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Facebook Tweet Email Link US President Donald Trump joined other world leaders in sending messages of support to Ukraine on Sunday as it celebrates Independence Day at a time when there is little hope for peace despite intense diplomatic efforts. Trump sent a letter to Ukraine on the country’s 34th Independence Day – which marks the anniversary of declaring itself free of Soviet rule – praising its courage and saying the United States believes in its future as an independent state. The letter was shared on X by Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky as he delivered his own message: we will…

Facebook Tweet Email Link A basketball card featuring Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant sold for $12.932 million on Saturday, making it the most expensive ever sports card, according to the auction house which handled its sale. The 2007-08 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection Dual Logoman, which was sold in Dallas, Texas through Heritage Auctions, features images of the two stars, as well as their signatures and NBA logo patches from their jerseys. The buyer’s identity was not revealed. “The demand for this card is astronomical, which makes sense, because it has everything, including photos, jersey patches and signatures from two of…

Facebook Tweet Email Link When tariffs are tacked on to many imported goods, someone’s got to foot the bill. According to President Donald Trump, foreign countries and overseas businesses are eating the cost. But evidence shows that American consumers and businesses are paying for the tariffs the administration has implemented as its go-to policy levers. “It been proven, that even at this late stage, Tariffs have not caused Inflation, or any other problems for America, other than massive amounts of CASH pouring into our Treasury’s coffers,” Trump posted on his social media site, Truth Social, earlier this month. “Also, it…

Facebook Tweet Email Link Hopes are fading that an injured climber who has been stuck on a mountain in Kyrgyzstan for 12 days after rescue efforts had to be terminated because of bad weather. Natalia Nagovitsyna was descending from the top of Jengish Chokusu, or Victory Peak, at Kyrgyzstan’s border with China, when she broke her leg on August 12. A spokesperson for Kyrgyzstan’s Ministry of Emergency Situations told CNN in a message that the experienced mountaineer has been stuck on the mountain ever since despite repeated rescue efforts which also claimed the life of another climber. A group of…

Facebook Tweet Email Link Editor’s note:  A new series “New Orleans: Soul of a City” explores the many ways the city communes with its history – through music, food, sports and tradition – revealing how, 20 years after Katrina, New Orleans is louder and more resilient than ever. The four-part series premieres Sunday, August 24, at 9 p.m. ET/PT. On August 28, 2005, thousands of people lined up to enter the Superdome, just as they had done countless times since the stadium opened 30 years before. Only this time, they weren’t getting ready to watch the beloved New Orleans Saints.…

Facebook Tweet Email Link Official White House social media posts these days can more closely resemble troll-ish meme accounts than a sober dissemination of information from the United States’ highest political office. President Donald Trump’s White House likes it that way. Accounts associated with the administration have touted Trump’s landmark policy law using a “Bump It” hair accessory commercial that was popularized around 2010. They’ve shared AI-generated images of Trump as the pope, Superman and a jacked Star Wars character holding a red lightsaber typically wielded by villains in the series. They’ve depicted border czar Tom Homan as the sun…

Facebook Tweet Email Link A Ukrainian journalist who was held incommunicado by Russia for more than three years has been released on Sunday as part of the latest prisoner exchange between Moscow and Kyiv. For more than three years, Dmytro Khilyuk, 50, was one of the thousands of Ukrainian civilians detained in Russia, something illegal under international law. Khilyuk’s elderly parents had no information about his whereabouts but kept campaigning for his release, attending meetings with politicians in Ukraine and abroad, going to protests and tirelessly writing to Russian authorities. A video from the exchange on Sunday released by Ukrainian…

Facebook Tweet Email Link Israel struck Yemen’s Houthis on Sunday after the Iran-backed rebels fired a new type of missile at Israel. The Israeli military said it struck a military site where the presidential palace is located, as well as two power plants and a fuel storage site. Initial reports from the Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV indicated that at least two people were killed and five wounded in the attack. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said “the strikes were conducted in response to repeated attacks by the Houthi terrorist regime against the State of Israel and its civilians.” More than 10…

Facebook Tweet Email Link London Reuters  —  Anti-migrant protests persisted across Britain on Sunday outside hotels housing asylum seekers, a day after police were forced to separate demonstrators and counter-protesters in multiple cities as tensions flared over immigration policies. With immigration polling as the public’s top concern, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour government has been under pressure to deliver on its pledge to end hotel use, which is costing billions of dollars a year. Britain has seen regular protests in recent weeks outside hotels housing asylum seekers, spurred in part by concerns about public safety after a migrant who…

Environmental activists in Mexico have documented melted plastics, aluminum and pieces of blue adhesive strewn across the sands of Tamaulipas’ Bagdad beach — the result of SpaceX’s rockets exploding into smithereens. Despite concerns about wildlife and natural resources facing permanent damage from SpaceX’s activities, the company has insisted that it has found “no evidence of any floating or deceased marine life that would signal (rocket) booster debris impact harmed animals in the vicinity.” SpaceX has also asserted that Starship launches present “no hazards to the surrounding communities in the Rio Grande Valley.” “Previous independent tests conducted on materials inside Starship,…