Dubai airport traffic dropped sharply in Q2 due to Iran war’s effects

​ World By Staff The Associated Press 1:52 Tehran threatens retaliation after U.S. reveals plan to sanction countries doing business with Iran Within hours of the U.S. announcing a plan to sanction countries still doing business with Iran, Tehran is vowing to fight back. And if this doesn’t work, it could put further pressure on […]

Fire in hospital kills 14 newborns in Pakistan’s capital

​ Share this item on Facebook Share this item via WhatsApp Share this item on X Send this page to someone via email A fire triggered by an exploding air conditioner killed 14 newborns in a hospital nursery in the capital of Pakistan on Wednesday, officials said. One baby of the 15 who were in […]

Baker Mayfield Reveals Why He Loved Liam Coen With Buccaneers

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are in Duval County for joint practice with the Jacksonville Jaguars ahead of their preseason finale against them, but they are getting more than just work on the field. It’s a reunion of sorts with Jags’ head coach and former Bucs’ offensive coordinator Liam Coen, who led the Bucs to one […]

The Far-Reaching Impact Jaylon Johnson’s Team Message Could Have

In the middle of a long and physical practice Tuesday after their disappointing experience in Cincinnati, the Bears seemed to be getting sloppy and even tired on the field. Tackle Darnell Wright had to leave with an apparent arm or elbow issue and plays were a little less crisp. The fact training camp is winding […]

Athletics Walk Over Twins: Takeaways From Huge Game 2 Win

After a very rough series opener, the Athletics would turn things around in the bounce-back game. This win had it all for the Athletics: great starting pitching, a strong bullpen showing, and a serviceable offense even without their top three difference-makers. Despite the win, the Athletics are still far from playoff contention, which means these […]

Ipswich latest: Delap sell-on fee ahead of Forest move revealed

Ipswich transfers, latest news, rumours and gossip: Live updates, goals and highlights | Football News | Sky Sports Skip to content Transfer Wednesday 26 August 2026 13:22, UK This content is provided by , which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies. You […]

Olympic Champion Makes Bold Promise to Return This Season Despite Limping Incident

Marcell Jacobs arrived at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham with one clear goal: make history by completing a 100m three-peat. The reigning Olympic champion instead suffered a devastating mid-race injury that threatened to completely derail his entire competitive campaign. After weeks of intense uncertainty regarding his physical status, the Italian sprinter recently shared […]

The Air Jordan 6 x Awake NY “Blueberry” Drops Saturday

There is no sneakerhead unfamiliar with the bootleg sneaker world. Everyone has been there, or at least contemplated it. That is especially true for highly coveted collaborations between Air Jordan and luxury brands. New York streetwear brand Awake NY explores that tension with a pair of limited-edition Air Jordan 6 colorways. The “Bubblegum” colorway was […]

How Tottenham Have Got Creative to Agree Omar Marmoush Transfer

With the help of some creative accounting, Tottenham Hotspur have agreed a deal to sign Manchester City forward Omar Marmoush. Spurs recently finalized a deal to sign Marmoush’s former Man City teammate Sávio, who was acquired for a fee of $102 million (£75 million) with a further $13.6 million (£10 million) in achievable add-ons. It’s […]

3 Biggest Storylines Ahead of Texans’ Joint Practice With Panthers

The Houston Texans have their second of two joint practices on deck for Wednesday, as they’ll be traveling to Charlotte to join the Carolina Panthers in a joint practice before their preseason game later this week, And rolling into the Texans’ second joint practice of the year––coming fresh off of their most recent session with […]

Daily Open Thread: Aug. 26, 2026

Here’s your “Daily Open Thread” for Aug. 25, 2026. Here, you can talk about (almost) anything you’re thinking about. Come back at any point in the day for talk of things beyond pro wrestling — and within it. Point is, we love this community, most of the staff came from it, and this is a […]

Root’s message has ‘100%’ landed, says Tongue

Image source, Getty Images By Stephan Shemilt Cricket Correspondent at Lord’s 8 minutes ago Fast bowler Josh Tongue said captain Joe Root’s message to the England players about their off-field behaviour has “100%” been heeded. On Tuesday, Root said he was “hacked off” that Brydon Carse had become the latest England player involved in a […]

Here’s all the ways that data center controversies have transformed the midterm elections

HARRISBURG, Pa. — The snowballing opposition to data centers in communities across the United States has transformed the midterm election landscape, thrown a wrench into the plans of the world’s richest companies and brought perhaps the industry’s biggest booster, President Donald Trump, to its defense. It’s a dramatic shift from two years ago, when few […]

Rockstar Games Finally Addresses Extraordinary and ‘Heartbreaking’ GTA 6 Leaks, Warns Players That ‘Some Spoilers’ May Now Impact ‘The Intended Game Experience’

Rockstar Games has finally addressed the past week’s extraordinary spate of Grand Theft Auto 6 leaks, describing the situation as “heartbreaking” for its development team and “unfortunate” for fans. In a statement posted to social media, the developer acknowledged that its intended experience for players “may now be impacted by some spoilers”, but reiterated GTA […]

Fox News Host Sends Blunt Warning to Republicans in Midterm Panic

Republicans are in a serious mess just weeks before the midterms, a leading conservative voice has warned. The U.S. is barreling toward November’s elections, which are expected to act as a referendum on Donald Trump’s second-term record and hand the Democrats major gains. That puts the GOP’s control of both House and Senate at risk, […]

D&D, LEGO, and mounting ennui: Our biggest games from Gamescom 2026

This week, RPS took the downright heroic step of declining to live report on the latest Geoff Keighley trailer bonanza at Gamescom 2026‘s Opening Night Live. Under the wise guidance of editor-in-chief Julian “Walks Away From Omelas” Benson – and with the honourable exception of Oisin “Looking At Omelas Through A Telescope” Kuhnke, who […]

White House Alarm Over Damning Internal Polling Revealed

The White House is reportedly panicking as President Donald Trump’s approval ratings slide amid mounting concerns over the cost of living. The 80-year-old president has repeatedly dismissed the affordability crisis as a “hoax.” But with just over two months until the midterm elections, Trump administration insiders say his team is stressing about internal polling showing […]

Palace latest: Disasi joins on loan from Chelsea

Crystal Palace transfers, latest news, rumours and gossip: Live updates, goals and highlights | Football News | Sky Sports Skip to content Update Wednesday 26 August 2026 12:11, UK This content is provided by , which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies. […]

Root urges England to ‘earn back trust’ of nation

England captain Joe Root urged his side to “earn back the trust” of the nation amid another off-field incident dominating the build-up to the second Test against Pakistan. Root was reinstalled to the role ahead of the series after Ben Stokes’ retirement from international cricket, which followed the former captain being involved in an off-field […]

Mega Man: Dual Override Feels Like a Perfect Entry Point Into The Series

My earliest video game memories are tied to the Blue Bomber. Barely four years old and playing through Mega Man 2 and 3 on the NES, I somehow made my way through their challenging levels. I won’t say that at that age I could comprehend the precision engineering behind their action-platforming, but I always knew […]

Kimmel Host Has Message for Fans Threatening Boycott Over Trump Joke

Jelly Roll has no time for MAGA supporters who are shocked by his jabs at Trump. The Tennessee native and Grammy-winning star is hosting Jimmy Kimmel Live! this week as a part of Kimmel’s summer rotation of celebrity guest stand-ins. For his first monologue on Monday, Jelly Roll—whose real name is Jason Bradley DeFord—made brutal […]

Dolly Parton’s cause of death revealed and more top headlines

1. Dolly Parton’s cause of death revealed 2. Darline Graham seals stunning upset in runoff 3. Lindsay Clancy jury may bring ‘strange twist’ to verdict   RED STATE REBELLION — Trump impeachment crusader scores upset in Oklahoma Senate race. Continue reading … COURT BATTLE — Judge leaves custody order intact as critically ill newborn’s condition worsens. […]

Man City complete £86m Bouaddi signing from Lille

Image source, Getty Images ByPaul Battison BBC Sport Journalist 11 minutes ago Manchester City have signed Morocco midfielder Ayyoub Bouaddi from Lille in a £85.6m deal. The 18-year-old joins on a five-year contract, subject to international clearance, with City paying £81.4m upfront plus £4.2m in add-ons. Enzo Maresca’s side moved to sign Bouaddi after selling […]

Cosmic radiation link in flight attendant’s breast cancer, French court finds

​ Image source, Getty Images ByHugh Schofield Paris correspondent 21 minutes ago A French court has for the first time recognised cosmic radiation as a factor in the breast cancer of a long-serving flight attendant. Sophie Lainault, a 59 year-old former stewardess on Air France, sought to have her cancer recognised as an occupational disease, […]

Cruise Ship Passenger Dies After Plunging From Deck

Cheat Sheet Top 10 Right Now 1 Music Icon, 83, Announces Tour Break After Canceling ShowsTAKING A BREATHER Singer Barry Manilow is taking a break from touring. 2 Cruise Ship Passenger Dies After Plunging From DeckCRUISE HORROR The incident happened at a major Florida port in the early hours. Shop with Scouted PCA’s Pigment Gel […]

Trump’s Dairy Queen Roasted Over Bizarre Beef Secret

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins has been widely criticized for failing to explain which countries the U.S. will mass-import beef from. Rollins was speaking to reporters outside the White House on Tuesday, where she was pressed on Donald Trump’s plans to lower grocery prices by pausing tariffs on up to 300,000 metric tons of imported foreign […]

New Mario LEGO Minifigure Sets Are Small, But They Won’t Break The Bank

LE(t’s-a)GO Image: Nintendo Life After being teased back in MAR10 Day earlier this year, it looks like LEGO is finally starting to lift the lid on its upcoming Minifigure-focused Mario sets, scheduled to release in 2027. While the Lego website doesn’t host any info for the upcoming sets at the time of writing, all of […]

Fable: After Watching a Full Quest, I Couldn’t Be More Excited to Play It | gamescom 2026

Beer, swearing, and aggressive strangers. Just your average Thursday night in a North London pub. Turns out fantasy isn’t too far from reality, though, with a stroll around Fable delivering the exact same ingredients for an eventful afternoon. A hands-off presentation at gamescom 2026 gave me new insight into developer Playground Games’ Albion and the […]

Trump’s Secret Scramble Leaks After His Canada Move Backfires

Donald Trump is scrambling to figure out new ways to punish Canada after his crushing import tariffs sparked a spiraling trade war with America’s second-largest trading partner. After long-running trade talks broke down on Friday, the U.S. imposed a 50-percent tariff on about $20 billion in Canadian goods under a never-before-used provision of the Depression-era […]

College baseball player fatally shot after trying to enter wrong house, mom says

A college baseball player was fatally shot by police in Pennsylvania after he accidentally tried to enter the wrong home after a night out, his family said. The Office of Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele confirmed to Fox News Digital that Glenwood “Bubba” Pysher IV, 22, was killed on Sunday, Aug. 23 Investigators […]

How Ikea Turned a Controller Thumbstick Into the Star of Its Xbox Gaming Range

That’s when Ikea began prototyping the stool in various materials such as cork and wood. Wahl says the company did a lot of 3D printing, with different versions of the base’s radius. One had a completely round base, which made it very unstable, though Wahl thought it was fun because it required a lot of […]

Why young men are done with Mike Pence ‘conservatism’

A clip of CNN’s Dana Bash interviewing former Vice President Mike Pence is making the rounds. Watch it. It embodies just about everything that failed in the last generation of conservative politics. First, Pence is in Ukraine. As if he weren’t irrelevant enough already. Almost anything has to be better than whatever the heck this […]

Man City to make offer for £120m-rated Fernandez

Image source, Getty Images ByNizaar Kinsella, Football reporter and Sami Mokbel, Senior football correspondent 16 minutes ago Manchester City are set to make an opening offer for Chelsea midfielder Enzo Fernandez. The Argentina international has been identified by manager Enzo Maresca as a priority target to bolster City’s midfield after a series of high-profile exits. Chelsea are aware of […]

Putin Ramps Up Recruitment of Women as Humiliating Losses Mount

Vladimir Putin has stepped up efforts to recruit women into the war against Ukraine, as Kyiv’s summer drone offensive piles unprecedented pressure on the Kremlin. Women can sign military contracts in any Russian region after a Spring rule change, with recruiters advertising positions on Telegram channels, according to Polish investigative publication Vot Tak. Requirements are […]

‘Under Salt Marsh’ Renewed for Season 2 With Rafe Spall Returning

Sky “Under Salt Marsh” is returning for a second season at Sky. The crime drama has been greenlit for an “as-yet-untitled second chapter” with Rafe Spall reprising his role as Detective Eric Bull, Sky announced on Wednesday. The six-episode season will pick up as Detective Bull “moves to a remote Scottish mining village sinking under […]