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Ghana is confronting a $78.2 million shortfall in health funding after reductions in U.S. foreign aid, endangering the country's hard-won progress in child immunization programs and putting millions of children at risk of preventable diseases, according to health officials and aid groups.
A US federal judge on Thursday expressed serious reservations about the Kennedy Center’s board of directors’ decision to reinstate President Donald Trump’s name to the iconic Washington performing arts venue, questioning whether the vote violated a previous court order that had blocked the change. The board, which has been heavily packed with Trump allies, voted to add the president’s name back despite a ruling that had temporarily stopped the move.
A desperate search is underway in the Himalayas for survivors of Wednesday's avalanche that swept through a popular trekking route, with 39 Australians among the missing. Nepalese and Chinese officials are coordinating rescue operations, but fears of additional avalanches and worsening weather conditions are complicating the effort to locate those still unaccounted for.
Six months into a conflict that Washington initially billed as a limited military operation, experts say the United States and Iran are locked in a grinding war of attrition with 'bleak' prospects for peace — though a diplomatic breakthrough remains theoretically possible.
President Donald Trump has elevated Ben Moss, a former aide to Vice President JD Vance, to the role of White House staff secretary, marking one of the few significant personnel changes in the West Wing during his second term, according to a report from The New York Times.
The US Department of Justice has charged 81 individuals in Puerto Rico as part of a federal task force initiative aimed at dismantling criminal gangs and transnational organisations, marking the latest escalation in the Trump administration's crackdown on cartels and organised crime.
Israeli settlers have surrounded a Palestinian home in the occupied West Bank village of Qusra, with at least four people trapped inside, as a siege that has now lasted three weeks is further entrenched by the installation of new Israeli gates around the area.
· 2 sourcesSyrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has appointed Mazloum Abdi, the former commander of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), as a presidential advisor — a move that comes just three days after the SDF was formally dissolved. The appointment signals a major shift in Syria's post-war consolidation, raising questions about Kurdish autonomy, Ankara's reaction, and the future of US-backed forces in the northeast.
A class action lawsuit by law firm Maurice Blackburn against Qantas for millions of dollars over the sacking of thousands of workers during the pandemic continues to grind through the courts, with a new report highlighting the prolonged ordeal for former employees. The case, which alleges the airline illegally outsourced ground handling and catering jobs in 2020, has yet to reach a final resolution, leaving workers in a state of uncertainty.
· 3 sourcesWestern Australian police have laid a murder charge against a man following an alleged days-long domestic violence assault in the Perth suburb of St James, with authorities describing the incident as a sustained and brutal attack that ultimately resulted in the victim's death.
· 3 sourcesIran announced on Friday that it is preparing to draft conditions to reopen the Strait of Hormuz after receiving requests from mediators, in a possible sign of de-escalation following weeks of heightened tensions that have disrupted global oil shipments and rattled energy markets.
A Queensland man arrested in Bali over an alleged public sex act is expected to be deported back to Australia today, according to reports from multiple Australian news outlets. The incident has drawn attention to Indonesia's strict moral laws, which can carry severe penalties for foreigners.
· 3 sourcesFernando Octavio Salas-Collard, the man convicted of raping a 16-year-old girl in the toilets at Coogee Beach in Western Australia, has launched a lawsuit alleging that conditions in the state's prison system are 'inhumane.' The case adds to a rising tide of legal challenges from prisoners claiming that overcrowding, inadequate healthcare, and poor sanitation violate their human rights.
· 3 sourcesA sprawling, high-security kitchen the size of a city block near Melbourne Airport operates around the clock, employing more than 1,200 staff – from chefs and cleaners to packers – to produce thousands of airline meals every day, offering a rare glimpse into the complex logistics of inflight catering.
· 3 sourcesA man was arrested Tuesday near the U.S. Capitol after U.S. Capitol Police officers spotted a guillotine in his vehicle; according to an arrest affidavit, the suspect told officers the device was “the real deal.” The incident occurred on Capitol grounds, raising security concerns, though authorities have not publicly identified a specific target or broader plot.
The number of Americans missing after Wednesday’s catastrophic flash flood along the Nepal-Tibet border has risen to at least 90, according to officials, as the overall death toll nears 600 and nearly 2,000 people remain unaccounted for. Many of the missing Americans were on a pilgrimage to a sacred site when the Bhotekoshi River burst its banks.
· 2 sourcesPresident Trump traveled to Texas on Thursday to rally support for state Attorney General Ken Paxton’s Senate campaign, spotlighting the Lone Star State as a central battleground in Republicans’ fight to preserve their narrow Senate majority amid growing fears that a traditionally red seat could flip to Democrats.
Barcelona has cancelled a tribute to Spain's World Cup victory planned for the city's first home game since the tournament, after fans prominently displayed the Catalan pro-independence estelada flag, prompting a political standoff between local authorities and organisers.
Two men are due to appear in court today following a dramatic car chase on the Sunshine Coast, during which police vehicles and a helicopter were allegedly fired upon, raising serious concerns about violent escalation in pursuit incidents.
Two cars were destroyed by fire outside the Toronto home of Salma Zahid, a Liberal member of Parliament, in an overnight episode that Prime Minister Mark Carney condemned on Tuesday, calling it an attack on democratic institutions. Police are investigating the cause of the blaze, which occurred late Monday night and caused no injuries.
A former lieutenant colonel in Venezuela’s National Guard who had been living in Florida and working as an actor was deported this week, abruptly halting a civil lawsuit that accused him of ordering violent raids and torture. The deportation removes the defendant from U.S. jurisdiction and raises questions about the fate of the victims’ quest for justice.
A group of mostly Democratic senators has formally called on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to stop plans to use gloves capable of delivering electric shocks, expressing deep concern about the technology in a letter sent Thursday to acting ICE Director David Venturella.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released a preliminary report Thursday attributing a close-call incident in early August involving President Trump's Marine One helicopter and a passenger jet to the placement of a temporary landing zone on the Ellipse, the park just south of the White House. The report found that Marine One came within approximately one mile of the commercial aircraft after twice attempting to contact air traffic controllers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
Top Trump administration health officials, including CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz, are publicly questioning the circumstances of two measles deaths reported by Pennsylvania health authorities, casting uncertainty over the official account and fueling a growing rift between federal and state public health responses to the outbreak.
The federal government has announced plans for a national safety standard for e-bikes, seeking to close a regulatory loophole that has allowed dangerously overpowered electric vehicles to be legally imported and used on public roads, contributing to a surge in serious injuries and deaths, particularly among young men.
Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb military commander who was serving a life sentence for genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes, has died, Al Jazeera reported. The 83-year-old general was convicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for orchestrating the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, the worst atrocity in Europe since World War II, and for the siege of Sarajevo. His death brings a controversial end to a case that has long divided opinion between those who see him as a war criminal and those who regard him as a Serbian national hero.
The Trump administration announced Wednesday it will appeal a federal judge's ruling that dismissed parts of a lawsuit accusing Harvard University of allowing persistent antisemitism on its campus, reigniting a legal battle over the boundaries of free speech and anti-discrimination enforcement at elite universities.
President Trump has opted to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks at the Pentagon rather than at Ground Zero in New York, after the 9/11 Memorial & Museum's organizers declined to accommodate a speaking program, according to officials familiar with the planning. The decision marks a significant shift from the President's initial intention to deliver remarks at the site of the World Trade Center attacks.
A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the Trump administration’s plan to overhaul a decades-old grant program that helps combat housing discrimination, siding with fair housing groups that argued the changes would undermine their ability to work. U.S. District Judge Myong Joun, a Biden appointee, ruled that the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) had not provided adequate justification for the restructuring and that the proposed changes were likely to cause irreparable harm to organizations reliant on the grants.
The Northern Territory parliament on Thursday passed legislation to legalise voluntary assisted dying, making it the last Australian jurisdiction to do so. The bill, approved via a conscience vote with all but one member voting in favour (one abstained), will allow eligible Territorians to access assisted dying from early 2028, ending a decades-long battle that began when the NT originally enacted the world's first such law in the mid-1990s, only to have it overridden by the federal government nine months later.
Pakistan threatened to refuse to play a cricket engagement if British television aired an interview with imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan, according to reports. The interview was eventually broadcast, and in it Khan's sons accused the Pakistani government of trying to kill him.
· 3 sourcesA surge in Americans traveling abroad for psychedelic-assisted therapy is raising alarms as participants, often in vulnerable mental states, face a lack of regulatory oversight, minimal legal recourse, and reports of mistreatment or injury at unregulated clinics in countries like Jamaica, Costa Rica, and the Netherlands.
A catastrophic flash flood in Nepal, unleashed by the sudden rupture of a glacial lake high in the Himalayas, has claimed at least 120 lives and displaced over 10,000 people as of August 27, 2026, according to Nepalese officials. Climate scientists warn that accelerated warming in the region is making such glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) more frequent and severe, with this event potentially being one of the worst on record.
A crudely animated Chinese film that earned just $71 on its opening day has become a viral blockbuster, grossing more than 45 million yuan (about A$9.3 million or US$6.3 million) since its August 5 release. Directed by first-time animator Xin Yumeng, 34, and written by his 60-year-old mother Sun Lifang, ‘Niu Lai’ (meaning “Here Comes the Cow/Bull”) was made over five years on a home computer in Dalian, northeastern China, and initially drew widespread mockery for its stiff animation, strange voice acting and bizarre plot. Yet audiences have flocked to theaters, turning the film into a cultural phenomenon.
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order declaring a national emergency over threats to the US energy grid and banning certain foreign-made equipment from use in critical grid infrastructure. The White House said the action was necessary to counter an 'unusual and extraordinary foreign threat' to the nation's electricity system, though it provided limited public detail on which equipment and countries are covered.
The U.S. national debt has reached a record $40 trillion, yet the milestone has been met with notable silence from lawmakers in Washington, signaling a fundamental change in how both parties view deficit spending. According to a New York Times report, the relative indifference demonstrates how drastically the politics of debt has evolved in the Trump era.
A federal judge has declined to block the Pentagon's dismissal of three Stars and Stripes journalists, dealing an early legal blow to their First Amendment lawsuit against the Department of Defense. The ruling, issued on September 4, came just days after the Justice Department formally defended the firings as justified by alleged insubordination, rejecting claims that the terminations were retaliation for the military outlet's reporting on conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln.
· 6 sourcesThe Australian government has passed landmark reforms to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), legislating stricter eligibility criteria that will shift assessments from a person's diagnosis to their functional capacity. The changes, expected to remove 160,000 participants from the scheme and save A$37.8 billion over four years, will not take effect until January 2028, with many critical details—including the precise assessment tools and thresholds—still being developed by a newly established technical advisory group due to report by March 2027.
A flash flood near Nepal’s border with Tibet has killed more than 300 people, according to officials, leaving survivors in a state of stunned disbelief as they grapple with the sudden loss of family and neighbors. The flood, triggered by a swollen river moving at extraordinary speed, carved a path of destruction through multiple villages, reducing homes to rubble and sweeping away entire families.
Peter Cullen, the iconic voice actor who brought to life Optimus Prime in the Transformers franchise and Eeyore in Disney's Winnie the Pooh series, has died at the age of 85. Cullen passed away on Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles, according to a statement from his family. Known for his deep, resonant voice, Cullen also voiced KARR in Knight Rider and the monster in Predator.
· 2 sourcesGeorgia Senator Jon Ossoff (D) has denounced a report that a former staffer for his Republican opponent, Representative Mike Collins, shared online images of a swastika and a person in Ku Klux Klan robes, calling the revelations 'stunning' and 'disgraceful and disqualifying.' The incident marks the latest in a series of controversies linking Collins's associates to white nationalist and antisemitic conduct.
Top health officials in the Trump administration, including Robert F. Kennedy Jr., are openly questioning the circumstances of two measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania that state health authorities have attributed to the outbreak, seizing on what they describe as vague information from Governor Josh Shapiro's administration.
· 2 sourcesThe Trump administration has proposed changes to the 2023 Fifth National Climate Assessment, aiming to reframe how the report treats its high-emission worst-case scenarios after United Nations scientists deemed such scenarios implausible. A notice published this week argues that the assessment should align with the latest scientific understanding from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which earlier this year stated that the highest greenhouse gas emissions pathway is no longer considered likely under current trends.
Norwegians have begun laying flowers outside the royal palace in Oslo as King Harald V's condition worsens, with the Royal Palace describing his state as 'extremely serious'. The 89-year-old monarch, Europe's oldest reigning king, has been visited by members of his family in hospital, deepening public concern over his health.
· 4 sourcesPresident Donald Trump's imposition of new 50% tariffs on Canadian imports could put nearly 90,000 Canadian jobs at risk, according to a recent analysis, marking a significant escalation in the ongoing trade dispute between the two nations.
A quarter of a million Nepalis have been marooned after severe monsoon flooding swept away 25 miles of roads and numerous bridges, severing land links and knocking out phone and power lines across the country’s central and eastern regions, officials reported on Thursday.
Republican campaign committees have petitioned the Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ruling that blocked a Trump-era Federal Communications Commission order requiring broadcast TV stations to offer their lowest advertising rates to political parties and joint fundraising committees. The case, which could reshape political advertising ahead of future elections, centers on whether existing federal law mandates these discounts only for individual candidates or extends to party organizations as well.
A Florida grand jury has concluded that the administration of Governor Ron DeSantis misappropriated $10 million in taxpayer money from a Medicaid settlement, transferring it to a charity linked to the governor's wife before the funds were reportedly funneled into two political action committees. The grand jury report, obtained by CBS News Miami, described a 'sophisticated scheme to fund political activities' but declined to indict anyone, citing insufficient evidence for criminal charges.
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