Kuwait arrests 67 over illegal alcohol production after 23 deaths
Kuwait bans the import of alcoholic beverages, but bootleg liquor is sold with no oversight or safety standards.
Air Canada suspends restart plans after flight attendants union defies return to work order – AP News
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Rubio says both Russia and Ukraine ‘have to make concessions’ for peace deal
US secretary of state says talks between Putin and Trump had ‘made progress’ but ‘big areas of disagreement’ remain
In a combative series of interviews on Sunday, the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, said that “both sides are going to have to make concessions” for there to be a peaceful resolution to the war that erupted when Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.
“You can’t have a peace agreement unless both sides make concessions – that’s a fact,” the Trump administration’s top diplomat said Sunday on ABC’s This Week. “That’s true in virtually any negotiation. If not, it’s just called surrender. And neither side is going to surrender. So both sides are going to have to make concessions.”
Continue reading...Transcript: Fiona Hill on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” Aug. 17, 2025 – CBS News
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Hurricane Erin weakens to category 3 as storm lashes Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands
First Atlantic hurricane of 2025 diminishes but tropical storm warnings issued for Turks and Caicos
Hurricane Erin was downgraded to a category 3 hurricane early Sunday as its outer bands continued to lash the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico with heavy rains and tropical-storm force winds.
While Erin’s maximum winds diminished, the storm’s overall size grew and forecasters issued tropical storm warnings for the Turks and Caicos Islands and a watch for the south-east Bahamas.
Continue reading...Downton Abbey costumes and memorabilia for sale in charity auction
Lady Mary Crawley’s wedding dress and the Granthams’ family car, a 1925 Sunbeam Saloon, are among the lots
Downton Abbey fans will be able to secure a souvenir from the period drama as costumes worn by the characters, furniture used to adorn the stately home, and even the family car used in the popular ITV series and subsequent films are to be sold at auction for charity.
A dress worn by the late Dame Maggie Smith, who starred as Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham, is one of the star lots.
Continue reading...Israel intensifies Gaza City attacks, forcing starving Palestinians to flee
UN warns of man-made famine in Gaza as starvation deaths rise, Israel steps up plan to ethnically cleanse northern Gaza.
Air Canada flight attendants to defy back-to-work order and remain on strike
Union to challenge order issued less than 12 hours after start of action that has left more than 100,000 travellers stranded
Air Canada’s flight attendants plan to remain on strike, their union has said, defying government efforts to force them back to work and into binding arbitration over a dispute that has left more than 100,000 travellers stranded around the world during the peak summer travel season.
About 10,000 flight attendants who work for Canada’s largest airline walked out on the job early on Saturday amid a bitter dispute over what the union has described as “poverty wages” and unpaid labour.
Continue reading...Wang Yi set to start India visit amid improving ties – Global Times
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Young Australians may endure worse lives than their parents, ‘worried’ productivity chief warns
Productivity Commission chair urges ‘growth mindset’ to solve looming problems for future generations ahead of economic summit, while reiterating call to limit AI regulation
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Young Australians may endure worse lives than their parents, the nation’s productivity chief has warned.
Danielle Wood, chair of the productivity commission, said young people are facing a future of lower wages, increased costs and the impacts of climate breakdown without major government action to tackle major economic challenges.
Continue reading...Northern Beaches hospital agrees settlement after claims newborn left with lifelong disabilities
Exclusive: Child was born via emergency caesarean at 25 weeks after mother says hospital initially failed to diagnose her appendicitis, court documents show
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Sydney’s Northern Beaches hospital has settled outside court with a family after claims their baby was born by emergency caesarean at 25 weeks and left with lifelong disabilities.
Court documents seen by Guardian Australia reveal the baby’s mother presented to the hospital’s birthing unit in 2022, complaining of lower abdominal pain on her right side. The woman – who cannot be named for legal reasons – says she was sent home without being given an ultrasound or undergoing any further investigation.
Continue reading...At least 337 killed in Pakistan floods, gov’t defends emergency response
Residents accuse officials of not warning them to evacuate as torrential rain, cloudbursts trigger deadly flooding.
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Flash floods devastate Buner, Pakistan after rare cloudburst kills hundreds – Reuters
- Flash floods devastate Buner, Pakistan after rare cloudburst kills hundreds Reuters
- Photos: Pakistan’s deadly monsoon floods CNN
- More than 200 missing in flood-hit district in Pakistan, official says BBC
- Pakistan defends flood response after over 270 people killed in northwestern district NBC News
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European leaders to shore up Ukraine’s Zelenskyy for DC talks with Trump
US envoy says Putin agreed at summit for Ukraine to have security guarantee from allies similar to NATO’s Article 5.
US shooting kills three at busy Brooklyn, New York City club
Investigators believe up to four shooters opened fire with multiple weapons in the early hours of Sunday
European leaders including Starmer to join Zelenskyy in Washington for meeting with Trump
Emmanuel Macron, Friedrich Merz and others will aim to push back against ceding of Ukraine territory in ‘peace plan’
European leaders including Britain’s Keir Starmer will join Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, at a White House meeting on Monday with Donald Trump, in an extraordinary joint effort to push back on a US-backed plan that would allow Russia to take further Ukrainian territory.
As well as the UK prime minister, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, Germany’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz, Italy’s PM, Giorgia Meloni, and the Finnish president, Alexander Stubb, will all accompany Zelenskyy in the Oval Office.
Continue reading...US cancels visas for medical evacuation patients from Gaza
The US State Department has stopped all visitor visas for Palestinians arriving for urgent medical treatment from Gaza.
Marc Marquez extends win streak to six with maiden Austrian MotoGP victory
Marquez continues his dominance of the 2025 season with a first Austrian GP crown as he closes in on the riders title.