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President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday.
August 28, 2026

Trump signs order renaming Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America’

WASHINGTON (AP): President Donald Trump said he is renaming Lake Ontario to be known as “Lake America” in the United States as he escalates his trade war with Canada. The Republican president signed…
Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladic speaks to soldiers near the Bosnian town of Cazin, September 4, 1994.
August 28, 2026

Ex-Bosnian warlord who oversaw atrocities dies as a prisoner at 84

BELGRADE (AP): Ratko Mladic, the bullish Bosnian Serb general whose forces besieged the Bosnian capital for several years in the 1990s and carried out the worst massacre in Europe since World War II,…
A man carries a buckets of water where families displaced by gang violence are living in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
August 28, 2026

Haitians demand answers from police after gangs kill 47, kidnap more than 50

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP): Haiti’s National Police faced mounting criticism Thursday over why authorities failed to prevent a recent gang attack in which 47 people were killed and more than 50 kidnapped.…
Haitian deportees landing in Cap-Haïtien, Haiti on Thursday, August 27, 2026.
August 28, 2026

America-born children among Haitians deported from United States

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Several children, including a one-year-old child born in the United States, were among the latest batch of Haitians deported from the United States on Thursday to the…
Tropical Storm Dolly
August 28, 2026

Leeward Islands residents urged to monitor progress of Tropical Storm Dolly

MIAMI, CMC – Residents in the Leeward Islands were on Friday told that they should monitor the progress of Tropical Storm Dolly, which is expected to pass near the islands this weekend. The…
President Donald Trump waves after arriving off Air Force One, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
August 28, 2026

Trump says US will take control of 65 billion barrels of Venezuela’s oil reserves

President Donald Trump on Friday said the United States has entered into an agreement with Venezuela to take control of 65 billion barrels of the South American country’s oil reserves. Trump, in a…
Rescuers use an earthmover to carry a victim of the flash flooding to safety along the Trishuli River in Nepal's Nuwakot district on Wednesday. - AP photo
August 27, 2026

Nepal’s catastrophic floods kill more than 350, with over 1,300 missing

DEVIGHAT, Nepal (AP) – Rescue teams searched on Thursday for hundreds of missing people along the Nepal-China border, where a catastrophic and deadly torrent of water and mud several stories high…
People walk past damage in the aftermath of flash floods in Devighat in the Nuwakot district in Nepal on Thursday. - AP photo
August 27, 2026

People from more than 30 countries missing after flash floods in Nepal and China

AP – People from more than 30 countries are missing after catastrophic flash floods in a border area of China and Nepal killed at least 353 people and left more than 1,300 missing as of Thursday. …
Olivia Konar holds a banner with names of young people who advocates say died as a result of social media outside the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and US Courthouse on Tuesday, August 18, in Oakland, California. Her sister Coco Konar died in 2022 whe
August 27, 2026

Meta reaches $17b settlement landmark trial over teen social media addiction

OAKLAND (AP): Meta agreed yesterday to pay US$17 billion and add stronger child-safety measures to its Facebook and Instagram platforms as part of a landmark legal settlement that ended a trial over…