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Panama Canal Administrator Ilya Espino de Marotta speaks during an international financial summit in Panama City, September 4.
September 8, 2026

First woman takes helm of Panama Canal

PANAMA CITY (AP): Naval engineer Ilya Espino de Marotta yesterday took the helm as the first woman to lead the Panama Canal administration, assuming the role at a challenging time for the vital…
Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks about Canada's response to new U.S. tariffs during a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026. (Patrick Doyle/The Canadian Press via AP)
September 8, 2026

Canada strikes back with tariffs on about $20 billion worth of US goods

TORONTO (AP) — Canada struck back at United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday with tariffs on about $20 billion worth of US goods, in response to the latest round of tariffs on Canada. The…
FILE - A passenger arrives from a flight at Terminal 5 of Heathrow Airport in London, August 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)
September 8, 2026

Travel chaos at UK airports as over 600 flights cancelled due to air traffic control issue

LONDON (AP) — More than 600 flights were cancelled on Tuesday due to a technical issue in Britain’s air traffic control system that caused disruptions at major airports across the United Kingdom, the…
September 8, 2026

High electricity demand one of the factors behind recent outages, says power company in Guyana

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) says increased electricity demand, particularly during peak hours, is placing increased pressure on the national distribution network…
FILE - A teenage boy uses his phone in Sydney, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)
September 8, 2026

Australian social media users to be offered choice to opt out of algorithms

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian social media users would be given a choice to opt out of algorithms under proposed laws announced by the government Tuesday that would let users have more control…
Travelers wait for their flights at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Indonesia.
September 7, 2026

Flights cancelled as Anak Krakatau volcano erupts

JAKARTA (AP): Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano erupted early Sunday, prompting the cancellation of all flights at Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport and disrupting operations at other…
A contestant competes on a game show called Masoyinbo, which translates to ‘Do not speak English,’ in Lagos, Nigeria.
September 7, 2026

Africa’s mother tongues are finding new life

HARARE (AP): A television game show in Nigeria’s commercial hub of Lagos has an unforgiving rule: Speak English and you lose. For a US-born millennial in the audience, and a student of her parents’…
A technician cleans solar panels installed on the roof of a home in Omdurman, on the outskirts of Khartoum, Sudan.
September 7, 2026

War-driven blackouts push residents towards solar power but high costs shut many out

OMDURMAN (AP): For almost a year, Randa al-Mansour, a 31-year-old Sudanese housewife, has relied on solar-energy panels installed on the rooftop of her building to survive the recurrent blackouts…
Pedro Gomez (left) walks through La Guaira, Venezuela, with a friend, asking people if they have seen his cousin, Andres Molina.
September 7, 2026

Venezuela | Months after quakes, a family refuses still searches for missing relative

CARACAS (AP): Antonella Molina, her nephew Pedro Molina and a group of friends set out at 8 a.m. on a recent Saturday, hands full of flyers, walking carefully through the rubble that remains…