UN eyes Red Sea threats, Trump pushes Gaza talks, Russia advances in Ukraine—here's your SOFREP Morning Brief for Wednesday, July 16, 2025.

Ai-Da, highly advanced and lifelike robot artist painted a unique portrait of King Charles III.She used advanced cameras in ...

Uranus has entered Gemini for the first time in 84 years, and astrologers and social media users are panicking about this transition, believing that it could herald turbulent times.

As president of the Australian Human Rights Commission, Hugh de Kretser walks a fine line. How can the organisation speak to ...

The violin by the famed Italian luthier was plundered at the end of World War II and presumed lost or destroyed. Now experts ...

President Donald Trump on Friday signed a peace deal between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo that ends 30 years ...

Street vending has become a necessary alternative for many to make ends meet, forging a sense of solidarity while reinforcing ...

Walt Disney opened the first Disneyland in California’s Anaheim on 1955. The park tried to bridge the gap between typical ...

China is planning to invite U.S. President Donald Trump to a military parade scheduled for Sept. 3 in Beijing's Tiananmen Square to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, sources ...

Clean energy from nuclear fusion may soon be commercial. But leaders around the world have done little to prepare.

The world that existed before the election is gone, with "Tariff Man" in the Oval Office, Jon Talton writes. The stakes for the global economy and Seattle-area businesses are big.

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ June 27 The New York Times say the rising national debt is already troublesome The rise of the federal debt over the past two ...