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NEW YORK (AP) — Locked in a competitive reelection race, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass declared on social media last week that a new poll was evidence that her campaign was “gaining momentum.” Just a few days later, the truth emerged: The poll was fabricated. The California results were among at least three “polls” across three states posted online this month by Median Strategies, a previously unknown organization that admitted […]

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft circling the moon is providing the sharpest views yet of the crater carved by a crashing SpaceX rocket. The space agency released before-and-after photos of the impact area on Tuesday. The Falcon rocket’s upper stage plowed into the moon at 5,400 mph (8,700 kph) on Aug. 5 after drifting through space for more than a year. It launched a pair of private […]

Can Syria Do Without Russian Wheat?   Economist Yafa Nawaf told TML that sustainably eliminating the need for wheat imports depends on continued support for producers, access to fertilizer, seed, affordable fuel, investment in irrigation networks, dams, and storage capacity  By Rizik Alabi / The Media Line   [DAMASCUS] Syria says the sharp increase in wheat production during the 2026 season could allow it to significantly reduce its reliance on imports and, […]

Google launches Pakistan office, signaling new push for digital transformation The Media Line In a significant development for Pakistan’s technology sector, the global tech giant Google on Tuesday officially launched its corporate presence in Pakistan, with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif hosting the company’s Vice President of Global Affairs and Public Policy, Wilson White, in Islamabad.  According to Radio Pakistan, White led a nine-member Google delegation that met with the prime […]

Missiles Target UAE, Hormuz Shipping as President Trump Rules Out Iran Talks   By The Media Line Staff   Missiles were fired toward the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, while a vessel came under Iranian attack in the Strait of Hormuz as US President Donald Trump ruled out negotiations with Tehran and said the US naval blockade of Iran would remain in effect.   President Trump said Washington was not engaged in negotiations […]

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Archaeologists in Peru on Tuesday unveiled the skeletal remains of an adult they believe was buried as an offering near the base of Huaca Pucllana, an ancient adobe pyramid in Lima, the nation’s capital. The remains are believed to be those of a man who may have been sacrificed during a ritual in which a canal linked to a ceremonial pool was closed. Gladys Paz, the […]

STATESVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A Georgia man burglarized former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle’s home after learning Biffle and his family died in a plane crash, a North Carolina sheriff said Tuesday. Terrell Williams, 44, has been charged with second-degree burglary, safe cracking, money laundering and other felonies, Iredell County Sheriff Darren Campbell announced at a news conference. Williams was being held without bond in Cobb County, Georgia, on suspicion of […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Massachusetts woman who told police that she brought homemade firebombs to the U.S. Capitol to kill Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was sentenced on Tuesday to just over six years in prison. Riley English, a 26-year-old transgender woman, said she was in the grips of a mental health crisis and abusing drugs when she drove to Washington in January 2025 and told Capitol police that she was […]

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Japan and the Organization of American States signed a deal Tuesday to award Haiti a $3 million grant to help it register voters as the troubled country prepares to hold general elections for the first time in more than a decade. The money will help Haiti’s government update its voter lists and procure 350,000 blank identification cards, the OAS said in a statement. Gang violence has […]