Issue 2026-08-22
Stories
- UN Security Council Preps Second Straw Poll as Tonga’s Nomination of Ivonne Baki Expands SG Field to Eight
- Seven Western Governments Warn Israel Over New E1 Settlement Tenders
- Russian Shahed Drones Hit Kryvyi Rih Mall Twice; Death Toll Climbs to Five, Scores Wounded
- Midnight Collapse Triggers 50% U.S. Tariffs on $20 B Canadian Imports
- Trump Suspends Tariffs on 300,000 t Ground-Beef Imports for 90 Days
- Trump Declares “Economic D-Day” on Iran, Brent Jumps Past $92
- TikTok, ByteDance Pay $400 Million to End U.S. COPPA Suit
- India Orders Google to Scrap 57 Firebase Bank-Phishing Deployments
- Starlink Resubmits 30,000-Satellite Gen-2 Bid with Direct-to-Device Service to India’s IN-SPACe
At a Glance
- Tonga’s 18 Aug 2026 nomination of Ecuadorian diplomat Ivonne Baki swelled the secretary-general race to eight contend...
- On 20–21 Aug 2026, the UK, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Canada and Norway issued an unprecedented joint s...
- On 21 Aug 2026 two Iranian-built Shahed drones slammed into Kryvyi Rih’s largest shopping centre within minutes, with...
- When eleventh-hour talks imploded on 22 Aug 2026, Washington activated 50 % duties on roughly US$20 billion of Canadi...
- The White House said it will waive “out-of-quota” duties for three months on extra ground-beef imports, aiming to sel...
- On 20 Aug 2026, President Donald Trump rolled out sweeping sanctions threatening any state or firm that aids Iran, im...