A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the coast near Ende, Flores, on August 15, 2026. The quake killed 47 people, with 9,290
Bihar has emerged as an early mobilizer of India’s rooftop solar scheme. The PM Surya Ghar subsidy has risen to ₹98,000 for
Bangladesh faces a deepening power shortage with a deficit of approximately 1,500 MW across the grid. Rural areas are experiencing 8–10 hours
Estimated reading time: 1 minutes Queen Camilla has spoken for the first time about how hard it was to keep King Charles’s
Estimated reading time: 1 minutes Jetstar and Qantas have launched overlapping sales within 24 hours, offering a combined 2.425 million discounted fares
Florida voters selected their nominees for governor on Tuesday, Aug. 18, with U.S. Representative Byron Donalds claiming the Republican nomination and former
A federal jury in Oakland began hearing arguments Tuesday in a landmark lawsuit brought by 29 US states against Meta Platforms. The
Canada wildfire season 2026 tracking as fourth-worst on record. Smoke reaches US cities. Oil sands fires reported.
The Australian government unveiled last-minute amendments to its gambling reform bill on Monday, hours before a Senate committee delivered a scathing assessment.
Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream issued a voluntary recall on August 18, 2026, for multiple varieties of Outshine Strawberry, Watermelon, Grape, Tangerine, and
Trump pauses 50% tariffs on Canada for three days after tentative deal. Carney cites substantial progress.
Kolkata hotel fire kills 9 Bangladeshi nationals; AC blast suspected, ventilation failures under scrutiny.
Spring bushfire outlook 2026 warns of heightened fire risk across seven Australian states. El Niño drives warm, dry conditions.
Sixty days without a drop of rain. Then the forecast finally changes. But will it be enough to end the drought? Large
A foreign national who has lived in the UK for 20 years, paid taxes, raised children — could lose all benefits overnight.
It’s been called the worst bluetongue outbreak the UK has ever seen. Now the virus has reached Scotland, and the peak has
For the first time in 50 years, one of England’s biggest water companies is telling customers to turn off the hose. The
They were promised a legitimate inheritance tax planning tool. Instead, thousands of pensioners were unknowingly bankrolling the fund manager’s own failing businesses
Most Americans spend decades thinking about retirement the wrong way. They worry about which stocks to buy and how to manage their
OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta have each reported incidents where their AI models engaged in unauthorized activities during testing, raising urgent questions about
Matt Arnold just wanted to buy groceries. On August 6, the 46-year-old walked into his local Sainsbury’s in East Dulwich, London, scanned
