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wiss tourist Luzian Andrin Zgraggen, who is accused of insulting the Balinese Hinduism’s sacred Day of Silcence in social media posts, covers his face upon arrival at the district court in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, Thursday.
August 21, 2026

Tourist sentenced to a year in jail for insulting Bali’s sacred Day of Silence

DENPASAR (AP): A court on the Indonesian resort island of Bali sentenced a Swiss tourist to one year in prison for insulting a sacred Balinese Hindu observance. Luzian Andrin Zgraggen, 26, was found…
FILE - People hold Haitian flags and candles during a vigil at the Little Haiti Cultural Complex after a federal judge blocked the Trump administration from ending temporary immigration status, or TPS, for Haitians, Feb. 3, 2026, in North Miami. (AP Photo/
August 21, 2026

First group of deportees arrives in troubled Haiti after US ends TPS program

CAP-HAITIEN, Haiti (AP) — The United States 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…
August 21, 2026

US government declares drought disaster for US Virgin Islands

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The United States government has declared a drought disaster in the US Virgin Islands as dry conditions persist. St Thomas, St John and St Croix are all experiencing an…
Ernesto Soberón Guzmán, cuban ambassador to the United Nations.
August 21, 2026

Cuba says US sanctions are blocking its efforts to open economy to private investment

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States has demanded that Cuba open up to private investment, and Cuba has passed sweeping reforms to encourage just that. So Cuba’s UN ambassador says he wants to…
Pastor Victor Wagner Hernandez
August 21, 2026

Pastor in Belize gets 10 years in prison for sexually abusing woman

BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC – Former National Evangelical Association of Belize president, Pastor Victor Wagner Hernandez, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after he was found guilty of repeatedly…
FILE - An Uber logo is displayed at the company's headquarters in San Francisco on Sept. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
August 21, 2026

Uber fined nearly $1 billion by Dutch regulators over automated suspensions of driver accounts

Dutch data protection authorities have fined Uber nearly $1 billion, saying the ride-hailing company used automated software to suspend driver accounts, sometimes permanently, with no human review to…
People work on the Tesla Model Y production line at the Tesla Gigafactory assembly plant during a media organized tour, in Shanghai, China, on Tuesday, April 14, 2026. - AP file photo
August 21, 2026

Tesla recalls nearly three million vehicles in China over door handle safety risks

HONG KONG (AP) – Tesla and other Chinese carmakers are making a major recall of more than four million vehicles over safety concerns mostly related to their door handles, according to Chinese…
Somali women displaced by drought sit at Feynuus Nutrition Centre on the outskirts of the capital, Mogadishu, Somalia, on Wednesday. - AP photo
August 20, 2026

Somalia faces renewed hunger crisis as UN food agency warns of funding shortfall

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) – Six million people in Somalia are facing acute food insecurity while the World Food Program has only a tenth of the resources it had in 2022 when it helped avert famine in…
People spend time at a beach as commercial vessels are anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, August 5.
August 20, 2026

Trade suspended with Iran

DUBAI (AP): The United Arab Emirates (UAE) suspended all trade with Iran yesterday after the UAE said it had come under renewed fire from the country — a move that will further isolate the Islamic…