JODY AMIET - AFP / Getty Images ; @EtienneKlein / Getty Images Scientist Admits 'Distant Star' He Said Was Photographed by $10 Billion Telescope Is a Total Fake A French scientist has admitted his viral tweet of a star light-years away is actually a piece of Spanish pork. By Richard Moorhead August 7, 2022
Weizmann Institute of Science / YouTube screen shotCommentary Scientists Create First Synthetic Embryo, Allow It to Develop a Functioning Brain and Organs This was a giant step toward being able to create human organs in a lab, which is the ultimate goal of this research. By Elizabeth Stauffer August 6, 2022
Kim Won Jin - AFP / Getty Images North Korea Reportedly Ready to Send 100,000 Troops Storming Into Ukraine There are rumors that North Korea is willing to send 100,000 'volunteer' troops to help Russia in its war against Ukraine. By Abby Liebing August 6, 2022
Annabelle Chih / Getty Images Alert: Taiwan Scrambles Fighter Jets as Chinese Military Presence Pushes Its Limits In the aftermath of Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, China is pushing its military closer to the island. By Abby Liebing August 6, 2022
Evan Vucci - Pool - AFP / Getty Images; Alexey Furman / Getty Images Report: Biden Gearing Up to Approve Another Massive Ukraine Weapons Package, Leaving Congress Out of It Another $1 billion worth of American weapons may be heading to Ukraine. By Jack Davis August 6, 2022
South Korean Defense Ministry / Getty ImagesCommentary China Won't Like What Just Decided to Take an Extended Stay Around Taiwan This may be the sole move of strength that the Biden administration has ever done in foreign policy. But will it last? By Warner Todd Huston August 6, 2022
AP / Ng Han Guan Taiwan Running Defense Drills, Suggests China's Operation Has Hidden Motive 'I call on the international community to support democratic Taiwan & halt any escalation of the regional security situation.' By The Associated Press August 6, 2022
Kirill Kudryavtsev - AFP / Getty Images Griner Update: Russia Hints That Trade Deal Is Still on the Table After Sentence The Russians still seem open to a prisoner exchange deal to free Brittney Griner after she was sentenced to nine years in prison. By Abby Liebing August 5, 2022
Mahmud Hams - AFP / Getty Images Israel Tells Palestinian Jihadists 'Your Time Is Up,' Kills Militant Leader and 9 Others Among those killed in the airstrikes was Tayseer al-Jabari, who led the Palestinian Islamic Jihad's northern command. By Matthew Holloway August 5, 2022
Kirill Kudryavtsev /Getty Images ; Natalia Kolesnikova / Getty ImagesCommentary Griner Will Not Be Getting a Cushy Cell, WNBA Star Instead Being Sent to Russian Prison Colony Unlike in the United States, Griner's prison sentence in Russia means she could be subjected to cruel punishment. By Grant Atkinson August 4, 2022