Mon 31 August 2026: The most powerful pro-Israel lobby in the United States is spending more than any other outside group on the 2026 midterms — even as its once-coveted backing becomes an increasingly potent weapon for political opponents. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) has poured tens of millions of dollars into races nationwide through its main election-spending vehicle, […]
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Mon 31 August 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today:👇🏼 ◼️ Metres from disaster? While news channels such as Fox News and Sky Sports suggested that the flyover was dangerously low and made headlines for the wrong reasons, there was some grudging admiration. Australia’s Channel 7 said: “As sporting stunts go, what you’re about […]
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Sun 30 August 2026: The death toll from devastating flash floods and landslides in Nepal and China’s Tibet region has climbed to 750, while more than 3,000 people remain missing, according to the latest figures released by authorities and local media on Sunday. In Nepal, 2,498 people remain missing, including hundreds of foreign nationals. Chinese […]
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Sun 30 August 2026: As the impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) sweep across the labour force, it’s understandable for workers to be concerned about which jobs are most at risk of being replaced by technology. Women make up the majority of workers in the care sector where human interactions matter most – child care, nursing […]
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Sun 30 August 2026: CIA Director John Ratcliffe proposed a meeting between US President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a covert visit to Moscow earlier this week, Axios reported Saturday. The visit was also aimed at assessing whether Russia’s intelligence chiefs could help persuade Putin to move toward […]
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Sun 30 August 2026: Venezuelan interim President Delcy Rodríguez said a newly reached oil deal with the United States will las t 25 years and is intended to lift the country’s daily crude output above 1.5 million barrels. In remarks on state television channel VTV on Saturday, she called the pact “historic.”Rodríguez repeated that the […]
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Sat 29 August 2026: Greenland will set up a truth and reconciliation commission to examine a long-running campaign of forced contraception imposed on Indigenous girls and women, after two expert reviews could not agree on whether the practice amounted to genocide. A joint Danish-Greenlandic investigation last year found that from the 1960s through the 1990s, […]
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Sat 29 August 2026: Niger’s defense minister said Saturday that military activity in the capital Niamey had been brought under control and security forces had regained control of critical sites that were targeted. Gen. Salifou Mody’s remarks were broadcast on national television after heavy gunfire and explosions were reported around Diori Hamani International Airport and […]
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Sat 29 August 2026: Chile, Argentina, Bolivia and Peru signed a joint declaration Thursday to strengthen regional cooperation on strategic minerals, particularly copper and lithium, local media reported. The declaration aims to promote responsible investment, strengthen regional supply chains and deepen cooperation on geological information, regulation and technological development. The four countries are seeking to […]
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Sat 29 August 2026: A Reuters/Ipsos poll indicates that U.S. support for the war against Iran has declined while President Donald Trump’s approval rating stays at a historic low. The survey, released Monday, finds public backing for the conflict at its weakest since the early days of the fighting, driven in part by slipping support […]
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