1+ hour, 3+ min ago   (365+ words) Sunday, August 23, 2026 at 2:12 PM PARIS, Aug 23 (Reuters) – French centre-left politician Raphael Glucksmann launched a bid for the presidency on Sunday, seeking to challenge firebrand hard-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon for dominance of France’s fractured left ahead of a campaign increasingly shaped…...

3+ hour, 4+ min ago   (443+ words) Sunday, August 23, 2026 at 3:19 PM The meeting, held shortly before Anutin flew north to inspect the badly flooded province of Nan, followed 51 incidents on Saturday night in the southernmost provinces of Narathiwat, Pattani and Yala. The attackers did not engage with…...

8+ hour, 4+ min ago   (852+ words) Sunday, August 23, 2026 at 10:19 AM Tensions escalated late Friday when Canada walked away from negotiations after Carney concluded the United States was demanding too much in exchange for tariff relief. The U.S. imposed 50% duties Saturday on about $20 billion worth of Canadian goods,…...

9+ hour, 14+ min ago   (572+ words) Sunday, August 23, 2026 at 7:24 AM By Elwely Elwelly and Menna AlaaElDin DUBAI, Aug 23 (Reuters) – Iran’s foreign minister dismissed the threat of new U.S. sanctions as a sign of desperation on Sunday and said the expected new measures would fail to…...

10+ hour, 15+ min ago   (334+ words) Sunday, August 23, 2026 at 6:22 AM By Max Hunder and Dan Peleschuk KYIV, Aug 23 (Reuters) – Holding a wartime election in Ukraine while active fighting with Russia continues would “destroy” the country by splitting Ukrainians, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. His comments, released to…...

20+ hour, 17+ min ago   (299+ words) Saturday, August 22, 2026 at 8:15 PM MEXICO CITY, Aug 22 (Reuters) – Sinaloa Governor Ruben Rocha, indicted by U.S. federal prosecutors on drug-trafficking, bribery and cartel-protection charges, again requested a leave of absence from office on Saturday, days after defiantly reclaiming his post. Rocha’s…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (273+ words) Saturday, August 22, 2026 at 10:53 AM Aug 22 (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said in comments published on Saturday that Kyiv had opened “Pandora’s box” with its strikes on Russian economic targets, saying that Russia would hit back at Ukraine’s “most sensitive economic…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (493+ words) Saturday, August 22, 2026 at 12:19 PM Tom Barrack, who also serves as ambassador to Turkey, said the attack on Tuesday on the Abu Duhur base could have been Israel “baiting the Turks … that was the serious and worrying part.” In the wake…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (968+ words) Saturday, August 22, 2026 at 11:18 AM Prime Minister Mark Carney acknowledged the break after last-ditch negotiations failed Friday, saying Canada had recognized that “America has changed” and that the countries would “not return to our old relationship.” The United States imposed 50% tariffs…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (283+ words) Saturday, August 22, 2026 at 9:44 AM BELGRADE, Aug 22 (Reuters) – The European Union’s Civil Protection Mechanism will send helicopters and firefighters to help Serbia fight a massive wildfire in a nature reserve in the northeast of the country, the head of the EU…...