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Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy walks on stage ahead of Vice President JD Vance’s speech at the Cleveland Cliffs Middletown Works, Friday, Aug. 21, 2026, in Middletown, Ohio. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance has extended his support to fellow Republican and “great friend” Vivek Ramaswamy in the Ohio gubernatorial election,…
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Two men, including a priest, were injured after a 27-year-old man stabbed them with a screwdriver inside a gurdwara in Canada’s Edmonton, with police investigating whether the attack was hate-motivated, authorities said. The incident took place at Nanaksar Sikh Gurdwara in northeast Edmonton around 5 a.m. (local time) on Friday (August 21, 2026), police said,…
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President Donald Trump speaks with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. File. | Photo Credit: AP The United States was set to impose 50% tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian products early on Saturday (August 22, 2026) after last-ditch negotiations failed to resolve the latest strain in already tense relations between the historic allies. “Tonight,…
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A member of the M23 rebel group stands guard as Provincial authorities visit the Rodolphe Merieux Laboratory, National Biomedical Research Institute (INRB), where samples from suspected Ebola cases are tested, as part of the response to the epidemic in Goma, North Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. File | Photo Credit: Reuters More…
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Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and dozens of other human rights and humanitarian groups said in a statement last month that the EU-Tunisia migration deal had fuelled and normalised serious abuses against migrants and asylum seekers in Tunisia. | Photo Credit: AP At least 13 Tunisians are missing after a migrant boat sank off the…
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Trump calls Strait of Hormuz ‘American territory’, warns Iran over nuclear weapons U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran must never be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon and described the Strait of Hormuz as “American territory” amid escalating tensions between Washington and Tehran, Al Jazeera reported. “They want to make a deal so badly, we…
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Image used for representation | Photo Credit: The Hindu An Indian national has been arrested and charged in the U.S. for his alleged role as a “money mule” in a multi-million-dollar scheme targeting elderly victims. Jay Sunilbharthi Goswami, 21, a Gujarat native who lived in Jersey City, New Jersey, was detained in Canada while attempting…
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In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Military administration, firefighters work on a fire at a shopping mall following a Russian drone attack in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, Friday, Aug. 21, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Russian drones slammed into a busy shopping centre in eastern Ukraine on Friday (August 22, 2026), killing 16 people in…
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The latest lawsuit focused on allegations that TikTok and its China-based parent company ByteDance violated a federal law that requires kid-oriented apps and websites to get parental consent before collecting personal information of children under 13. File | Photo Credit: Reuters TikTok has reached a $400 million settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, ending…
U.S. Ambassador to India Sergio Gor speaks with the media in Srinagar. | Photo Credit: Reuters As U.S. Ambassador to India Sergio Gor avoided any high-profile meetings in Ladakh, the embassy on Friday (August 21, 2026) termed the three-day tour of the envoy as a sign of “growing U.S.-India partnership through meaningful dialogue and cultural…