Fact & Spin

The death toll from extreme weather in Southeast Asia passes 1,140, Sheikh Hasina and UK Labour MP Tulip Siddiq are sentenced to jail in Bangladesh, Trump confirms a call with Venezuela's Maduro, An appeals court rules that Alina Habba is unlawfully serving as the U.S. attorney for New Jersey, The U.K. investigates the SAS over deaths during the Afghan war, A report finds global arms sales have hi...

Two National Guard members are shot in Washington, D.C., Jair Bolsonaro starts a 27-year jail term in Brazil, Steve Witkoff will meet Russian President Putin about the Ukraine peace deal, A study suggests that the U.K. could lose 3 million jobs to AI by 2035, Hong Kong suffers a deadly apartment complex fire, A judge dismisses the Georgia election case against President Trump, The Trump administra...

Trump and Xi hold a call to discuss Taiwan and Ukraine, The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation closes its operations, The FBI reportedly schedules interviews with six Democrats over an allegedly 'seditious' military video, The National Rally’s Jordan Bardella is projected to win France’s 2027 election, Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces declare a three-month humanitarian ceasefire, The World Food Program warn...

The US and Ukraine signal progress on peace talks, Fifty children escape after a mass school abduction in Nigeria, A U.S. judge dismisses cases against James Comey and Letitia James, Marjorie Taylor Greene announces her resignation from Congress, Jair Bolsonaro is arrested over flight risk concerns, Three are killed in a suicide attack on a paramilitary headquarters in Pakistan, DOGE reportedly di...

President Trump hosts NYC Mayor-Elect Mamdani at the White House, Haiti's electoral council proposes an Aug. 30 for general elections, Russia and Togo will mutually open embassies for the first time 65 Years, Japan approves a 21.3 trillion yen stimulus package, Brazil sees U.S.-imposed tariffs on agricultural goods drop by 40%, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee reportedly met with Jonathan P...

U.S  military officials visit Ukraine amid reports of a new peace plan, the EU unveils a €100 billion military Schengen Zone plan, airstrikes in Gaza mark the deadliest day since the ceasefire started, France’s Macron kicks off his Africa tour in Mauritius, a fire disrupts COP30 climate talks, New Zealand bans puberty blockers for transgender minors, the U.S. House votes to repeal a provision allo...

The European Central Bank warns of global financial shocks, Li Qiang makes the first PRC premier visit to Zambia in 28 years, an Israeli strike kills 13 at a Lebanon refugee camp, a Russian missile attack kills 25 in Ukraine's Ternopil, a U.K. House of Commons Committee says the nation lacks a defense plan, President Trump pushes federal AI rules and warns against AI overregulation, while the Trum...

The U.S. House votes to release all Epstein files, Saudi’s crown prince meets with Trump at the White House,  Hamas rejects a U.N. resolution approving Trump’s Gaza plan, Canada’s Liberals narrowly survive a budget vote, the U.K. declines to publicly release COVID vaccine death data, a Cloudflare outage disrupts services for millions of websites, Florida rescues 122 missing children, 25 schoolgirl...

Bangladesh’s ousted leader Sheikh Hasina is sentenced to death, The U.K. extends its asylum-settlement wait period to 20 years, The U.S. designates a Venezuelan cartel as a terrorist organization, Iran allegedly halts uranium enrichment and says it will negotiate only if treated with “dignity and respect,” The DR Congo and M23 rebels sign a peace framework in Qatar, Donald Trump urges Republicans...

The U.S. launches Operation Southern Spear against Western Hemisphere “narco-terrorists,” Anthropic claims that PRC-sponsored hackers used Claude AI in recent cyberattacks, The BBC apologizes to President Trump over its Jan. 6 documentary edit, South Sudan’s president fires the country’s vice president, Bol Mel,The U.S. designates four European groups as terrorist organizations, A report claims th...

Trump signs a funding bill to end the U.S. government shutdown, Thailand’s king makes a state visit to China, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani's party wins the parliamentary elections, Trump requests a full pardon for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Global carbon emissions are estimated to hit a record high of 38.1 billion tonnes this year, Boeing is ordered to pay $35.8 mil...

Istanbul’s mayor faces 2,430 years in prison on 142 charges, House Democrats release Jeffrey Epstein emails reportedly linked to President Trump, Australia spy chief says China’s cyber soldiers could inflict “high-impact sabotage,” an ally of Ukrainian President Zelenskyy is charged in a $100M corruption scandal, Indigenous protesters breach the COP30 summit venue in Brazil, the U.K.’s Health Secr...

A report suggests that a de facto partition of Gaza is increasingly likely, Thailand suspends a Trump administration-brokered Cambodia peace deal, Hannibal Gaddafi is released on a $900,000 bail, China is reportedly targeting the U.S. military with rare Earth export curbs, A new “TRUMP” party launches in Belgium, Senator Elizabeth Warren seeks a probe of U.S. agencies' partisan shutdown messages,...

Donald Trump threatens to sue the BBC for $1 billion over an edited speech, The U.S. Senate votes to end a record 40-day government shutdown, Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is released from prison pending appeal, Syrian President al-Sharaa meets Trump in a historic visit, Israel’s president begins a landmark African tour, The RSF is accused of burning and burying bodies from El Fasher in...

Kazakhstan plans to join the Abraham Accords, Sudan's RSF agrees to a humanitarian ceasefire, Ukraine sentences a Russian soldier for allegedly executing a Ukrainian POW, President Trump agrees to comply after a judge’s order on SNAP benefits, The U.S. Senate reje cts a resolution requiring approval for military action against Venezuela, Unions sue over Trump's federal hiring questions, Resident d...

Nancy Pelosi announces her retirement from Congress, The U.S. reportedly plans to establish a military presence at a Damascus airbase, Putin instructs officials to submit proposals for possible nuclear weapons testing, India and Israel sign a pact on defense, AI and cybersecurity, Dozens are killed in an attack on a funeral in Sudan, The U.N. kicks off its COP30 climate summit in Belém, Trump with...

Zohran Mamdani is elected mayor of New York City, China expresses support for Nigeria following President Trump’s military threats, multiple people are injured after a man drives into pedestrians on a French island, Mark Carney unveils a CA$280 billion budget, the U.S. Supreme Court weighs the legality of Trump’s emergency tariffs, Democrats win the governor races in Virginia and New Jersey, a UPS...

Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney dies , Americans across several states head to the polls for off-year elections, the U.S. reportedly seeks U.N. approval of a Gaza force, Ghana and Germany vow to strengthen their bilateral ties, British activist Tommy Robinson is cleared of a terror charge, Trump contradicts a court order on paying SNAP benefits, a new study details a record retreat of an An...

A deadly 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes Afghanistan, A man is charged with 11 attempted murders in a U.K. train attack, Iran vows to rebuild its nuclear sites, A Mexican mayor is shot and killed during the Day of the Dead festival, The BBC claims China threatened a U.K. university over Uyghur research, President Trump instructs the Pentagon to prepare for “possible action” in Nigeria, Trump's pl...

A judge orders the Trump administration to use emergency funds for SNAP benefits, Protests escalate following Tanzania’s election, Ukraine claims that Russia used a missile that led President Trump to quit the INF treaty, Latvia votes to exit the Istanbul Convention, A Finnish Member of Parliament and a Bishop face hate speech charges, Victoria passes Australia's first Indigenous Treaty law, The F...

Trump cuts tariffs on China after meeting with Xi Jinping, vote projections show the Netherlands’ D66 and PVV parties tied in the general election, hundreds are killed at a Sudanese hospital following the Rapid Support Forces’ capture of El Fasher, Trump orders the resumption of nuclear weapons testing, Lebanon’s Joseph Aoun says the army should confront Israeli incursions, a British military inst...

Deadly Hurricane Melissa makes a new landfall in Cuba amid major damage across Jamaica and Haiti, the Republic of Georgia's ruling party seeks to ban three opposition parties, Israeli strikes in Gaza kill over 100 Palestinians, President Trump says the U.S. and South Korea have sealed a $350B trade deal, the U.S. urges Americans to leave Mali amid jihadist blockades, the U.K. Home Office says the...

Israel launches strikes in Gaza, U.S. military strikes on four alleged drug boats leave 14 dead, Dozens are killed during a drug raid in Brazil, The U.S. and Japan sign a rare earths deal, A suspect pleads guilty to the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Trump says he'd 'love' to run for a third term, Musk launches his Wikipedia rival Grokipedia, The U.N.’s chief war ns th...

President Javier Milei's party wins Argentina's midterm elections, The Caribbean braces for the impacts of Category 5 Hurricane Melissa, President Donald Trump meets Japan's Emperor Naruhito in Tokyo, The PKK announces its withdrawal from Turkey to Iraq, Four are killed as Cameroon protests intensify ahead of the election results, Prince Andrew agrees to leave the Royal Lodge with conditions, Two...

President Trump ends Canada trade talks over a Ronald Reagan ad controversy, South Africa and Vietnam upgrade to a strategic partnership, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy attends a London “Coalition of the Willing” meeting, U.S. Secretary of State Rubio says Israel has met its commitments and Hamas must disarm, the U.S. deploys the world's largest aircraft carrier as pressure increases on Venezuela,...