Six months of Trump’s Iran war: America won battles, but where is the victory?

Six months of Trump's Iran war: America won battles, but where is the victory?

When America’s commander-in-chief President Donald Trump announced US strikes on Iran under the ambitious Operation Epic Fury in the early hours of February 28, there was little ambiguity about what Washington wanted from the campaign.This was not supposed to become another open-ended Middle Eastern war. The objective was to unleash overwhelming American military power, destroy … Read more

Dad who won only a cabbage in 1977 meat draw scoops £4 million Georgian mansion in Bath with wife, £250,000 cash, mortgage-free home and £140,000 worth of furnishings through Omaze

Dad who won only a cabbage in 1977 meat draw scoops £4 million Georgian mansion in Bath with wife, £250,000 cash, mortgage-free home and £140,000 worth of furnishings through Omaze

From a cabbage to a £4 million mansion! (Photo: SWNS) A father who once won nothing more than a cabbage in a 1977 meat draw has now landed a dramatically bigger prize – a £4 million Georgian mansion in Bath, Somerset, along with £250,000 in cash.According to SWNS, Wayne Wood, 64, from Loughborough, Leicestershire, and … Read more

In 2024, a 192,560 sq ft industrial project won approval on 22 acres beside New Jersey’s Monmouth battlefield; two years later the state paid $15 million to preserve the former strawberry farm as part of the park

In 2024, a 192,560 sq ft industrial project won approval on 22 acres beside New Jersey’s Monmouth battlefield; two years later the state paid $15 million to preserve the former strawberry farm as part of the park

In 2024, Monmouth County officials approved a massive 192,560-square-foot industrial development on 22 acres of farmland directly adjacent to Monmouth Battlefield State Park in Manalapan, New Jersey. The site, once a strawberry farm, sat along Route 33 just steps from one of the most significant Revolutionary War battlefields in the nation. But in August 2026, … Read more

Six months after first strikes, Iran hasn’t lost and the US hasn’t won: A status check of the West Asia war

People visit Minab school, which was damaged in a strike on February 28, when US and Israel launched air attacks against Iran. (WANA via Reuters)

The 60-day memorandum of understanding brokered by Pakistan in June lapsed on August 17 with no successor deal, no formal ceasefire and no scheduled talks. US President Donald Trump told Al Jazeera on Tuesday he was “not in a hurry” for Iran to return to the table. Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baqaei said the … Read more

Meet Hannah Joseph, the Ohio sophomore who pitched a nonprofit helping seniors use technology and won an AI leadership award

Meet Hannah Joseph, the Ohio sophomore who pitched a nonprofit helping seniors use technology and won an AI leadership award

That initiative made her the first teenager ever considered for, and honored with, a Cincinnati AI Leadership Award. Hannah Joseph, a sophomore at Indian Hill High School in Ohio, has won the 2026 AI Next Generation Award after pitching her nonprofit, Seniors Go Digital, at Cincy AI Week, Village Press reported. She stood out among … Read more

Meet Jerry Xu, the 17-year-old Massachusetts student who built an AI program that turns protein structures into strings of numbers; he won $90,000

Meet Jerry Xu, the 17-year-old Massachusetts student who built an AI program that turns protein structures into strings of numbers; he won $90,000

Jerry Xu’s AI model is designed to compare the structures of proteins and amino acids rapidly. The structure of proteins gives important clues to how these molecules function. (Images: istock and Society for Science) Imagine, what if a protein’s complex 3-D structure could be converted into a simple string of numbers—and that string could help … Read more

Meet Seth Nabat, the 18-year-old California student who built a two-network machine-learning system to track particle collisions; he won $40,000

Meet Seth Nabat, the 18-year-old California student who built a two-network machine-learning system to track particle collisions; he won $40,000

Seth NabatPhoto: Society for Science Every year, nearly 1,900 of the nation’s most promising high school seniors submit original research to the Regeneron Science Talent Search (Regeneron STS), the oldest and most prestigious science and mathematics competition in the United States. According to the Society for Science, which runs the competition, the Regeneron STS recognises … Read more

Meet Connor Hill, the 17-year-old Pennsylvania student who wrote a computer program to classify noble polyhedra; he proved there are 146 isolated examples and won $250,000

Meet Connor Hill, the 17-year-old Pennsylvania student who wrote a computer program to classify noble polyhedra; he proved there are 146 isolated examples and won $250,000

Connor Hill (Delta High School, State College, PA) By writing a custom computer algorithm that mapped every possible version of a rare class of geometric shapes, 17-year-old Connor Hill from Port Matilda, Pennsylvania, has won the top $250,000 prize at the 2026 Regeneron Science Talent Search.His computational proof classified a complex group of three-dimensional shapes … Read more

Michele Tafoya family, net worth: All about GOP candidate who won Minnesota Senate primary

Michele Tafoya wins Minnesota GOP Senate primary. (AP Photo/Ellen Schmidt)

Former NFL sideline reporter Michele Tafoya has won the Republican nomination for Minnesota’s open Senate seat in the August 11 primary. Michele Tafoya wins Minnesota GOP Senate primary. (AP Photo/Ellen Schmidt) Tafoya, a four-time Emmy Award winner and longtime sports journalist, secured about 51% of the vote with roughly one-fifth of ballots counted, according to … Read more