Author: Gary Wilson

An Israeli drone struck a funeral procession near the Ahmad Yassin Mosque in Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp on July 17, killing eight mourners and wounding 20. The funeral was for a Palestinian killed by Israeli […]

On July 15, 2026, Washington announced a new 25% tariff on Brazilian goods, taking effect July 22 — a punishment aimed at protecting U.S. payment monopolies. Pix, Brazil’s public instant-payment system, cuts Visa and Mastercard […]

The parasite driving this summer’s massive foodborne illness outbreak has a unique quirk: it cannot spread directly from person to person. Cyclospora cayetanensis requires a week or two in warm soil or water to become […]

On May 5, Secretary of State Marco Rubio stood at the White House podium and announced what victory in the U.S. war on Iran now meant. “As President Trump has said,” Rubio told reporters, “the […]

Before sunrise on July 7, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo stepped out of his Houston home, patted his dog goodbye, got into his work van and drove off to pick up his crew. He had made some […]

On July 8, at the NATO summit in Ankara, Donald Trump declared the ceasefire with Iran “over.” Over the next two days, U.S. warplanes struck some 170 targets across Iran, including railway bridges carrying mourners […]

The U.S. Air Force now runs Venezuela’s main international airport. A U.S. amphibious warship is docked at its principal port. MQ-9 Reaper drones and combat helicopters fly reconnaissance over Caracas. Nearly 2,000 U.S. troops are […]