Wed 09 September 2026: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered the country’s federal purchasing agency to stop buying Canadian-made products amid a growing trade dispute with Ottawa. Trump directed the General Services Administration (GSA) to work with the US Trade Representative’s office to remove Canadian products from its approved vendor lists, known as the […]
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Wed 09 September 2026: Protesters Warn US-Backed Military Mission Could Draw Seoul Into Conflict South Korean civic groups and political parties on Wednesday called on President Lee Jae Myung’s administration to reject US pressure to deploy Korean troops to the Strait of Hormuz. Representatives of civic, labor, religious and other organisations held a press conference […]
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Wed 09 September 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: 👇🏼 ◼️ Last-ditch Mandela auction battle turns on R21m prison key: A handmade key from Robben Island prison, expected to fetch about R21m at auction, became a hotly contested issue before the Constitutional Court on Tuesday, with the South African Heritage Resources Agency (Sahra) […]
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Wed 09 September 2026: External support for ethnic armed groups poses an escalating security threat to Iran, experts and state officials warn. Iranian authorities have repeatedly publicised arrests and clashes with small armed cells inside the country, or skirmishes with armed groups along land borders, particularly in the lead-up to and during the war with […]
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Tue 08 September 2026: Iceland’s foreign minister summoned the US ambassador after President Donald Trump shared a map depicting Iceland and several other territories under the American flag, local media reported Tuesday. Foreign Minister Thorgerdur Katrin Gunnarsdottir summoned US Ambassador Billy Long to a meeting over the image posted by Trump on his Truth Social […]
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Tue 08 September 2026: Haaretz reported Tuesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was given “explicit warning” by the United Arab Emirates about a large Hamas attack before October 7, 2023, but did not inform Israel’s security leadership. According to the paper, UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed spoke with Netanyahu by phone for 45 […]
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Tue 08 September 2026: The death toll from devastating floods and mudslides that struck the Nepal-China border late last month has climbed to 1,400, with over 5,800 still missing, official statistics showed on Tuesday. Of those missing, 848 are foreigners, according to official figures from both Nepal and China. Some 1,357 bodies have been recovered […]
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Tue 08 September 2026: Spiraling costs of Israel’s conflicts deepen rift between finance and defense ministries ahead of budget decisions. Israel’s Ministries of Finance and Defence have clashed over the spiralling costs of Israel’s multiple and ongoing wars in the region, which are adding pressure to the government’s budget. The Israeli military has warned that […]
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Tue 08 September 2026: Here’s what’s happening in *South Africa today:* 👇🏼 ◼️ What a world above 1.5°C could mean for South Africa: In South Africa, it said, El Niño is usually associated with lower-than-normal rainfall coupled with high temperatures. For farmers, that combination can have terrible consequences. The implication for South Africa is that […]
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Tue 08 September 2026: Saudi Arabia on Tuesday accused Yemen’s Houthi rebels of striking civilian and economic targets inside the kingdom, saying the attacks wounded at least 73 civilians, including women and children. The charge came as fighting intensified in Yemen, where the internationally recognized government, supported by Saudi Arabia, has launched a counteroffensive to […]
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