Top World News

Sep 5, 2026 - World

A wedding celebration in Iran’s southern Hormozgan province turned into a tragedy after a strike hit two family homes, killing at least five people and injuring more than 60.

Sep 5, 2026 - World

Nepal Flash Floods LIVE Updates: The first tranche of relief materials was sent by India hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to his Nepalese counterpart Balendra Shah on August 26, the day the flash floods struck the Himalayan nation.

Sep 5, 2026 - World

Bewilderment and frustration roiled the nation Saturday morning as news spread President Donald Trump had threatened to cut trade with Canada because America doesn't need a cinnamon-flavored candy he mistakenly asserted came from Mexico. Trump made his confusing comment to a reporter in the Oval Office Friday during which he "explained" — or thought he did — how trade deficits work. "We could do tremendous good for ourselves by just not trading with countries," Trump said. "We lose, with the European Union, $200 billion a year. If I didn't trade with them, we'd lose nothing."This comment, posted on X by journalist account Acyn, was quickly subject to a fact-check from readers. "The trade deficit is not a debt, it does not represent losing money to the other country," the reader comment states. "It means more goods were imported from it than exported to it."The comment cites a Stanford University Hoover Institution by David R. Henderson called "Trade deficits aren't a problem.""It’s easiest to see that at the individual level," Henderson wrote. "My wife and I have about a $5,000 annual trade deficit with Safeway. We spend approximately $5,000 per year at Safeway and Safeway spends zero on my articles and speeches. More’s the pity, as the British say, but that’s the way it is."The president of the United States apparently couldn't grasp this concept."Just one swipe of the pen," he said. "We lose, with Mexico, $195 billion a year. If I don't trade with Mexico, they have nothing that we have to have. I mean, Hot Tamales, tomatoes, a couple of things. But basically they have nothing that we need."Hot Tamales are produced by the company Just Born, which was founded in New York, Trump's home state, in 1923 and has since moved to Pennsylvania, according to its website. They boast that they produce "America’s #1 Cinnamon flavored candy."Hot Tamales aside, Trump claimed he would not cut trade with Mexico because he respects their president, then quietly threatened that he could cut trade with Canada. "Canada would be in a heap of trouble," Trump said. "I don't think they'd exist."Critics were stunned. "Hot tamales?" replied Ron Filipowski. "WTF?"The Intellectualists summarized the statement thusly: "Trump claims trading is bad.""He's just stupid," X influencer RogerZenAF told his 37,000 followers. "Being a little dense or ditzy is normal, he's just plain f---ing dumb."Randy Shulman, editor of the Washington, D.C. LGBTQ+ magazine Metro Weekly, said simply, "He is the dumbest racist alive."

Sep 5, 2026 - World

Traffic on A20 in and out of port grinds to halt as Kent police say they are in attendance and engaging with groupDozens of people dressed in black and wearing balaclavas have blocked the road at the port of Dover in Kent, forcing closures in both directions.Kent police said they were aware of the protest, which the Port of Dover described as a “public order incident”. Officers were in attendance and engaging with protesters, they said. Continue reading...

Sep 5, 2026 - World

Healthy middle-aged people deemed to be at higher risk of developing condition among those eligible to participatePeople without memory loss will be offered an experimental Alzheimer’s drug that could stop the development of the condition before dementia symptoms emerge.Healthy middle-aged people deemed to have a higher risk of developing the condition will be eligible to participate in the trial, which is being run by an NHS trust as part of an international clinical trial aiming to prevent dementia. Continue reading...