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In many parts of China, cash is almost gone. 😳 From street food to taxis, everything runs on QR codes using apps like WeChat and Alipay. Your phone isn’t just a device… it’s your wallet.

A ticket sold in Illinois matched all six winning numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing to claim the $1.040 billion jackpot. The grand prize has an estimated cash value of $450.5 million and ranks as the eighth-largest Powerball jackpot ever won, according to Powerball. The largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history was won on Nov. 7, 2022, when a ticket sold in California claimed a $2.04 billion Powerball prize. A $1.817 billion Powerball jackpot won on Christmas Eve ranks as the second-largest prize in U.S. lottery history.

The Trump administration on Wednesday reiterated its request for the Supreme Court to move quickly to block a ruling by a federal judge in Massachusetts that prohibits the government from implementing part of an executive order on mail-in voting in 23 states and the District of Columbia for the November elections. U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer told the justices that “it is critical that the Court act promptly on the pending” request, which was filed on July 27 and has now been fully briefed for more than a week. “Otherwise,” Sauer wrote, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani’s “erroneous orders...

Starting last fall, the Department of Homeland Security spent $464 million on a no-bid contract to buy 10 used airplanes from a firm in Northern Virginia. That was an enormous price tag, but the department said it had no time to consider other offers. The planes were needed urgently for deportation flights. But since then, the department has barely used this new fleet — for deportations, or anything else. The department’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency has long outsourced its deportation flights by chartering planes from private companies. It also uses military and Coast Guard aircraft. In a written statement,...

As Japan endures another summer of oppressive heat waves, innovative technology and extreme cooling solutions are taking centre stage. On July 23, CNN's correspondent Hanako Montgomery shared a hands-on look at a new gadget tested in Tokyo: a human-sized, glass-doored portable refrigerator designed to give people a brief respite from sweltering outdoor temperatures. In the Instagram video, stepping inside the freestanding metallic cabin, she took a seat on a built-in bench as the glass door shut behind her. "Oh, it is chilly," she remarked as the unit rapidly dropped the surrounding temperature, adding, “This isn't a fridge for food. It's...

Did you know that the Bible has more to say on laziness than drunkenness? Yet, how often are we quick to judge someone when they've had a bit too much to drink, but neglect to chastise another person who sits around all day and does nothing? Laziness is a pervasive, insidious disease in our society, one that seems to be growing in leaps and bounds. No one seems to want to work hard anymore. They want the easy life, the easy job that doesn't require much of them, the cushy couch and big screen TV and fancy vacations, but work??...

CIA had doubts about Israeli intelligence on a threat to Trump in Turkey that prompted an extraordinary secret flight.U.S. intelligence officials were skeptical of an Iranian assassination threat against President Donald Trump that was relayed by Israel and prompted an extraordinary clandestine maneuver that saw him secretly fly out of Turkey in an alternate military aircraft, current and former U.S. officials familiar with the intelligence said.The assassination threat was relayed by the Israeli government to the CIA, where analysts did not view the intelligence as compelling and conveyed that skepticism to Trump administration officials, one of the officials said.Another official...

Assemblymember James Ramos, D-Highland, has reached an impasse with opponents of the California Indian Freedom Act, both parties said ahead of a key Senate committee vote Thursday. Ramos’s measure seeks to give Native Americans more say over government agency actions on state-owned land that may interfere with traditional customs and spiritual practices. The bill is one of the more ambitious efforts from Ramos, the Legislature’s only Native American lawmaker, who said he wants to ensure people can’t be blocked access to sacred sites or halted from engaging in traditional customs on government land

TAIPEI, Taiwan — For 30 minutes, the internet in parts of Taiwan crawled. The slowdown Thursday for people in the capital, Taipei, and six other cities and localities was part of the last phase of the island's annual Han Kuang exercises, military drills that began last week and aim to model a response to a possible Chinese military invasion. Telecommunication operators slowed mobile web traffic to 256 Kbps, making it difficult to exchange anything other than texts. Usually, residents can access 5G in major cities. Taiwan has stepped up the intensity of the Han Kuang drills, incorporating reservists and more...

A senior Chinese Communist Party (CCP) intelligence official is the new owner of a historic building overlooking the White House Complex, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation discovered. Located approximately 650 feet northeast of the White House grounds, the 100-year-old Securities Building on 15th Street was purchased on July 21, 2026 for $8.4 million by the Philip Qiu and Family Foundation, filings show. The building’s new owner, Philip Qiu, has held numerous positions within Chinese intelligence and state security arms, according to university records and DCNF translations of Chinese government announcements. Qiu did not respond to multiple requests for comment....

13 August 2026 Thursday of week 19 in Ordinary TimeSan Ponziano, RomeReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First readingEzekiel 12:1-12The oracle of exile against the whole House of IsraelThe word of the Lord was addressed to me as follows, ‘Son of man, you are living with that set of rebels who have eyes and never see, ears and never hear, for they are a set of rebels. You, son of man, pack an exile’s bundle and emigrate by daylight when they can see you, emigrate from where you are to somewhere else while they watch. Perhaps they will admit...

South Africa has adopted the forms of modernity without the psychological development to sustain them. The images are harrowing. South African mobs wielding machetes and clubs, forcing foreign nationals from their homes, looting their shops, and, in some cases, ending their lives. In recent months, vigilante violence has driven thousands of immigrants from countries including Nigeria, Ghana, and Zimbabwe out of South Africa, with Nigeria and Ghana repatriating around two thousand of their citizens on government-sponsored flights. The victims have been subjected to a level of brutality that shocks the conscience. South African authorities, overwhelmed or indifferent, have largely stood...

DEFOREST, WI - Republican candidate for governor, Tom Tiffany met with supporters at Timbers Tavern in DeForest less than 24 hours after officially winning the Republican ticket. At this event – crowds cheered for Tiffany as he spoke about the American Dream in Wisconsin, flipping the state fully red, and “save girls sports.” When asked by Channel 3000 if he was concerned about a smaller turnout of Republican voters compared to Democrats, Tiffany said that he believes that was because his primary was uncontested. Noting that there was a lack of awareness in the Republican primary compared to the Democratic...

When will the left admit this is Islamic conquest? England 1950: ~5 mosques England 2026: ~1750 mosques This is what an invasion looks like. That’s a staggering 34,900% increase in mosques by the way. And, even with all that, with plenty of places to worship their “religion,” they choose to express their faith in Muhammad’s rituals…at revered Christian sites: There are more than 500 mosques in London, but they chose to pray on the grounds of Westminster Abbey, the most sacred site in the Anglican Church. Why? Again, conquest.Since 2008, millions of illegal immigrants have entered the UK. And, that’s...

Boston police are searching for a suspect after the fatal stabbing of a man at South Station on Wednesday, according to the department. MBTA Transit Police responded to a call about a person stabbed inside the train station just after 5:30 p.m., according to a news release from Boston police. The victim, an adult man, was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. His identity has not been released.

A temporary open-air pool erected outside Berlin’s iconic theater was supposed to represent the ultimate low-barrier urban oasis. Instead, a plan to allow only Black people to attend on Fridays has sparked outrage and accusations of racism. Conceived as a free, non-commercial refuge requiring no identity checks — though reliant on a competitive online reservation system — the €300,000 project was introduced to the public as a shared summer meeting point. However, the organizers have implemented a protocol that excludes anyone non-Black one day a week, a clearly discriminatory practice.

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem🇮🇱 (8/13/26)[Prayer]Personalities2 Samuel 3:6-21Abner Goes Over to David 6 During the war between the house of Saul and the house of David, Abner had been strengthening his own position in the house of Saul. 7 Now Saul had had a concubine named Rizpah daughter of Aiah. And Ish-Bosheth said to Abner, “Why did you sleep with my father’s concubine?” 8 Abner was very angry because of what Ish-Bosheth said. So he answered, “Am I a dog’s head—on Judah’s side? This very day I am loyal to the house of your father Saul and to his...

Yesterday, Hong was winning until, magically, she was losing. It was a familiar story.If you’ve got a winning tactic, you don’t abandon it until it no longer wins. Back in 2020, Democrats claimed that their winning “tactic” was Joe Biden himself, an early-stage-dementia blowhard with a long family history that suggested corruption and a record of amazingly bad political stances. Republicans, however, suspected that the winning tactic was that Democrats in states in which they controlled elections legalized election fraud with mail-in voting, ballot harvesting, and the abandonment of voter ID. In addition, Trump supporters looked at data from the...

Popocatepetl volcano is just east of Mexico city and is the 5th highest peak in North America ( 17,694 feet (5,393 meters) tall.) It is erupting steam right now. You can slide the time backward to see the last 12 hours. This mountain is where I did my first technical climb following the "Ventorillo Route" up the inactive vent on the right hand skyline, across the saddle and up the glacier to the summit.

This is crazy! I hope someone knows how to post transcribed video.