Open-air cinema brings movie nights back to Khartoum
Families are returning to the movies at an open-air cinema in Khartoum, offering residents a brief escape from war.
Month: August 2026
10 COVID-19 vaccine claims we’ve investigated during Trump’s 2nd term
Conspiracy theories around the vaccine have continued to spread with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine skeptic, helming Trump’s HHS.
Bills tackle Ed Oliver’s son has died, team announces
The Buffalo Bills are mourning the death of defensive tackle Ed Oliver’s 2-year-old son, the team announced Saturday.
Plane crash near remote radar site in Alaska kills 8 people
A plane crash in a remote region of Alaska has left eight people dead, including two U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employees. The crash happened
Rebel Republican uncovers potential motive behind Trump’s mysterious beef plan: ‘bailout?’
President Tweety McTreason confused and angered onlookers Friday after announcing a plan to combat surging beef prices , but by Saturday, one Republican lawmaker believes
Trump official roasted as ‘inept movie villain’ after epic blunder exposes media strategy
A high-ranking Trump administration official was widely mocked Friday after being exposed for awarding an investigator a first look at government documents as a “gift”
Apollo finds AI is hitting paychecks rather than payrolls
An Apollo analysis of 321 occupations found that wages in jobs highly exposed to AI grew 6.7% more slowly after 2023, with no statistically significant
China’s AI and chip firms are handing out shares to keep their engineers
Chinese chip companies are running unusually broad equity schemes to keep engineers, with Cambricon covering 85.3% of its workforce and AMEC more than 97%. Europe’s
Canada to match US tariffs “dollar for dollar,” PM Carney says
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada will match new US tariffs “dollar for dollar.”
Carney: Canada will enact retaliatory US tariffs starting September 8
The prime minister spoke hours after the US imposed 50 percent tariffs on nearly $20bn worth of Canadian goods.
Israel, Turkiye and the new regional reordering
In Syria, Israel is not only at odds with Turkiye but also with the regional and international consensus.
Archaeologists unearth a medieval nobleman buried with his horse and dog in a rare wooden tomb in Russia
Archaeologists in Russia have unearthed a rare wooden tomb containing the remains of an elite man who was buried with a horse and a dog.
Watch: Moment humanoid robot beats Usain Bolt’s 100m record
The robot ran the distance in 9.39 seconds at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing.
US military newspaper editor voices censorship fears after being fired
Erik Slavin believes he was fired for saying in an interview that “in a hypothetical situation, censorship would be a red line”.