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Aug 6, 2026 - World

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday that trade negotiations with the United States had turned "nasty" after President Donald Trump derided America's neighbor and its leadership while threatening to expand tariffs.

Aug 6, 2026 - World

Cases have passed 4,000 and health watchdog plans to go door to door to find patients in major response escalationThe virus causing a massive outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo could be mutating, health officials fear, as confirmed cases pass 4,000.Africa’s public health watchdog said the time for incremental action was over as they announced plans to scale up every aspect of the response and go “door to door” looking for patients. Continue reading...

Aug 6, 2026 - World

A South Korean satellite has captured the first pictures of the moon's fresh crash scene caused by a stray SpaceX rocket.

Aug 6, 2026 - World

State department informs Congress of planned closures in Canada, Grenada, Japan, Indonesia and CameroonThe US state department is to shut five foreign consulates and missions across Asia, Africa, North America and the Caribbean, drawing criticism that it is leaving a diplomatic vacuum at risk of being filled by China.The US Congress has been served notice of the impending closures, which are being justified on cost grounds and follow a reassessment of the US’s bilateral relationships with a range of countries since Donald Trump returned to the White House in January 2025. Continue reading...

Aug 6, 2026 - World

Brazil's federal police on Thursday formally accused 16 current and former employees of airline Voepass for the Aug. 9, 2024 plane crash that killed all 62 people on board. Investigators named several acts of alleged malpractice, omission and negligence by the company.