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August 24, 2026
Paralysed man awarded US$80,000 interim payment over police shooting in Bahamas
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – A man in the Bahamas left paralysed after being shot by a police officer in 2016 has been awarded a US$80,000 interim payment from the state to help cover urgent medical…
August 24, 2026
Trump threatens 50% tariffs on more Canadian goods as rift with Ottawa deepens
United States President Donald Trump threatened on Monday to impose a 50% tariff on Canadian automobiles, car parts and steel starting next year as the trade rift with Ottawa continued to deepen. …
August 24, 2026
Ontario’s premier: Canada should be ready to cut electricity, critical minerals as trade woes worsen
TORONTO (AP) — Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Monday that Ronald Reagan would be “throwing up” over President Donald Trump’s trade policies and threatened to cut off electricity and critical minerals…
August 24, 2026
Deportees who refused to exit a US flight in Liberia sent to Equatorial Guinea
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Six people who were deported by the United States to Liberia last week resisted getting off the plane and instead were sent to Equatorial Guinea, another African nation that…
August 23, 2026
The sun hat is everywhere in Athens as crowds grow larger at ancient sites
ATHENS (AP): Outside the Acropolis, a sea of hats bobs up and down the hill to the ancient site: straw boaters, Panama hats, baseball caps and bucket hats in the relentless heat. Hat racks are hard…
August 23, 2026
Indonesian police arrest 72 people suspected of starting forest fires
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian police on Sunday arrested 72 people suspected of starting some of the recent forest and peatland fires as huge blazes in central and western parts of the country…
August 23, 2026
Landslide at landfill in the capital of Guinea kills 30 people, officials say
CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — A mountainous heap of refuse collapsed at the largest landfill in Guinea’s capital of Conakry early on Sunday, killing 30 people, according to the central government. …
August 22, 2026
Prince Harry and others to pay initial US$13m over failed invasion of privacy case
LONDON (AP): Prince Harry and six others, including Elton John, have been ordered to pay an initial £ 9.5 million (US$13 million) to the publisher of Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper following their…
August 22, 2026
First group of deportees arrives after US ends TPS programme
CAP-HAITIEN (AP): The US deported more than 160 people to Haiti on Thursday for the first time since the Trump administration won a legal battle to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for some…