Author: Justin M. Larson

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! You know that little GPS icon that pops up when an app is using your location? That’s the polite part. The tip of the iceberg. The warm handshake before your phone whispers your every movement to Big Tech behind your back. Your phone has more than one way to know where you are. Cell towers, Wi-Fi networks, Bluetooth beacons and even background pings track you. If you have an old smartphone, you can enter to win a new iPhone 16 Pro at www.komando.com/win.I’m not here to scare you or tinfoil-hat this. I’m here to…

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Owngarden | Moment | Getty ImagesJapan’s exports dropped 2.6% year over year in July, their steepest drop since February 2021.The fall was sharper than the 2.1% contraction expected by economists polled by Reuters and compared to the 0.5% drop seen in June.Imports to the world’s fourth-largest economy sank 7.5%, compared to the 10.4% fall expected by the Reuters poll.Exports to the U.S. also continued to fall, dropping 10.1% in July and slightly softer than June’s decline of 11.4%.Japan reached a deal with Washington on July 22 that saw its so-called “reciprocal tariff” lowered to 15% from the 25% threatened by…

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Dukai Photographer | Moment | Getty ImagesAsia-Pacific markets were poised to open lower Wednesday, tracking Wall Street declines overnight, with investors awaiting a slew of economic data from the region.Japan’s Nikkei 225 was set to open lower, with the futures contract in Chicago at 43,385 while its counterpart in Osaka last traded at 43,350, against the index’s last close of 43,546.29.Futures for Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index stood at 24,977, pointing to a weaker open compared with the HSI’s last close of 25,122.9.Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was set to start the day lower, with futures tied to the benchmark at 8,875 compared with the index’s last close…

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A hit-and-run driver crashed into a North Carolina veterinary clinic on Tuesday, causing a gas explosion that left three firefighters injured, authorities said.Jason Lee Beach, 46, was charged with felony DWI with serious injury, possession of drug paraphernalia, hit and run, reckless driving and failure to maintain lane, the Wilmington Police Department said in a press release. He is being held at the New Hanover County Detention Center on a $100,000 bond.Debris flies through the air as smoke rises following an explosion at a building in Wilmington, N.C., on Aug. 19, 2025, in this screen grab taken from a social…

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In the past 24 hours in Gaza, there have been more reports of casualties in shootings along aid convoy routes, where desperate crowds of civilians often wait to take supplies from the back of trucks.Meanwhile, hostilities between Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups are also escalating. In the past 24 hours, air strikes and shelling have occurred across five neighbourhoods in Gaza City, with reports of tanks and ground troops advancing.  UN and partner officials in Gaza warned on Monday that the Israeli offensive would result in further mass displacement and “have a horrific impact on people already exhausted, malnourished,…

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The attacks, which took place between 9 and 16 August in the localities of Beni and Lubero territories, claimed the lives of at least 52 civilians, including eight women and two children, but peacekeepers on the ground say the death toll may very well rise.  “These attacks targeting civilians, which add to the atrocities committed during the night of 26 to 27 July in Komanda (Ituri territory, Ituri), are intolerable and constitute serious violations of international humanitarian law and human rights,” said Binto Keita, Head of the UN Mission in the DRC, known as MONUSCO.   Appeal to armed groupsThe…

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Shrimpers along the Gulf Coast are calling for stronger federal protections, saying unfair foreign trade practices and international investment are devastating their industry. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday said it is actively investigating after a shipment of Walmart shrimp tested positive for a man-made radioactive material.  U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP) alerted the FDA to the detection of Cesium-137 (Cs-137) contamination in shipping containers and frozen shrimp products processed in Indonesia at four U.S. ports, including Los Angeles, Houston, Miami, and Savannah, Georgia, according to a news release from the FDA.Officials collected multiple samples for…

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“The risk of starvation is everywhere in Gaza,” UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Thameen Al-Kheetan told reporters in Geneva.“This is a direct result of the Israeli government’s policy of blocking humanitarian aid,” he said.Mr. Al-Kheetan insisted that in the past few weeks, Israeli authorities have only allowed aid to enter in quantities that remain “far below what would be required to avert widespread starvation”.The UN said on Monday that hunger-related deaths continue to be reported in the Strip, including among children.More people displacedAs the Israeli army intensified its attacks in the north of the enclave, it has continued to issue…

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Ivanhoe Electric CEO Taylor Melvin on the company’s Santa Cruz Project in Casa Grande, Arizona. President Donald Trump on Tuesday blasted an appeals court’s decision to temporarily block federal officials from completing a land transfer needed for Rio Tinto and BHP to develop Arizona’s Resolution Copper project. In a Truth Social post, the president said, “A Copper Mine in Arizona, ‘Resolution,’ was just delayed by a Radical Left Court for two months — 3,800 Jobs are affected, and our Country, quite simply, needs Copper — AND NOW! They are looking to do an Expedited Appeal before the Ninth Circuit, but…

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A new tiny moon has been identified orbiting the planet Uranus, according to NASA.The satellite, spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope, does not have a name yet and has been designated S/2025 U1. First spotted on 2 February by the space-bound telescope, it measures roughly six miles (10km) in diameter and joins 28 other known moons orbiting the icy giant.Maryame El Moutamid, from the Southwest Research Institute in Colorado and lead investigator on the project to study the rings and moons of Uranus, believes its tiny size is likely to be the reason why it has been invisible to…

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