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For the second week in a row, Hawaii Island, also known as the Big Island, faces threats from an intensifying storm. Published On 22 Aug 202622 Aug 2026 Tropical Storm Moke is grinding towards Hawaii, bringing gusts of wind and heavy rain only a week after the islands faced similar conditions from Hurricane Lala. On…
Jensen Huang, chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., speaks to members of the media following the company’s “Japan AI Ecosystem” reception in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, July 16, 2026. Kiyoshi Ota | Bloomberg | Getty Images Nvidia plans to hike prices for some of its largest customers, Bloomberg News reported Saturday. The chipmaker is set…
House and Senate Republicans on Friday criticized President Donald Trump’s decision to suspend tariffs on ground beef imports, with lawmakers from agricultural states decrying the impact Trump’s decision will have on farmers. Nebraska’s GOP senators, Deb Fischer and Pete Ricketts, said in separate posts on X that Trump’s decision was unwise. “I’m extremely disappointed by…
Carney’s speech on Saturday was his first address to Canadians after he announced late on Friday night that a deal would not be reached, accusing the Americans of making “last-minute changes” that were “unfair” and “uneconomic”. US negotiators, meanwhile, accused Canada of making “new demands and walk backs” on terms which had been agreed earlier…
An 18-year-old carried out a sword attack at a school on Friday in central Sweden, killing a 17-year-old and wounding three others, two of them severely, authorities said. The perpetrator attacked the Brinell School in Fagersta, northwest of Stockholm, while classes were in session with about 400 to 500 students, officials said. The suspect was…
Germany splits At least two generations on both Guetinger’s maternal and paternal sides were from Babenhausen, a small Bavarian market town of about 4,000 people in the 1960s. Surrounded by a castle, it was once home to a merchant family said to have been prominent during the Middle Ages. Guetinger’s father, Ernst, was among five…
Veiled pro-government supporters carrying flags take part in a ceremony commemorating the memory of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosque in downtown Tehran, Iran, on August 18, 2026. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Iran maintained its harsh rhetoric Saturday against…
Trade talks with Canada collapsed late Friday night, setting in motion steep 50% tariffs on a wide swath of Canadian goods. The duties went into effect at the stroke of midnight. After weeks of talks, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that while important progress had been made, “that progress has not been enough to…
A fresh wave of US tariffs on a wide array of Canadian goods came into effect on Saturday after a last-minute breakdown in trade talks. Announcing the suspension of negotiations shortly before the Friday night deadline, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he would impose reciprocal tariffs on US goods “dollar for dollar”. Carney said…
Last year, Cuban immigrant Yasmany Moreno de Armas was working and living in Florida. He’s now in the Central African Republic, after the Trump administration sent him and dozens of deportees to the deeply impoverished and conflict-ridden nation. The 31-year-old said he only learned the U.S. government was deporting him to Africa after he arrived…
