loved ones and…

The Korea Times, by Yonhap: Korea has logged a record number of tropical nights so far this summer as an unrelenting heat wave continues to grip the nation, the state weather agency said Tuesday. The nationwide average number of tropical…

KUSI News, by Farnoush Amiri, Matthew Lee, Aamer Madhani, and Konstantin Toropin: The stop-start fighting between the United States and Iran appears to have entered a new phase as Saudi Arabia has publicly joined military escalations against Tehran-backed proxies. At…

USA Today, by Doyle Rice: A new study appearing in the peer-reviewed science journal PLOS Water on June 24 suggests that cloud seeding could eventually allow humans to disrupt or steer natural disasters, like hurricanes. If that sounds like far-fetched…

USA Today, by Christopher Cann, Natalie Neysa Alund, and Michael Loria: Authorities on July 27 continued to search for a third suspect in the shooting at a Seattle food festival, after detaining a 15-year-old boy who police said opened fire…