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China’s Xi to visit Kyrgyzstan, Egypt from Sunday: Foreign Ministry

August 26, 2026 admin

Chinese President Xi Jinping during the opening session of China’s 19th Party Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. File | Photo Credit: AP Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek and pay state visits to Kyrgyzstan and Egypt from Sunday (August 30, 2026), Beijing’s…

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Deloitte to pay $21.5 million to settle U.S. government probe over DEI

August 26, 2026 admin

Deloitte to pay .5 million to settle U.S. government probe over DEI

Deloitte said it was ‌pleased to resolve the matter to “avoid the cost and distraction of protracted litigation”. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Accounting firm Deloitte will pay $21.5 million to settle a ⁠U.S. Department of Justice probe over diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices, which President Donald Trump’s administration has cracked down on during his…

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At least three Indian oil companies plan to avoid ships on Iran’s new blacklist: report

August 26, 2026 admin

Image for representational purposes only. File | Photo Credit: Reuters At least three Indian oil refiners and a global energy major plan to stop using vessels on ‌Iran’s new blacklist, including for ship-to-ship transfers, due to security concerns, four sources with direct knowledge of the matter said this week. Tehran announced on Sunday (August 23,…

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Lake Ontario, the lake Trump wants to rename Lake America amid Canada tariff row

August 26, 2026 admin

U.S. President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: AP With his trade war with Canada intensifying, U.S. President Donald Trump has floated the idea of renaming Lake Ontario as “Lake America”. The suggestion mirrors his move last year to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America. Trump’s ‘Lake America’ post Mr. Trump…

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Nepal flash flood washes away villages, project sites near Tibet border

August 26, 2026 admin

A massive flash flood in the Himalayan nation of Nepal washed away villages and project sites in ‌a region bordering Tibet, authorities said on Wednesday (August 26, 2026), warning of heavy casualties ⁠as they urged those living on river banks to seek higher ground. The areas of Syapru Besi and ‌Timure in the mountainous district…

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several dead injured fire at a gas complex in Russia’s Amur region updates

August 26, 2026 admin

Six Chinese nationals were killed, and nine more are missing after a ‌fire broke out at a gas chemical complex in Russia’s far eastern ‌Amur region, the plant said on ‌Wednesday (August 26, 2026). A ⁠total of seven people died⁠, and 152 people were treated for injuries, including 36 who were rushed to hospitals, the…

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Gulf ship traffic via the Strait of Hormuz hovers below 10-day average, data shows

August 26, 2026 admin

A woman walks as vessels in the Strait of Hormuz are visible near the beach of Bandar Abbas, Iran. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Five commodity ‌vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday (August 25, 2026), little changed from a day ⁠earlier but well below the 10-day average of 15, preliminary shipping data showed…

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Typhoon Saudel heads west after pounding Japan’s southwestern remote islands, injuring 2

August 26, 2026 admin

A satellite view shows Typhoon Saudel approaching the Ryukyu Islands, Japan in this screengrab from a timelapse video taken between August 24 and August 25, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters A powerful typhoon headed west over the East China Sea on Wednesday (August 26, 2026) after slamming Okinawa and other remote southwestern Japanese islands, causing…

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U.S. pauses visa appointments worldwide amid Trump’s immigration crackdown: Report

August 26, 2026 admin

President Donald Trump speaks during a back to school event in the Rose Garden of the White House. File | Photo Credit: AP President ‌Donald Trump’s administration has issued a pause on visa appointments for applicants around the world during an ongoing ⁠immigration crackdown by the U.S. government in the Republican leader’s second term in…

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Coordinated attacks rekindle Thailand’s southern insurgency

August 26, 2026 admin

A surge in attacks across Southern Thailand has put a spotlight on the low-level insurgency by Muslim separatists that has killed thousands of people in the last two decades. Dozens of coordinated night-time attacks across the three southernmost provinces near Malaysia over the weekend injured three people and left government buildings and vehicles burned. Also…

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