The Eastern Herald: US and World News, Politics, Business

Conflicts

North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile Toward East Sea Ahead of US-South Korea Drills

August 12, 2026

North Korea fired its 11th ballistic missile of 2026 from Wonsan on Wednesday, a 700-kilometre launch timed six days before US-South Korean Ulchi Freedom Shield drills begin. Seoul convened an emergency National Security Council session in response.

Lebanese village affected by Israeli military strikes as incendiary drones burned orchards in the Western Beqaa valley in August 2026

Israeli Army Destroys Homes, Sets Orchards on Fire in Southern Lebanon and Western Beqaa

August 12, 2026

Israeli artillery and aviation struck three villages in southern Lebanon on Sunday,

Iran’s Supreme Leader Meets With President in 1st Media Appearance Since Start of Conflict

August 12, 2026

Mojtaba Khamenei met with President Masoud Pezeshkian on Sunday in his first

Air Force One on the tarmac, the presidential aircraft at center of the Iran-NATO decoy incident at the Ankara summit

Trump Secretly Evacuated From NATO Summit as Air Force One Flew as Iran Decoy

August 12, 2026

Iran's intelligence apparatus acquired Trump's precise location at NATO's Ankara summit, forcing

Epstein Files

What Are the Epstein Files

The Epstein Files are government records from federal investigations into Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking network, partially released under a 2025 transparency law and partially still withheld. Key documents about powerful figures remain

by Amanda Graham

August 10, 2026

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche who oversaw the Epstein files release and faces Senate confirmation vote

State AG Files Federal Suit to Pry Epstein Files from DOJ

New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez has filed a federal lawsuit against the Justice Department over Epstein files, as Acting AG Todd Blanche concedes redaction mistakes and an NPR investigation finds Trump-linked

by News Room

Jeffrey Epstein files as the DOJ faces scrutiny over blocking a 2015 DEA drug probe memo

Epstein Files Shadow Massachusetts Senate Race as DOJ Blocks Key Drug Probe Memo

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche testifies at his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing July 2026

Blanche Hands Judge Disputed Epstein Documents at Last Minute as Court Scrutiny Deepens

Larry Summers former US Treasury Secretary whose 2013 Middle East briefing surfaced in Epstein files

Larry Summers’ 2013 Middle East Briefing Surfaces in Epstein Files

Opinion

Sheikh Hasina Returns: Unafraid, Unbowed, Unbroken

When Sheikh Hasina picked up the phone from her exile home in Delhi and told Reuters that she and her senior Awami League colleagues plan to return to Bangladesh this December, her

by Syed Mozammel Ali

July 27, 2026

Government & Politics

Abdul El-Sayed speaks at campaign rally in Detroit Michigan after winning the Democratic Senate primary

Trump Calls Democrats ‘Jihadists’ After Muslim-American Wins Michigan Primary

President Trump called Democratic candidates 'jihadists' on Monday after Abdul El-Sayed became the first Muslim American to win Michigan's Democratic Senate primary. A coordinated network of nearly 2,000 accounts simultaneously weaponized El-Sayed's

August 12, 2026

by Jennifer Hicks

Tyler Robinson Defense Files Written Argument as Kirk Murder Trial Nears

Defense attorneys for Tyler Robinson submitted their written argument on August 11,

by Shivam Chopra

Iran’s Supreme Leader Meets With President in 1st Media Appearance Since Start of Conflict

Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei appeared alongside President Masoud Pezeshkian on Sunday

by Dmitri Agafonov

Iran’s Supreme Leader Meets With President in 1st Media Appearance Since Start of Conflict

Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei met with President Masoud Pezeshkian on Sunday

by Dmitri Agafonov

Trump Administration Bars Federal Medicaid Funding for Transgender Youth Care

August 12, 2026

FDA Proposes Mandatory GRAS Disclosure, Closing Decades-Old Food Chemical Loophole

August 12, 2026

Trump Media Reveals $100,000 Monthly Price for Truth Social’s Presidential Fast-Pass

August 12, 2026

White House Lifts Government TikTok Ban, ByteDance Still Controls the Algorithm

August 12, 2026

Horoscope

Horoscope Today, 12 August 2026: Total Solar Eclipse at 20 Degrees Leo Redraws the Day for All 12 Zodiac Signs

Horoscope today, 12 August 2026, is written under a sky that goes out. At 11:07 on Wednesday night in India, the Moon overtakes the

by Internet Desk

August 12, 2026

Horoscope today 10 August 2026 showing the Cancer Moon squaring retrograde Saturn in Aries two days before the total solar eclipse in Leo for all 12 zodiac signs

Horoscope Today, 10 August 2026: A Dark Cancer Moon Runs Into Retrograde Saturn Two Days Before the Leo Eclipse

by Internet Desk

August 10, 2026

Horoscope today 9 August 2026 showing Mercury entering Leo and the Moon crossing into Cancer for all 12 zodiac signs

Horoscope Today, 9 August 2026: The Last Quiet Sky Before the Total Solar Eclipse in Leo

by Internet Desk

August 9, 2026

Horoscope today 8 August 2026 showing the waning Gemini Moon and the Leo Sun trine Saturn retrograde in Aries for all 12 zodiac signs

Horoscope Today, 8 August 2026: The Last Clear Day Before the Leo Eclipse

by Internet Desk

August 8, 2026

Sports

Victor Wembanyama of the San Antonio Spurs NBA 2026-27 season preview

NBA Games: 2026-27 Season Preview, Key Matchups and What to Watch

The San Antonio Spurs defend their 2026 championship as LeBron James, Joel Embiid and Jaylen Brown converge in Philadelphia. Cooper Flagg begins his second

12 Aug

by Jennifer Hicks

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi batting for India cricket team 2026

India National Cricket Team vs England Cricket Team Match Scorecard

England won the 2026 ODI series against India 2-1 with Ben Duckett's century at Lord's, then completed a 5-0 T20I sweep, even as India

12 Aug

by Olivia Taylor

India and Bangladesh players in action during a cricket World Cup match

Bangladesh and India Push to Revive September Cricket Series Through Ministerial Talks

Bangladesh's Sports Minister says the September six-match white-ball series against India is now being negotiated at the level of foreign ministers — a sign

11 Aug

by Sports Desk

NBA regular season opening tripleheader games 2026

NBA China Games 2026: Cooper Flagg’s First NBA Games Will Be Played in Macao

NBA China Games 2026 ticket sales opened Tuesday for two preseason games at The Venetian Macao in October. Cooper Flagg, the reigning Rookie of

11 Aug

by Olivia Taylor

Dallas Cowboys players on the field during an NFL game in 2026

Cowboys vs Commanders 2026: NFC East Rivals Meet in Week 2 With Everything to Prove

The Dallas Cowboys and Washington Commanders open their NFC East rivalry in Week 2 of the 2026 NFL season on September 20 at AT&T

11 Aug

by Sports Desk

Philadelphia Eagles players at training camp during the 2026 NFL preseason

Eagles vs Packers 2026: Two NFC Contenders on a Collision Course Before the Playoffs Begin

The Philadelphia Eagles enter 2026 as NFC East leaders at 11-6-0 while the Green Bay Packers sit at 9-7-1 in the NFC North. Jordan

11 Aug

by Sports Desk

Green Bay Packers players in action during the 2026 NFL season

Packers vs Bears 2026: Christmas Day Showdown and NFC North Supremacy on Netflix

The Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears will meet on Christmas Day 2026 — December 25, live on Netflix — in what shapes as

11 Aug

by Sports Desk

Lindsey Vonn at the 2026 Winter Olympics women's downhill alpine skiing at Cortina d'Ampezzo

2026 Winter Olympics Alpine Skiing: Results, Medals and the Stories That Defined It

Federica Brignone won super-G and giant slalom gold on home snow at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Switzerland claimed four of five men's golds, and Lucas Pinheiro

11 Aug

by Sports Desk

Economy

Ultra Low Emission Zone sign in London as UK grapples with record NEET youth inactivity costs

UK Loses $168.7 Billion Annually Due to Inactive Young Generation – Reports

by Europe Desk

Pan-European STOXX 600 index at record highs as AI semiconductor stocks drive European equity rally in 2026

STOXX 600 at Record as European Semiconductor Stocks Draw American Investors

by Miranda Novell

Economic data release image from China Daily showing China producer price index figures for July 2026

China Factory Prices Slow to 3.5% in July as Fuel Costs Reverse Iran War Premium

by Shivam Chopra

Smartphone displaying Berkshire Hathaway BRK stock price chart on a trading app

Greg Abel Puts Berkshire’s Cash to Work, With Alphabet Displacing Apple as Top Holding

by Synthia Rozario

US July 2026 jobs report shows economy shed 23,000 nonfarm payrolls as labor market weakens

US Economy Shed 23,000 Jobs in July, Missing Forecasts by 106,000 as Wages Lag Inflation

by Amanda Graham

Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem and Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Rogers at the July 2026 Monetary Policy Report press conference in Ottawa

TD Securities Sees Canadian Dollar Supported by Labour Resilience Ahead of Jobs Data

by Miranda Novell

Chart showing UN FAO global food price index rising to near three-year high in July 2026

US Credit Card Debt Hits Record $1.26 Trillion as Delinquencies Rise

American credit card balances hit a record $1.263 trillion in Q2 2026, the highest level the New York Federal Reserve has ever tracked. Some

by Jennifer Hicks

August 12, 2026

Intel Plans $15 Billion Share Sale to Fund AI Push, Shares Fall 5%

Intel Corp. announced a $15 billion common stock offering Monday, potentially its first public share sale since 1971, to fund AI chip manufacturing and

by Olivia Taylor

August 10, 2026

Warren Buffett, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, who personally initiated the $30 billion Alphabet investment in Q2 2026

Buffett Picked Berkshire’s $30 Billion Alphabet Bet, Showing the Chairmanship Has Teeth

Warren Buffett personally initiated Berkshire Hathaway's $30 billion Alphabet stake in Q2 2026, complicating the handoff narrative from his official retirement as CEO. Abel,

by Dilnaz Shaikh

August 10, 2026

Oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz as Iran refuses to reopen the passage without sanctions relief

Oil Rises on Hormuz Stalemate as Iran Refuses to Reopen Without Sanctions Relief

Brent crude settled at $84.11 a barrel as Iran's FM Abbas Araghchi rejected Hormuz reopening without sanctions relief, war reparations and shipping control. Oil

by Jennifer Hicks

August 10, 2026

Northern tip of Oman at the Strait of Hormuz photographed from the International Space Station

Iran and Oman Establish Hormuz Monitoring Mechanisms With Fees; Parliament Weighs US-Israel Vessel Ban

Iran and Oman have agreed on a transit corridor for the Strait of Hormuz and are establishing monitoring mechanisms with fees, as Iran's parliament

by Arab Desk

August 10, 2026

Daily Games

NYT Mini Crossword Answers Today (May 3, 2026) – Full Solutions

May 3, 2026

NYT Spelling Bee Answers Today: Full Solution May 3, 2026

May 3, 2026

Contexto game answer today showing SPONGE solution with hints and word puzzle breakdown

Contexto Answer Today SPONGE Hints and Solution Explained for May 3 2026

May 3, 2026

NYT Strands Answers Today – May 3, 2026 (Puzzle #791) Full Solution, Spangram & Hints

May 3, 2026

Quordle Today May 3, 2026: Answers, Hints & Full Solution for Game #1560

May 3, 2026

Climate

Smoke from the Bald Range wildfire blanketing the outskirts of Penticton in British Columbia Okanagan region

August 10, 2026

British Columbia Declares Emergency as Bald Range Wildfire Forces 20,000 to Flee Okanagan

British Columbia declared a state of emergency as the Bald Range wildfire forced more than 20,000

GOES-19 satellite image of Puerto Rico showing atmospheric conditions over the island during the 2026 drought

Puerto Rico Begins 48-Hour Water Cutoffs as Drought Exposes Infrastructure Failure

August 9, 2026

Puerto Rico's water authority begins rotating 48-hour shutoffs on August 10, affecting 180,000 accounts across San Juan. Decades of deferred maintenance have left the island losing 60 percent of extracted water to

Technology and AI computing infrastructure driving new energy demand

Amazon’s Planned Texas Data Center Would Outpollute Every US Power Plant

by Shivam Chopra

A Virgin Mary statue stands undamaged amid burned ruins of homes in Spokane's Balboa neighborhood after the Old Trails Fire August 2026

Aaron Farinacci, Who Killed His Father, Charged With Arson in Spokane’s Old Trails Fire

by Akihito Muranaka

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin listening to President Trump at the White House Oval Office, as the administration prepared to freeze $20 billion in clean energy grants

US Appeals Court Finds EPA Likely Broke Law Freezing $20 Billion in Climate Grants

by Amanda Graham

Virgin Mary statue stands amid burned ruins of homes in Spokane Balboa neighborhood after Old Trails Fire August 2026

Spokane Wildfires Destroy 600 Structures as FEMA Authorizes Federal Aid

by News Room

Technology

Teenagers using smartphones as FBI warns of account hacking to steal intimate images for sextortion

FBI Warns Criminals Are Hacking Accounts to Steal Intimate Images for Sextortion

The FBI has warned that criminals are now hacking social media accounts to steal intimate images without any contact with victims, then selling stolen content on criminal markets. Extortion, stalking, and self-harm

by Olivia Taylor

August 12, 2026

Oracle headquarters as company plans new round of layoffs before September amid AI workforce restructuring

Oracle Plans New Round of Layoffs Targeting Cuts Before September Payroll

Oracle has drawn up plans for a new round of layoffs before September 1, sources say, extending a retrenchment that already cut 21,000 employees this year. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and India operations

by Dmitri Agafonov

Nvidia branding at Computex 2026 expo in Taipei Taiwan as AI server demand from Supermicro hits record

Supermicro Q4 Revenue More Than Doubles to $11.1 Billion With $72 Billion FY2027 Guidance

CoreWeave AI cloud company as Q2 2026 revenue doubles to 2.58 billion with 104 billion backlog

CoreWeave Revenue Doubles to $2.58 Billion as $104 Billion Backlog Drives Shares Up 12%

Microsoft Patch Tuesday Windows zero-day vulnerability security update

Lazarus Group Exploited Windows Zero-Day the Week Microsoft Patched 400 Flaws

Entertainment

Promotional image for A Great Book with Barack Obama podcast launching on Audible September 2026

Barack Obama Launches ‘A Great Book’ Literary Podcast Exclusively for Audible

Barack Obama is hosting 'A Great Book,' a six-episode Audible podcast exploring the novels that shaped his thinking, from James Baldwin to Cormac McCarthy.

August 12, 2026

by Dmitri Agafonov

Greta Lee as Ann looking shocked inside the sealed house in Netflix thriller The Last House

The Last House Hits Netflix No. 1 Despite 28 Percent on Rotten Tomatoes

August 11, 2026

House of the Dragon Season 3 on HBO featuring the Targaryen civil war

House of the Dragon Finale Changes Hugh the Hammer’s Most Critical Book Moment

August 10, 2026

Kalshi Settled $3.3 Million Spotify Market After Fraud Warning as Music Bets Persist

by Akihito Muranaka

Taylor Swift at an entertainment industry event, whose team filed a copyright claim removing her song august from a Team Trump TikTok video in August 2026

Taylor Swift’s Copyright Strike Silences ‘August’ on Team Trump’s TikTok Fireworks Video

by Amanda Graham

Fans outside Chase Center in San Francisco after Earth Wind and Fire postponed their concert due to a medical emergency on August 7 2026

Earth, Wind & Fire Postpone San Francisco Concert After Medical Emergency

by Olivia Taylor

Greta Lee and Wagner Moura with cast in The Last House, Louis Leterrier Netflix survival thriller

The Last House Review: Greta Lee Is Better Than This Netflix Thriller

by Dmitri Agafonov

Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton hospitalized after TikTok self-harm livestream Miami-Dade emergency response August 2026

Perez Hilton Hospitalized After Self-Harm TikTok Livestream in Miami

by Dilnaz Shaikh

Business

Powerball Jackpot Hits $1 Billion for Wednesday Drawing After 43 Straight Shutouts

Powerball's jackpot reached $1 billion for Wednesday's drawing after Monday's 43rd consecutive no-winner result. The cash option of $433.1 million leaves roughly $273 million after federal taxes — before state deductions apply.

by Dilnaz Shaikh

August 12, 2026