Is this cave in Turkey where Homer wrote 'The Odyssey'?
On a Turkish hillside overlooking the olive-covered slopes outside Izmir is a cave known to generations of locals as the place where Homer penned "The Odyssey".
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Trump says US scaling back military drills with South Korea hours before start
US President Donald Trump said "inappropriate and hostile" military drills with South Korea designed to prepare for a possible attack by the North would be scaled back hours before they started on Monday.
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Winning back walls from gangs, artists fill El Salvador's towns with color
On the walls where gang members in El Salvador once marked their turf, urban artists are now creating large murals in a traveling festival that fills the streets of the Central American country with color.
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Jason Arday: UK academic who died amid plagiarism storm
Jason Arday, the ex-Cambridge professor found dead amid a growing furore over claims of academic plagiarism and personal life embellishments, rose from humble roots in Britain to be hailed as an academic superstar.
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Opening arguments expected in Tupac murder trial
Opening arguments were expected on Monday in the trial of a former gang leader accused of orchestrating the murder of Tupac Shakur, 30 years after one of America's most influential rappers was gunned down in Las Vegas.
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Sabbath cafe clash lays bare Israel faultlines
Alma Ronen has been fighting in the Israeli military nearly constantly for more than two years. Spending her Saturday not in uniform but in a T-shirt and jeans, she would like to enjoy a coffee outside -- and resents that her more religious compatriots think otherwise.
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As machinery removes rubble, hopes for survivors from Colombian quake dwindle
The noise of backhoes, cranes and bulldozers echoed across Colombia's quake-hit cities on Sunday as workers labored to remove rubble, though the chance of finding survivors was slim a week after the disaster.
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BioNxt Provides Development, Intellectual Property and Commercial Update Across Sublingual Drug Delivery Pipeline
VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / August 17, 2026 / BioNxt Solutions Inc. ("BioNxt" or the "Company") (CSE:BNXT)(OTCQB:BNXTF)(FSE:BXT), a bioscience innovator specializing in advanced drug delivery systems, is pleased to provide a comprehensive update on the progress of its proprietary sublingual thin-film drug delivery pipeline. The Company continues to advance multiple pharmaceutical development programs, including Cladribine for multiple sclerosis, autoimmune disease expansion, Everolimus and Semaglutide, while strengthening the intellectual property portfolio supporting its platform and preparing for the next phase of clinical and commercial development.
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Top-ranked Scheffler powers to PGA St. Jude Championship victory
World number one Scottie Scheffler powered to an eight-stroke victory in the St. Jude Championship on Sunday, capturing his first PGA Tour title since January.
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Trump says US scaling back military drills with South Korea
US President Donald Trump said he was "not happy" about US participation in joint military exercises with close ally South Korea and is scaling back the drills aimed at deterring rival North Korea that start Monday.
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