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She reasoned that Mr. Trump must have “more information than I do, and there’s other allies that we’re still trying to appease, to make it be more peaceful and hope for a better ending, and he doesn’t want to kill people.”Gas prices hurt, she said, “but I’m willing to pay the price.”“It’s hurting us, but it takes a president that’s going to have the guts to do that, even though it’s hurting him and his political party, because it’s the right thing to do,” said David Lachance, a 59-year-old retired cop from Myrtle Beach. “I think Trump wanted it over…

Tornadoes swept through New York and Delaware as severe storms brought torrential rain to the Mid-Atlantic.

Aug 21, 2026, 10:52 PM ETLOS ANGELES — Dodgers president Stan Kasten attempted to calm online speculation about the future of the franchise under billionaire owner Mark Walter on Friday.”The Dodgers are not being sold. They’re not for sale. There’s no process that has been started to sell it, period,” he told reporters on the field before the team’s game against Pittsburgh. “We are planning only to win.”Editor’s Picks2 RelatedThe conjecture began earlier this month when Walter agreed to a stunning sale of the Los Angeles Lakers to businessmen Josh Kushner and Bob Iger for a record-breaking price of $12.5…

By Benjamin Njoku & Tony-Okafor Favour Street pop star Seyi Vibez has deleted social media posts about celebrity chef Hilda Baci hours after receiving a legal warning threatening a lawsuit. The move comes amid an ongoing feud between the singer and his former label, Dapper Music, owned by Damilola Akinwunmi, popularly known as Dapper. Seyi Vibez, with ex-Dapper Music acts Shallipopi and T.I Blaze, had publicly accused the label of royalty disputes and alleged missing funds to the tune of N1 billion. In the heat of the exchange on X, Seyi Vibez made allegations against Hilda Baci, Dapper’s girlfriend. He…

The guide was adamant. “I’ve picked human teeth out of there and I’m not doing it again.” The small group of tourists looked suitably aghast, except the boy. He was jiggling the wellington boots on his feet and singing to himself. He looked about 14. I sensed that he was the catalyst, the one to make things happen.“So, if anyone is planning to leave human remains in this ancient place,” went on the guide, throwing the boy a stern look, “I say, DON’T.”We had arrived on the visitor centre bus from nearby Knowth, the first stop on our tour of…

Canadian prime minister Mark Carney has promised to match US tariffs “dollar for dollar”, after the two sides failed to agree a trade deal by the deadline of midnight on Friday.Canadian officials had worked hard in good faith but “last-minute changes in the US proposed terms were unfair, uneconomic and called into question the reliability of any deal”, Carney said in a statement.He said of the 50% tariffs the US was imposing: “Canada will match those tariffs dollar for dollar to protect our workers and businesses.”The US tariffs will affect about US$20bn worth of Canadian products after the last-ditch negotiations…

Victorians would be able to walk into a dental clinic and receive free checkups and treatment under an Australian-first proposal the Labor government will take to the November state election.The premier, Ben Carroll, will announce the plan – Labor’s first major election commitment – at a rally on Saturday to mark fewer than 100 days until Victorians go to the polls.Carroll will say a re-elected Labor government would spend $230m to open 10 public dental clinics across the state, where oral care clinicians would be able to provide free checkups and treatments, including fillings, root canals and extractions.Carroll described the…

The United States Coast Guard has removed Nigeria from its Port Security Advisory, citing improvements in the country’s implementation of effective antiterrorism measures at its ports. The development lifts the Condition of Entry (CoE) imposed on vessels arriving in the United States from Nigerian ports. The policy takes effect on Wednesday, according to a notice issued in the U.S. Federal Register by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Coast Guard. The CoE, which took effect on 25 June, 2014, required vessels destined for the United States that had called at designated Nigerian ports within their previous…

The government will also identify potential locations for additional launch facilities in the United States, improve integration of space launch and reentry operations into airspace and air traffic control modernization efforts, and designate “priority airspace for critical space launch corridors.” More specifically, the White House is directing the Department of the Interior to identify federal lands to serve as an additional designated federal land reentry site. This comes after the Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management issued a request for public comment last month regarding the potential use of submerged lands and abandoned offshore oil rigs for sea-based space launches…

The drought-stricken country has recorded a 32 percent jump in the number of children treated for severe malnutrition.Published On 22 Aug 202622 Aug 2026Life-threatening malnutrition among children is spiking in Somalia as more than 200 health and nutrition facilities were forced to shutter following cuts to international aid, the United Nations has warned.The East African country has seen a 32 percent jump in the number of children admitted to facilities with severe acute malnutrition and complications in the first six months of 2026, UNICEF said on Friday.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listNearly 1.9 million children are projected to…