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Trump
Trump says he plans to put a 100% tariff on computer chips
The Republican president said that companies who make computer chips in the US would be spared the import tax

Wed, 06 Aug, 2025

EU Russia US Treaties
Trump could meet Putin as soon as next week, White House official says
The White House said Mr Trump was also open to a meeting with both Mr Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Wed, 06 Aug, 2025

APTOPIX Israel Palestinians
Dozens killed seeking aid in Gaza as Israel considers further military action
The Israeli military said it had fired warning shots when crowds approached its forces

Wed, 06 Aug, 2025

California Wildfires
Massive wildfire becomes California’s largest blaze of the year
More than 870 remote homes and other structures at the northern edge of Los Padres National Forest are threatened by the Gifford Fire

Wed, 06 Aug, 2025

Ghana-Helicopter Crash
Ghana ministers among eight killed in helicopter crash
The cause of the crash was not immediately known, and the military said an investigation was under way

Wed, 06 Aug, 2025

Army Base Lockdown
Five soldiers shot at US Army’s Fort Stewart in Georgia, base reports
Parts of Fort Stewart in south-east Georgia were locked down after an active shooter was reported on the sprawling army post, a spokesperson said

Wed, 06 Aug, 2025

France Fires
Deadly wildfire in southern France still spreading
One person died in their home, nine others were injured, including seven firefighters, and at least one person was missing, the statement said.

Wed, 06 Aug, 2025

Germany-Speeding Car
Speeding motorist caught driving at 320kph on Germany’s Autobahn
A reading from its display showed “the highest record speed” of 321kph, police said

Wed, 06 Aug, 2025

Russia Putin
US envoy meets Putin ahead of Trump’s deadline on Ukraine war
US special envoy Steve Witkoff is holding talks with President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, days before the White House’s deadline for Russia to reach a peace deal with Ukraine or potentially face severe economic penalties.

Wed, 06 Aug, 2025

Trump
US envoy arrives in Russia ahead of Trump’s deadline on Ukraine war
US special envoy Steve Witkoff has arrived in Moscow days before the White House’s deadline for Russia to reach a peace deal with Ukraine or potentially face severe economic penalties.

Wed, 06 Aug, 2025

Japan Hiroshima Anniversary
Hiroshima survivors mark 80 years since atomic bomb devastated city
Residents of Hiroshima have marked the 80th anniversary of the US atomic bombing of the Japanese city, with many ageing survivors expressing frustration about the growing support of global leaders for nuclear weapons as a deterrence.

Wed, 06 Aug, 2025

Kennedy Vaccines
Kennedy halts funding for vaccines to fight covid-19 and flu
Robert F Kennedy Jr announced that 22 projects, totalling $500m, to develop vaccines using mRNA technology will be halted

Wed, 06 Aug, 2025

Cecil Wedding Duke Maxwell
Ghislaine Maxwell doesn’t want grand jury transcripts released, say lawyers
It comes as prosecutors in the US urge a court to release some of those records in the criminal case-turned-political fireball

Tue, 05 Aug, 2025

Lebanon Hezbollah
Hezbollah threatens to resume firing at Israel if it intensifies Lebanon action
Naim Kassem’s comments came as Lebanon’s Cabinet was meeting to discuss Hezbollah’s disarmament

Tue, 05 Aug, 2025

Romania Obit Ion Iliescu
Ion Iliescu, Romania’s first freely elected post-revolution leader, dies at 95
Mr Iliescu, who held de facto military authority during the anti-communist revolt, assumed power after Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena were executed on December 25 1989

Tue, 05 Aug, 2025

Rwanda-US Deportees
Rwanda agrees to take deportees from the US after migrant deal with UK collapsed
Ms Makolo did not provide a timeline for any deportees to arrive in Rwanda or say if they would arrive at once or in several batches

Tue, 05 Aug, 2025

Epstein
US House committee issues subpoenas for Epstein files and Clinton depositions
The committee’s actions showed how even with members away from Washington on a monthlong break, interest in the Epstein files is still running high

Tue, 05 Aug, 2025

India Monsoon Flooding
Four killed and dozens trapped under debris as flash floods hit northern India
Local television channels showed floodwaters surging down a mountain and crashing into Dharali, a Himalayan mountain village in the Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand state

Tue, 05 Aug, 2025

APTOPIX California Wildfires
California wildfire threatens some 800 structures and injures three people
The Gifford Fire scorched more than 293 square kilometres of coastal Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties, with 3% containment

Tue, 05 Aug, 2025

Palantir Results
Palantir sees first billion dollars in quarterly sales amid US spending cuts
Shares of Palantir Technologies appear to be heading towards another record high on Tuesday after the company booked its first billion dollars (£0. 75 billion) in quarterly sales and raised its outlook for the year.

Tue, 05 Aug, 2025

APTOPIX Israel Palestinians Gaza
Ex-Israeli security chiefs call for end to war as Netanyahu hints at new stage
'This is leading the state of Israel to the loss of its security and its identity,' said Ami Ayalon, former head of Shin Bet

Tue, 05 Aug, 2025

Russia Putin
Russia says it will no longer abide by self-imposed missile moratorium
It is a warning that potentially sets the stage for a new arms race as tensions between Moscow and Washington rise again over Ukraine

Tue, 05 Aug, 2025

Russia Ukraine War
Nato to deliver more military aid to Ukraine after Dutch minister announces deal
Nato has started coordinating regular deliveries of large weapons packages to Ukraine after the Netherlands said it would provide air defence equipment, ammunition and other military aid worth €500m.

Tue, 05 Aug, 2025

Sexual Misconduct Diddy
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs denied release from jail to await sentencing
Combs has been behind bars since his September arrest

Mon, 04 Aug, 2025

Brazil Bolsonaro Things to Know
Brazil’s Supreme Court orders house arrest for former president Jair Bolsonaro
Prosecutors accuse Bolsonaro of heading a criminal organisation that plotted to overturn the election

Mon, 04 Aug, 2025

California Wildifres
Crews struggle to contain massive California wildfire
A massive wildfire is churning through Los Padres National Forest in central California, threatening hundreds of homes after injuring at least three people, authorities said.

Mon, 04 Aug, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza
Dozens killed as Palestinians in Gaza scramble for aid from air and land
Families of hostages in Gaza fear starvation affects them too, but blame Hamas.

Mon, 04 Aug, 2025

Boeing-Strike-Company-Struggles
Thousands of Boeing workers who build fighter jets and weapons go on strike
Several thousand workers at three Midwest manufacturing plants where Boeing develops military aircraft and weapons have gone on strike, potentially complicating the aerospace company’s progress in regaining its financial footing.

Mon, 04 Aug, 2025

MobilityX conference
Tesla awards CEO Musk millions of shares valued at about $29bn
Tesla is awarding CEO Elon Musk 96 million shares of restricted stock valued at approximately $29bn (€25bn), just six months after a judge ordered the company to revoke his massive pay package.

Mon, 04 Aug, 2025

Trump
Stakes rise in Russia-Ukraine war as Trump’s deadline for Kremlin approaches
The coming week could bring an important moment in the war between Russia and Ukraine, as US president Donald Trump’s deadline for the Kremlin to reach a peace deal approaches — or it could simply melt away.

Mon, 04 Aug, 2025

Russia Shooting Trial
Trial begins for suspects in Moscow concert hall attack that killed 149 people
A trial has begun for 19 defendants accused of involvement in last year’s shooting rampage in a Moscow concert hall that killed 149 people and wounded more than 600 others.

Mon, 04 Aug, 2025

Iran Defense Council
Iran sets up new defence body in wake of Israel and US attacks
Iran founded a new defence council after attacks in June by Israel and the US, Iranian state media has reported.

Mon, 04 Aug, 2025

Koreas Tensions
South Korea mutes border propaganda to ease tensions with North
South Korea’s military said it had begun removing loudspeakers along its border with rival North Korea in a move aimed at reducing tensions.

Mon, 04 Aug, 2025

Hong Kong general view
Hong Kong imposes new measures on overseas-based activists
Hong Kong authorities strengthened a crackdown on 16 overseas-based activists who were previously targeted by bounties on suspicion of endangering national security, implementing measures that include banning financial support to them and cancelling ...

Mon, 04 Aug, 2025

Chile Mine Collapse
Bodies of all five trapped miners found after shaft collapse in Chile
The bodies of all five miners trapped for three days in a collapsed shaft in the world’s biggest underground copper mine have been found and identified, an official said.

Sun, 03 Aug, 2025

APTOPIX Israel Palestinians Gaza
33 more Palestinians killed by Israeli fire while seeking food aid in Gaza
At least 33 more Palestinians seeking food aid in Gaza have killed by Israeli fire, according to hospitals in the territory.

Sun, 03 Aug, 2025

2025 AIG Women's Open - Day Four - Royal Porthcawl
Miyu Yamashita wins first major at Women’s Open as Leona Maguire slumps to final round 79
Yamashita, who began the day leading by one from Kim A-lim, carded a steady final-round 70 in blustery conditions to land her first major title with an 11-under-par total of 277 at Royal Porthcawl

Sun, 03 Aug, 2025

Chile-Mine Collapse
Rescuers recover bodies of four Chilean miners who were trapped in collapse
The bodies of four out of five miners trapped in a collapsed section of one of Chile’s biggest copper mines for three days have been found and identified, an official has said.

Sun, 03 Aug, 2025

Russia Volcanic Eruption
Volcano in Russia’s Far East erupts for first time in centuries
A volcano on Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula has erupted for what scientists said is the first time in hundreds of years, days after a massive 8. 8-magnitude earthquake.

Sun, 03 Aug, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza
At least 27 people seeking food killed by Israeli gunfire, health officials say
Israeli forces killed at least 27 Palestinians seeking food on Sunday in the Gaza Strip, according to hospital officials. Witnesses described facing gunfire as hungry crowds surged around aid sites as the malnutrition-related death toll surged.

Sun, 03 Aug, 2025

Western Wall and golden Dome of the Rock on Temple Mount, Jerusalem, Israel.
Anger as far-right Israeli minister prays at flashpoint holy site in Jerusalem
A far-right Israeli minister has prayed at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site, triggering regional condemnation and fears that the move could further escalate tensions.

Sun, 03 Aug, 2025

Russia Ukraine War
Ukrainian drone attack sparks massive fire at Russian oil depot
An overnight Ukrainian drone attack on an oil depot near Russia’s Black Sea resort of Sochi sparked a major fire, Russian officials have said, as the two countries traded strikes.

Sun, 03 Aug, 2025

Russia Ukraine War Corruption
Ukrainian officials held in drone procurement corruption probe
The anti-corruption bodies did not identify the detainees, but said a Ukrainian politician, local district and city officials, and National Guard servicemen were involved

Sun, 03 Aug, 2025

APTOPIX Italy Pope Youths Jubilee
Pope Leo urges crowd of one million young Catholics to ‘spread enthusiasm and faith’
The young people camped in sprawling fields south-east of Rome overnight after attending a vigil service for the Jubilee of Youth on Saturday

Sun, 03 Aug, 2025

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