WORLDWhy Jordan Is Becoming a New Focus in the U.S.-Iran WarFour Iranian attacks in five days have targeted U.S. troops in Jordan, U.S. officials said, including one on Friday that killed two soldiers and left another service member missing.NY Times·July 18, 2026
WORLDThunderstorms, Flooding and Strong Winds Sweep the NortheastForecasters warned of winds over 70 miles per hour in New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington.NY Times·July 18, 2026
WORLDThunderstorms will clear wildfire smoke from Northeast ahead of World Cup final, meteorologists sayAt MetLife Stadium, where the World Cup final is scheduled to take place, the sky was a thick, soupy gray even after a drenching thunderstorm.CNBC·July 18, 2026
WORLDPauline Hanson tells London CPAC crowd she is ‘sick of hearing about white privilege’ and ‘fears for England’<p>Reform UK leader Nigel Farage compares One Nation leader’s polling rise to Donald Trump’s victory in the US</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/jul/19/anthony-albanese-labor-angus-taylor-coalition-pauline-hanson-bridget-mckenzie-cpac-london-politics-reactioThe Guardian·July 18, 2026
WORLDWorld Cup final tickets near $2.3m mark on FIFA’s resale platformWhile no tickets are available on FIFA's sales platform, they are being resold for sky-high prices on resale sites.Al Jazeera·July 18, 2026
WORLDTaylor Farms recalls iceberg lettuce in 27 states due to cyclosporiasis outbreakTaylor Farms is recalling iceberg lettuce in 27 states because of the potential that the greens could be contaminated with cyclosporiasis.CNBC·July 18, 2026
WORLDMamdani Says He May Still Order Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Arrest in NYCMayor Zohran Mamdani said in an interview with The New York Times that he was in “an active conversation” with New York City’s Law Department on whether he had the authority to arrest the Israeli leader.NY Times·July 18, 2026
WORLDDave Eggers told OpenAI staff that ChatGPT was ‘silencing an entire generation’Last year, Sam Altman invited author Dave Eggers to give a talk to around 200 OpenAI staffers. The man has written countless novels, screenplays, pieces of journalism, started McSweeney's, and founded multiple schools and nonprofits that support writers and the arts more broadly. So one might expectThe Verge·July 18, 2026
WORLDWaymo says San Francisco service has resumed after one-hour pauseThis isn’t the first time power outages have caused issues for Waymo.TechCrunch·July 18, 2026
WORLDKorean beauty products are becoming mainstream in the U.S. Why there may be even more growth aheadMorgan Stanley forecasts that K-beauty sales in the U.S. can reach approximately $4 billion in 2026.CNBC·July 18, 2026
WORLDFlash flood warnings strike north-east US amid wildfire smoke from Canada<p>Poor air quality from wildfires continues to plague New York City as several neighborhoods hit by thunderstorms</p><p>Saturday is delivering a double dose of dangerous weather across the north-eastern US, with smoky skies from Canadian wildfires giving way to severe thunderstorms that have alreadThe Guardian·July 18, 2026
WORLDGoogle might not kneecap the Pixel 11a with an old processorMystic Leaks suggests that the Pixel 11a will return to featuring a flagship-grade processor with the Tensor G6. Rather than the Tensor G5 found in the Pixel 10 and 10 Pro, the Pixel 10a shipped with the previous generation Tensor G4. That was a huge disappointment since, typically, the Pixel a lineThe Verge·July 18, 2026