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Fri, 04 Sep 2026 22:34:01 EDT
Dozens hurt, at least 10 dead in explosion at Bolivian military barracks
At least 10 people were killed and dozens more injured on Friday after an explosion at ‌a military barracks in the Bolivian municipality of Viacha, about 30 kilometres from La Paz, local authorities said.

Fri, 04 Sep 2026 13:11:19 EDT
Helicopter search suspended for Squamish, B.C., mountain runner missing on Matterhorn
The helicopter search for Canadian mountain runner Kalie McCrystal, who was last seen on Tuesday above the Jean-Antoine Carrel hut of the Matterhorn, has been suspended after repeated aerial sweeps of the Italian side of the mountain.

Fri, 04 Sep 2026 04:00:00 EDT
Germany's AFD could become 1st far-right party to hold state power since WWII. What could that mean?
Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany party is soaring in popularity in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt. It could form government in an upcoming regional election and become the first far-right party to hold state power in the country sinc...

Fri, 04 Sep 2026 04:00:00 EDT
What did she see? The intelligence scramble to retrace an accused spy's footsteps
The arrest of Canadian Biwei Zhang on espionage allegations has set off a transatlantic intelligence scramble. From NATO headquarters to Canadian and European agencies, investigators are retracing a decade of internships and government work to determ...

Fri, 04 Sep 2026 17:13:15 EDT
IN PHOTOS | Best of World Nomad Games
The World Nomad Games, a cultural and sporting festival centred on traditional nomadic ‌sports, are happening in Kyrgyzstan until Sunday.

Fri, 04 Sep 2026 10:36:05 EDT
Russian attack hits Ukraine's security service headquarters
A Russian drone hit the headquarters of Ukraine's SBU security service in Kyiv on Friday, one of the most high-profile targets struck during the war as Russia intensified its campaign of air strikes against Ukraine.

Fri, 04 Sep 2026 13:08:08 EDT
OpenAI agents hijacked German website in AI breakout that predates Hugging Face incident, researchers say
A swarm of rogue OpenAI agents hijacked a German website this spring and transformed it into a bulletin board for other AI agents, according to new research published Friday and two people familiar with the matter.

Fri, 04 Sep 2026 04:00:00 EDT
Trump looms over U.S. midterms. Will he help or hurt Republicans?
U.S. President Donald Trump is promising to campaign alongside Republicans who are at risk of losing their Congressional races in the upcoming midterm elections. Many Democrats are secretly hoping this is one promise that Trump keeps.

Fri, 04 Sep 2026 10:43:30 EDT
Judge declares mistrial in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial after emergency appeal denied
The judge in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial has officially declared a mistrial after the defence’s eleventh-hour emergency appeal was denied, bringing this chapter of the case that has captivated spectators to a dramatic close.

Fri, 04 Sep 2026 07:50:23 EDT
Romanian prosecutors indict influencer Andrew Tate for trafficking minors, money laundering
Romanian prosecutors officially indicted social media influencer Andrew Tate on Friday for trafficking minors, money laundering, sex with a minor and witness tampering and his brother Tristan for complicity, years after they began investigating them.

Fri, 04 Sep 2026 09:36:53 EDT
U.S. sailors hit the streets of Thailand after record-setting Middle East deployment
Buses carrying crew members of the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier streamed into Thailand's seaside resort city of Pattaya, as part of a port call after a lengthy deployment to the Middle East.

Fri, 04 Sep 2026 04:42:25 EDT
2 trapped workers rescued from hydropower tunnel 9 days after Nepal floods
Rescuers in Nepal pulled two workers alive from a hydropower tunnel Friday, raising hopes of reaching a dozen others believed to be trapped nine days after catastrophic floods devastated towns and swept away villages.

Fri, 04 Sep 2026 04:00:00 EDT
AI's 'warning shot': Tech companies, experts raise fears of more rogue swarms after alarming Hugging Face hack
Tech experts are warning of dire consequences if AI systems continue to escape human control, after a group of OpenAI agents went rogue in July and hacked into a billion-dollar company — what some are calling a "warning shot" amid the rapid develop...

Thu, 03 Sep 2026 13:27:38 EDT
Israel prepared to remove Palestinians from Gaza if U.S. approves, defence minister says
Israel is waiting for U.S. approval to remove Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, Defence Minister Israel Katz said, renewing a plan that has been widely condemned as forced displacement and described as ethnic cleansing.

Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:42:22 EDT
Venezuelans of all stripes are denouncing Trump's 'biggest oil deal ever'
U.S. President Donald Trump's oil deal with interim Venezuelan President Delcy Rodriguez is being rejected by the Venezuelan opposition, and by some in her own party. Venezuelan Canadians, some with long careers in the oil industry, say the deal is i...

Thu, 03 Sep 2026 15:45:06 EDT
Trump wants Europe to retroactively pay U.S. for past Ukraine aid
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would ask European nations to pay back the United States for military aid and munitions previously sent to Ukraine amid the ‌ongoing war with Russia and appeared to signal a halt in sales to allied na...

Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:23:41 EDT
Russian drones struck Coca-Cola plant outside Kyiv, Zelenskyy says
​Russian drones struck and damaged a Coca-Cola plant outside the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Thursday, Ukrainian President ‌Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:56:09 EDT
Sister denies detained Ontario university student is Chinese spy
The sister of an Ontario university student arrested in an FBI counter-intelligence investigation has denied her brother is knowingly involved in espionage for Beijing. Weiheng Zeng, a Chinese citizen, was arrested while attempting to cross the U.S. ...

Thu, 03 Sep 2026 16:05:48 EDT
Judge lectures Lindsay Clancy jury on reasonable doubt, tells them to keep deliberating
The deadlocked jury in the Lindsay Clancy trial went home without a verdict Thursday following a dramatic sixth day of deliberations.

Thu, 03 Sep 2026 14:51:17 EDT
Thieves in U.K. make off with two truckloads of Guinness
British police are trying to recover 70,000 pints worth of stolen Guinness.

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