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Lawmakers in Pakistan-administered Kashmir elected Syed Iftikhar Ali Gillani as prime minister on August 27, 2026, after securing 30 of 44 votes in the legislative assembly…
Over 100 schools in Sarawak, Malaysia, closed on 12 August 2026 as haze from Indonesian forest fires worsened, with air quality in Serian district reaching 198 on the Malaysian…
US President Donald Trump escalated trade tensions with Canada by imposing 50% tariffs on $20 billion of Canadian goods, prompting Ottawa to retaliate with dollar-for-dollar…
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) confirmed Tropical Storm Dolly’s formation in the central Atlantic on August 27, 2026, with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph.
The City of Dakar introduced a digital registration system on August 21, 2026, mandating schools, vocational centers, and universities to submit documentation proving their state…
Jury deliberations began in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial on August 27, 2026, as jurors weigh whether the 36-year-old former nurse was criminally responsible for strangling her…
A federal judge on August 27 blocked President Trump’s mail-in voting restrictions, halting a rule that would have required states to submit voter lists to the USPS and use…
A 3.5-magnitude earthquake struck Moquegua, Peru, on August 27, 2026, at 8:21:34 a.m., with its epicenter 16 kilometers southwest of La Capilla, according to the Instituto…
President Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario to “Lake America” on August 27, 2026, as part of escalating trade tensions with Canada, though the move…
U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani’s latest ruling temporarily halts the U.S.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) found White House construction contributed to a safety incident involving Marine One on August 4, 2026, when communication failures…
The National Transportation Safety Board confirmed White House construction contributed to a near-miss between Marine One and a commercial jet on August 4, 2026, with…