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Today: August 14, 2026
Today: August 14, 2026

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Puerto Rican boxer Prichard Colón dies 11 years after sustaining brain damage in the ring

The boxing world is in mourning following the death of Puerto Rican fighter Prichard Colón at the age of 33, 11 years after he sustained brain damage in his only loss

Puerto Rican boxer Prichard Colón dies 11 years after sustaining brain damage in the ring
Business|Environment|Europe|Travel|World

Tourists flee as Greek wildfire hits resort; Croatia also fights blaze

Tourists and residents fled villages in the Halkidiki region of northern Greece by land and sea on Thursday as a wildfire

Tourists flee as Greek wildfire hits resort; Croatia also fights blaze
Arts|Business|Crime|Economy|Entertainment

Director convicted of scamming $11M from Netflix and going on lavish spending spree

Director convicted of scamming $11M from Netflix and going on lavish spending spree

Director convicted of scamming $11M from Netflix and going on lavish spending spree
Business|Economy|Finance|Stock Markets|World

Sri Lanka stuns with 100-bp rate hike as Iran war rattles currency, fuels inflation

Sri Lanka's central bank stunned markets by raising its policy rate by an outsized 100 basis points on Tuesday, the biggest hike in four years, as

Sri Lanka stuns with 100-bp rate hike as Iran war rattles currency, fuels inflation
Business|Economy|Science|Technology

Samsung, LG shares rally ahead of Nvidia CEO meetings with Korean executives

Shares in Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics and other South Korean tech firms rallied on Monday, as expected meetings

Samsung, LG shares rally ahead of Nvidia CEO meetings with Korean executives
Business|Economy|Technology

Sandisk forecasts mid-to-high-teens revenue growth through 2030

Sandisk on Thursday said it expects revenue to grow at a mid-to-high-teens percentage rate from fiscal years 2028 to 2030, encouraged by strong demand amid rapid AI infrastructure

Sandisk forecasts mid-to-high-teens revenue growth through 2030
Business|Economy|Environment|Science|World

How will Latin America's super El Niño affect the top food-exporting region?

Latin America is bracing for what experts say could be the strongest El Niño on record, raising questions about how

How will Latin America's super El Niño affect the top food-exporting region?
Australia|Business|Economy|World

ASX logs best day in six years as volatility-driven trading boom lifts profit

Australian stock exchange operator ASX posted a higher annual underlying profit on Thursday, helped by robust trading activity in volatile

ASX logs best day in six years as volatility-driven trading boom lifts profit
Business|Economy|Finance|Stock Markets|Technology

Nvidia partners with Wall Street giants to raise $500 billion for AI buildout

Nvidia said on Monday it has partnered with six major financial institutions to launch compute

Nvidia partners with Wall Street giants to raise $500 billion for AI buildout
Education|Health|Lifestyle|Science

Doctors say Trump's vaccine order will raise fears, cause confusion and endanger kids

Doctors worry that President Donald Trump’s new executive order on vaccines will stoke fear and confusion among parents at a time when measles is raging, immunization rates are falling and children are heading back to school

Doctors say Trump's vaccine order will raise fears, cause confusion and endanger kids
Education|Health|Political|Science

Doctors worry Trump’s executive order will steer families away from vaccines. Here’s what you need to know

Doctors worry Trump’s executive order will steer families away from vaccines. Here’s what you need to know

Doctors worry Trump’s executive order will steer families away from vaccines. Here’s what you need to know
Crime|Europe|Political|World

Russian strikes across Ukraine kill 10 and NATO scrambles jets after a missile falls in Poland

Russian missile and drone attacks across Ukraine killed at least 10 people and injured over 50 others

Russian strikes across Ukraine kill 10 and NATO scrambles jets after a missile falls in Poland
Business|Economy|Environment|World

BP to cut 700 jobs as it simplifies company, internal email shows

BP plans to cut about 700 of its non-frontline global workforce, according to an internal email seen by Reuters, as the oil major sharpens its operational focus

BP to cut 700 jobs as it simplifies company, internal email shows
Business|Economy|World

Shell profit more than doubles to $9.8 billion, second-highest on record, as Iran war lifts prices

Shell's net profit more than doubled from last year to $9.84 billion in the second quarter, beating expectations, helped by higher

Shell profit more than doubles to $9.8 billion, second-highest on record, as Iran war lifts prices
Business|Economy|Environment|Science|Technology

In record heat, a warming world has come to rely on China to stay cool

In record heat, a warming world has come to rely on China to stay cool

In record heat, a warming world has come to rely on China to stay cool
Business|Economy|Finance|Stock Markets|Technology|World

US stocks, dollar slip after Fed leaves rates unchanged

U.S. stocks extended losses, interest-rate sensitive two-year Treasury yields dropped and the dollar slipped on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve held interest

US stocks, dollar slip after Fed leaves rates unchanged
Crime|Health|Political|US|World

Judge weighs bid to block or reverse transfers of transgender inmates into a segregated prison unit

A federal judge is concerned that the Trump administration has violated a court order by transferring several incarcerated transgender women to a segregated prison unit

Judge weighs bid to block or reverse transfers of transgender inmates into a segregated prison unit
Business|Entertainment|Lifestyle|Sports

Macklin Celebrini gets 5-year, $94M extension from the Sharks in the NHL's richest deal ever

San Jose Sharks superstar Macklin Celebrini signed a five-year, $94 million extension that will make him the highest-paid player in the NHL

Macklin Celebrini gets 5-year, $94M extension from the Sharks in the NHL's richest deal ever
Americas|Crime|Political|World

Guatemalan man deported from US and wife found dead in sugarcane field, baby alive beside them

A Guatemalan man deported from the U.S. and his wife, who recently self-deported to join him, were found dead in a sugarcane

Guatemalan man deported from US and wife found dead in sugarcane field, baby alive beside them
Africa|Crime|Europe|Political|World

Germany deports Afghan without criminal record for first time since Taliban takeover

Germany has deported an Afghan national without a criminal record for the first time since the Taliban returned to power, Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said on

Germany deports Afghan without criminal record for first time since Taliban takeover
Business|Economy|Europe|World

Irish consumer sentiment slips in July on cost-of-living concerns

Irish consumer sentiment fell slightly in July on concerns about the cost of living, a survey showed on Tuesday.

Irish consumer sentiment slips in July on cost-of-living concerns
Crime|World

Shot fired outside US consulate in Toronto for second time this year

At least one shot was fired outside the U.S.

Shot fired outside US consulate in Toronto for second time this year
Business|Economy|Technology

South Korea's Naver jumps 10% on Nvidia's $1 billion investment plan

Shares of South Korean internet and cloud service giant Naver jumped more than 10% on Monday after it said Nvidia would acquire $1 billion of its new shares to finance a

South Korea's Naver jumps 10% on Nvidia's $1 billion investment plan
Political|US|World

Trump says US and Iran are talking, but Tehran is not yet ready for deal

President Donald Trump said on Friday that the United States and Iran were in talks to negotiate an end to their conflict, but repeated that Tehran was not yet ready

Trump says US and Iran are talking, but Tehran is not yet ready for deal