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Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal in a meeting with Ms. Paula Estévez Weinstein, Vice-Minister of International Economic Relations of Chile, on August 27. | Photo Credit: X/@DoC_GoI Argentina has committed to reduce barriers to facilitate the entry of the Indian pharmaceutical sector into the South American nation, the Commerce Ministry said on Saturday (August 29, 2026)….
Voters in Iceland are heading to the polls Saturday (August 29, 2026) to decide whether the country should resume long-stalled negotiations on becoming a member of the European Union, and they are doing so in the shadow of U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to control nearby Greenland. The yes-or-no referendum question is simple enough for…
First protected in 1864, Yosemite National Park in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains is internationally acclaimed for its spectacular granite cliffs, glaciers, waterfalls, sequoia trees and wildlife. File | Photo Credit: AP President Donald Trump’s administration is considering giving a section of the renowned Yosemite National Park to a private developer, a lawyer for the company…
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Survivors rescued from flash flooding are brought to safer place by army helicopters in Nuwakot district in Nepal on Saturday (August 29, 2026). | Photo Credit: AP The death toll from flash floods in central Nepal rose to 626 on Saturday (August 29, 2026), with more bodies being recovered and nearly 2,000 people still missing…
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President Donald Trump speaks during an event to present the Congressional Space Medal of Honour to Artemis II crew members. File | Photo Credit: AP A federal judge on Friday (August 28, 2026) ruled that laws that President Donald Trump’s administration used to cancel visas and initiate deportation proceedings against noncitizen college students based on…
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Ecuador’s former President Lenin Moreno, who is charged with accepting bribes from Chinese company Sinohydro in connection with the construction of one of the country’s hydroelectric power plants, attends a hearing at the National Court of Justice in Quito, Ecuador, on August 28, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Former Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno was sentenced…
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People affected by flash floods and landslides are airlifted in an army helicopter in Nuwakot district, Nepal, August 28, 2026. | Photo Credit: Nepal Army/Handout via REUTERS Poor weather hampered aerial rescue operations in Nepal on Saturday (August 29, 2026) as the search for hundreds of missing people in areas devastated by catastrophic flash floods…
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Messages seeking clarification from the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency were not immediately returned on Friday [File] | Photo Credit: REUTERS U.S. officials are correcting earlier statements that several government agencies were hacked by Chinese hackers, now saying that the organisations were among the hackers’ targets. In a newly edited statement, the…
The return is mainly due to the legalities of human resources policy, which limits the time diplomats may be away from post while still being paid and collecting benefits for themselves and their families. File | Photo Credit: AP American diplomats and at least some of their family members are beginning to return to U.S.embassies…
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The Artemis II astronauts who flew around the moon earlier this year received the nation’s highest space honour on Friday (August 28, 2026). President Donald Trump presented the Congressional Space Medal of Honour to the three Americans and one Canadian whose April lunar flyby set a new distance record for humanity. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman…