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U.S.-Canada trade war set to hit hard in midterm battleground states
Republican candidates in some of the nation’s most competitive races are treading carefully as local industries brace for President Trump’s tariffs.
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Bolsonaro’s son surges in run to free the former president
Flávio Bolsonaro is now polling evenly with Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and prediction markets are favoring the challenger over the incumbent in the October election.
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Al-Qaeda regroups in Afghanistan, 25 years after 9/11
The terror organization and its offshoots have set up at least eight training sites over the past three years, taking advantage of the Taliban’s return to power.
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Rebels used Anthropic’s AI bot to develop guided weapons, report says
Militants in Yemen sought to use a coding tool to produce guided rockets and missiles, the firm found, noting it was able to block some but not all the requests.
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U.K. Parliament rejects bill to allow assisted dying for the terminally ill
The defeat leaves Britain outside a growing list of European countries and 14 U.S. jurisdictions that allow some form of assisted suicide.
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Six men accused of romance scams targeting more than 100 women will be extradited
The men are accused of being members of an organized criminal network that defrauded women out of more than $6 million through online relationships, South African police said.
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Iran denounces U.S., Israeli ‘oppression’ as Houthis advance in Yemen
If the militants gain complete control of Bab al-Mandab Strait, it will increase Tehran’s leverage in its standoff with the Trump administration.
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The Atlantic reaches a milestone for the latest date without a hurricane
And according to to the National Hurricane Center, no hurricanes are on the horizon.
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Turmoil over royal succession in one of Africa’s oldest kingdoms
A committee of elders has announced a successor to the late king of Tooro. His family says he had a son who should succeed him.
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Philippines defense minister reads private note from China to live audience
In a viral video recorded at a conference in Seoul, Philippines Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr., said: “Perhaps basic decency and behavior is what China needs to do.”
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August was the planet’s hottest month on record, report says
This summer was also the hottest on record for the contiguous United States.
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Oil prices surge as Iranian-backed rebels fight to control Hormuz alternative
Houthi control of the Bab al-Mandab Strait would be a setback for the Trump administration in its war with Iran, which has already blocked the Strait of Hormuz.
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The ancient spirit who’s helping protect Rio from the effects of El Niño
The city has announced a 25-year agreement for the services of Cacique Cobra Coral, a spirit channeled by a 71-year-old woman in Guarulhos, Brazil.
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Plane carrying Zelensky threatened by drone in Moldova, Norway’s premier says
The Ukrainian president was on his way to the funeral of Norway’s King Harald.
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Fed up with the U.S., Canada is aggressively seeking new trading partners
Strife with the U.S., including Trump’s tariffs, has pushed Canada to find new trading partners. That could ultimately raise prices for U.S. businesses.
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Peter Thiel-backed firm to make low-cost missiles amid U.S. shortage
Defense start-up Covenant said it has inked about $150 million in orders to start being delivered in 2027.
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Israel ramps up strikes in southern Lebanon
In war-weary Lebanon, Israeli strikes have intensified in response to Hezbollah drone attacks.
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Protected status expires for Salvadorans shielded from deportation for decades
Immigrants from El Salvador were the first group granted temporary protected status. The Trump administration has been canceling it for scores of immigrants fleeing war and disaster.
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Trump accuses Iran of meddling in midterms as wave of missiles targets U.S. base in Jordan
Under economic pressure from the U.S., Iranian leaders have signaled they will not capitulate amid stunted diplomatic efforts to end the war.
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Associated Press will refer to Lake Ontario by its original name, despite order
The Associated Press’s guidance says President Donald Trump’s executive order affects only how the U.S. government refers to the lake, not Canada or other countries.