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‘House moved like jelly’ says resident near Bolivia barracks blast

Reports are emerging from the powerful explosion at a military barracks in Bolivia that killed at least nine people.

Viacha, Bolivia · Sep 08, 2026 · Wedgetail
Canada Imposes Tariffs Up to 50% on the US

Canada imposed tariffs of 15% to 50% on hundreds of products from the US as Prime Minister Mark Carney bets that standin...

Ottawa, Canada · Sep 08, 2026 · Wedgetail
Korean film financing in 'structural crisis,' 'Burning' director tells president

President Lee Jae Myung sat down with Korean directors, actors and industry executives in southern France Monday ahead o...

Busan, South Korea · Sep 08, 2026 · Wedgetail
Hong Kong families hit as volcanic ash strands up to 200 helpers in Indonesia

Up to 200 Hong Kong-bound domestic helpers remain stranded in Indonesia despite the reopening of several affected airpor...

No location · Sep 08, 2026 · Wedgetail
Philippine jobless rate surges to 4-year high as growth slows

The capital region of Metro Manila logged the highest jobless rate of 8.2 per cent.

Manila, Philippines · Sep 08, 2026 · Wedgetail
Data breach exposes sensitive data of 220,000 users on cosmetic procedure platform Gangnam Unni

How would you feel if records of your cosmetic surgery consultation — including the procedure you were considering, the ...

No location · Sep 08, 2026 · Wedgetail
Australia targets social-media algorithms with new user-choice rules

Platforms will be required to notify users and offer them a choice over their default feed.

No location · Sep 08, 2026 · Wedgetail
Letters Targeting Kashmiri Pandits Surface on Social Media

The letters have revived memories of “hit lists” that Islamist militant groups issued in 1989-90.

No location · Sep 08, 2026 · Wedgetail
Indonesia’s ‘Ring of Fire’: Key facts about the world's most volcanic nation

Indonesia has 500 volcanoes, 127 of which are active, according to the country’s volcanology agency

No location · Sep 08, 2026 · Wedgetail
‘North South Man Woman’: Love, friction and freedom across the Korean divide

“The most handsome men live in the South and the most beautiful women live in the North.” This old adage — summed up by ...

No location · Sep 08, 2026 · Wedgetail
Bathla Crisis Exposes Australia's Property Lending Risks

Insolvent Australian property developer Bathla Group has secured enough stopgap funding to survive a few weeks, but it s...

Sydney, Australia · Sep 08, 2026 · Wedgetail
Ukrainian drones ignite blaze at Russia's Saratov Oil Refinery, locals report

The Rosneft-owned Saratov refinery is a major oil-processing facility that has been targeted by Ukrainian forces in mult...

Saratov, Russia · Sep 08, 2026 · Wedgetail
Nearly 25 years later, the 9/11 case still hasn't gone to trial

This year’s anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks should serve as another reminder that the criminal pros...

No location · Sep 08, 2026 · Wedgetail
Somali piracy was under control. Then came the Iran war.

From the start, the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran has been a story of unintended consequences. Contrary to President Donald T...

Mogadishu, Somalia · Sep 08, 2026 · Wedgetail
25 years after 9/11, the US still doesn't know 'why they hate us'

Twenty-five years ago, 19 hijackers took control of four American airliners and crashed them into symbols of American po...

No location · Sep 08, 2026 · Wedgetail
APOD: 2026 September 8 – Hubble: Decagon Around Saturn’s South Pole

APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 September 8 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About D...

No location · Sep 08, 2026 · Wedgetail
Canada's counter-tariffs take effect on several US goods as trade war reignites

Canada's counter-tariffs on billions of dollars in US products took effect Tuesday, as a trade war between the two count...

Ottawa, Canada · Sep 08, 2026 · Wedgetail
Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on $20bn of US goods take effect

Trade tensions soar as Canada matches US tariffs 'dollar-for-dollar', impacting 700 products and multiple industries.

Ottawa, Canada · Sep 08, 2026 · Wedgetail
Hijacking pirates exploit regional chaos to return to seas off Somalia

US-Israel war on Iran and political instability in Somalia lead to pirates targeting cargo ships off Horn of AfricaThe s...

Mogadishu, Somalia · Sep 08, 2026 · Wedgetail
Merz’s CDU in crisis after far-right victory in Saxony-Anhalt

‘Giving up is not an option for me,’ says German chancellor as AfD routs conservatives in eastern stronghold

Magdeburg, Germany · Sep 08, 2026 · Wedgetail
Key ministers, LDP leaders expected to keep positions amid personnel changes

Such a decision would show Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's opting for stability ahead of the autumn session of parliamen...

Tokyo, Japan · Sep 08, 2026 · Wedgetail
Yemen's Houthis accuse Saudi Arabia of air raids, missile strikes

Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis on Monday accused Saudi Arabia of carrying out airstrikes around the country, including the ...

Sanaa, Yemen · Sep 08, 2026 · Wedgetail
Israeli clearance of Gaza rubble could destroy 'evidence,' says UN expert

A UN expert said Monday that Israeli clearance of rubble in Gaza could destroy valuable evidence of "atrocity crimes" an...

Gaza · Sep 08, 2026 · Wedgetail
China hits Japan with anti-dumping measures on chip chemical

Companies importing Japanese dichlorosilane are required to provide cash deposits of up to 99.2% from Tuesday, Beijing's...

Beijing, China · Sep 08, 2026 · Wedgetail
Not stopping 9/11 was catastrophic but bigger mistakes came later

The September 11 2001 terrorist attacks were unlike anything the world had seen before. For America, and the watching wo...

No location · Sep 08, 2026 · Wedgetail
Mongolians wait hours for fuel as reliance on Russia bites

Landlocked Mongolia has historically imported more than 95 per cent of its petrol from Russia.

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia · Sep 08, 2026 · Wedgetail
Yemeni forces launch counteroffensive against Houthis, vow to retake Sanaa

Bid to take Sanaa comes as fighting between Yemeni forces and Houthis intensify in provinces of al-Bayda and al-Jawf.

Sanaa, Yemen · Sep 08, 2026 · Wedgetail
China’s exports jump 25% in August in boost from AI build-out

Data comes ahead of crucial meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping this month

Beijing, China · Sep 08, 2026 · Wedgetail
Huawei drives China’s push to make its own advanced chips

Tech giant plays ‘project management’ role to build components needed for DUV machines and avoid export controls

No location · Sep 08, 2026 · Wedgetail
Lavrov, Saudi foreign minister to hold talks in Moscow

The sides are expected to reaffirm their positions on the inadmissibility of a return to escalation in the Persian Gulf ...

Moscow, Russia · Sep 08, 2026 · Wedgetail
Egypt sentences TV crime show host to death in 750 kg synthetic drug case

A Cairo criminal court sentenced Egyptian television presenter Sarah Khalifa and 11 other defendants to death by hanging...

Cairo, Egypt · Sep 08, 2026 · Wedgetail
Argentina will file criminal case against Falklands oil driller

Israel’s Navitas Petroleum faces complaint as Javier Milei escalates sovereignty dispute

Buenos Aires, Argentina · Sep 08, 2026 · Wedgetail
Argentina will file criminal case against Falklands oil driller

Israel’s Navitas Petroleum faces complaint as Javier Milei escalates sovereignty dispute

Buenos Aires, Argentina · Sep 08, 2026 · Wedgetail
Putin's pen spinning briefly sparks buzz over Japanese Pentel brand

A Russian state-run radio station mistakenly sparked speculation that the pen Russian President Vladimir Putin was seen ...

Moscow, Russia · Sep 08, 2026 · Wedgetail
The perpetual weak link

IS India a weak link that worries the architects of the Shanghai club and the BRICS group? The question is as urgent tod...

New Delhi, India · Sep 08, 2026 · Wedgetail
Japan’s faster GDP, wage growth support BOJ interest-rate hike

The economy grew at a faster clip in the second quarter than initially estimated while wages jumped the most in nearly t...

No location · Sep 08, 2026 · Wedgetail
Russian, Ukrainian forces continue to fight despite US mediation

After a three-day halt in attacks, both sides announced on Monday that their forces have continued fighting in different...

Kyiv, Ukraine · Sep 08, 2026 · Wedgetail
Iran-backed Houthis attack four Saudi cities in expansion of Middle East war, 73 hurt

By Enas Alashray, Nayera Abdallah and Jana ChoukeirCAIRO/DUBAI, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Yemen's Tehran-backed Houthis attacke...

No location · Sep 08, 2026 · Wedgetail
Iran-backed Houthis attack Saudi energy facilities, wounding dozens and sending oil prices higher 

By Enas Alashray and Nayera AbdallahCAIRO/DUBAI, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Yemen's Tehran-backed Houthis attacked energy facili...

No location · Sep 08, 2026 · Wedgetail
Iran threatens US with new 'economic warfare' and missiles as Houthis attack Saudi Arabia

By Enas AlashrayCAIRO, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Iran threatened the United States with "economic warfare" on Tuesday and said ...

No location · Sep 08, 2026 · Wedgetail

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