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As someone who lives in Hawai’i, it’s no surprise that I spend a lot of time at the beach. With my ‘ohana (family) in tow, we explore all over Hawai’i Island (Big Island) from white, brown, and black sand beaches to rocky shorelines. While I wish we were the spontaneous types, content on just throwing down a towel and slathering on some sunscreen, we enjoy our beach accessories and know how to make even the most remote spots comfortable.  Whether you’re heading to a tropical locale via plane or loading up the car for a day trip, the right beach…

Amid the deepening conflict between Israel and Gaza, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar Tuesday said that military pressure in Gaza was effective but it was not the only option, adding that “Israel is ready to also use diplomacy”, news agency Reuters reported.“No external force will cause Israel to sacrifice its security, but it is always open to constructive dialogue,” the minister said, adding that military pressure, which has worked twice in the past to get Hamas to make hostage deals, is effective but isn’t the only option, Reuters quoted. Criticising the Palestinian military group, which launched its attack on Israel…

President Trump is embraced by media mogul Rupert Murdoch during a 2017 dinner in New York to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Coral Sea during WWII. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption toggle caption BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images/AFP President Trump’s defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and its powerful owner has taken a personal turn. In the legal filings — and on social media — Trump says he personally told media mogul Rupert Murdoch that that the racy birthday greeting he had supposedly sent two decades earlier to the late disgraced financier Jeffrey…

Heavy rain has killed at least 30 people and forced authorities to evacuate tens of thousands after swaths of northern China were lashed by torrential downpours that prompted landslides, according to state media.Weather authorities have issued their second-highest rainstorm warning for the capital Beijing, neighbouring Hebei and Tianjin, as well as 10 other provinces in northern, eastern and southern China, state news agency Xinhua said on Tuesday.The rains are expected to last into Wednesday, it added.As of midnight on Monday, “the latest round of heavy rainstorms has left 30 people dead in Beijing,” Xinhua said, citing the city’s municipal flood…

A Royal Bengal tiger walks inside the Kaziranga National Park in Kaziranga. File | Photo Credit: AP GUWAHATIAssam’s Kaziranga Tiger Reserve (KTR) has the highest density of tigers after Karnataka’s Bandipur Tiger Reserve and Uttarakhand’s Corbett National Park, said a report on the status of tigers in the wildlife preserve, better known for its one-horned rhinoceros.Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma released the report online to mark the Global Tiger Day on Tuesday (July 29, 2025).The report said 148 tigers were recorded across the 1,307.49 sq. km KTR in 2024. The “remarkable” increase in the tiger population from the estimation of…

Deion Sanders, the University of Colorado’s flamboyant football coach and former NFL star, says he’s beaten a life-threatening bout of bladder cancer.

You might also be in the midst of drafting a brainchild that is near and dear to your heart—maybe writing a novella, or launching a podcast, or creating content that feels satisfying to bring into the world. If that’s the case, it would make sense that you’re feeling a little stressed with a big project on your plate. The full moon in Aquarius on August 9 is definitely pumping up the visibility factor for you, but you will be equally aware of what aspects of your work you’re feeling very over and done with.On August 23, the new moon in…

A residential building damaged by the recent Russian military strikes and anti-drone nets installed over a street, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in the frontline town Orikhiv in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, | Photo Credit: Reuters A Russian airstrike on a prison in Ukraine’s southeastern Zaporizhzhia region killed at least 17 inmates and wounded more than 80 others, Ukrainian officials said Tuesday (July 29, 2025).Click here for our indepth coverage of the Russia-Ukraine CrisisIn the Dnipro region, authorities reported at least four people killed and eight injured.Putin’s regime, which also issues threats against the United States through some of its mouthpieces,…

Palantir, an American data analysis and artificial intelligence company, has emerged as Silicon Valley’s latest tech darling: one that makes no secret of its macho, America-first ethos now ascendant in Trump-era tech culture.The company’s reach spans the global economy, with banks, hospitals, the U.S. government, and the Israeli military among its ever-expanding client roster.”We want and need this country to be the strongest, most important country in the world,” Alex Karp, Palantir’s CEO, recently declared at a client conference in Palo Alto, California, where AFP was the only media outlet present.In armed conflicts, most notably in Ukraine, Palantir’s tools help…

James Cameron’s Avatar series is best known for its visual beauty and rich world-building, and the first trailer for the third installment of his billion-dollar franchise, Avatar: Fire and Ash, seems to continue that tradition with aplomb. Cameron seems to be building toward something darker, more personal, and more divisive; and this first look shows just how far things have come since we first set foot on Pandora in 2009. With new tribes, dangerous alliances, and stunning new landscapes, the trailer offers a glimpse into what could be the most intense Avatar film yet. But if you blinked, you may have…