Canada and US say they are finalising a trade deal, but details remain murky
Prime Minister Carney hailed "significant progress" in trade talks as the two countries seek to hammer out final details ahead of a new weekend tariff deadline.
Harry Kane scores goal by winning Golden Shoe for the second time
English footballer Harry Kane won the title of ‘Europe’s best goalscorer’, awarded the Golden Shoe for the second time.
Nigeria’s election campaign begins with Tinubu facing a reform test
Rising costs fuel anger, but President Bola Tinubu’s machinery and opposition divisions may shape the race.
Three boys charged over alleged rape of teenage girl in Sydney home
The 17-year-olds were charged over an alleged attack in Sydney’s south-west on Saturday
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Three teenage boys have been charged over the alleged rape of a 17-year-old girl at a home in Sydney’s south-west on Saturday.
The three 17-year-old boys were arrested on Wednesday after the girl was allegedly attacked.
Continue reading...Iran war live: Trump announces ‘most crushing’ Iran sanctions
Trump says Washington may resume talks with Tehran 'at some point'.
US national debt passes record $40 trillion
The amount has doubled in the last decade, from Trump's first term through the Biden administration.
‘We do not trust Israeli judiciary’ says Hind Rajab’s grandmother
The grandmother of Hind Rajab, a five-year-old Palestinian girl killed in her family’s car by Israeli forces in Gaza.
Kosovo finds remains of at least 23 people in suspected mass graves
The discovery is part of Kosovo’s long-running effort to find people who disappeared during a brutal war in the 1990s.
South Korea’s rookie investors lose small fortunes amid AI stocks frenzy
South Korea's stock market has attracted a wave of novice investors amid booming demand for chips used in AI.
International body votes to convene emergency meeting over Nicaragua
Nicaragua's move to extend Ortega's rule and bar rivals from elections triggers a near-unanimous OAS rebuke.
California becomes first US state to set efficiency rules for replacement tires
Regulations that would block sale of older tires praised by environmental groups amid rightwing backlash
California has become the first state in the nation to mandate that replacement tires be energy efficient, a major auto industry regulation set to block the sale of older tires and make vehicles on the road greener.
State regulators have said the new rules will reduce emissions and drivers’ fuel costs. But the rules – which come as the Trump administrations fights to block other California restrictions to promote greener cars – have already sparked a rightwing backlash, with one conservative news outlet calling the policies a “massive overreach”.
Continue reading...Iran Update, August 19, 2026 – Institute for the Study of War
- Iran Update, August 19, 2026 Institute for the Study of War
- Iran Update Special Report, August 17, 2026 Critical Threats
- IRAN WAR WEEK 25, day #6: Naval blockades are still not territorial claims. Re-enlist to play GTA VI Daily Kos
- Spotlight on Iran and the Shiite Axis (August 12 - 19, 2026) - The Amit Terrorism and Intelligence Research Institute The Amit Terrorism and Intelligence Research Institute
- Iran Update Map, August 19, 2026 Institute for the Study of War
Pentagon quizzes NATO allies on political loyalty, documents reveal
NATO allies probed on loyalty to US policies in Pentagon questionnaire obtained exclusively by Al Jazeera.
Lebanon hands former Syrian army general to Damascus after arrest warrant
The transfer is the first from Lebanon involving a Syrian military officer who fled after al-Assad's government fell.
Trump announces ‘most crushing economic operation ever’ against Iran
US president also says any country that trades with Iran will 'face tremendous economic consequences'.
Who is Natalie Harp, Trump’s right-hand woman?
One of Trump's longest serving and most loyal aides, Harp was thrust again into the spotlight when Democrat Jon Ossoff noted her closeness to the president.
Young vapers ‘at risk of breathing problems and becoming smokers’
Review by paediatricians links child vaping with poor respiratory health such as coughing, wheezing and asthma
Young people who start vaping risk developing breathing problems and going on to smoke cigarettes, children’s doctors have warned.
Child vaping is consistently linked with poor respiratory health, such as coughing, wheezing, bronchitis symptoms and asthma exacerbations, while vapes have been shown to act as a gateway to smoking cigarettes, according to one of the most comprehensive reviews of the available evidence so far undertaken by the Royal College of Child and Paediatrics Health.
Continue reading...Trump’s snub of South Korea sends region scrambling – Politico
- Trump’s snub of South Korea sends region scrambling Politico
- ‘No Interest’: North Korea Dismisses Reduced U.S. Drills With South Korea The New York Times
- Trump says US-South Korea exercises are 'insulting' to North Korea's Kim abcnews.com
- Opinion | Trump inverts his own foreign policy mantra The Washington Post
- North Korea Rejects Trump’s Drills-Cut Overture as an Empty Gesture WSJ
More than 750 US service members wounded since start of Iran War – CNN
U.S. conducting stealth operation to transport oil through Hormuz – axios.com
- U.S. conducting stealth operation to transport oil through Hormuz axios.com
- Iran has lost significant control of the Strait of Hormuz CNN
- How the U.S. Navy Is Helping Get Oil Through the Strait of Hormuz The New York Times
- Iran’s Attacks on Ships in Hormuz Mount, Testing U.S. Military Restraint WSJ
- Hormuz traffic slows as uncertainty over waterway persists Reuters