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Aug 24, 2026 - World

Gunmen ‌attacked worshippers in Dekara village on Friday taking women, children and older peopleAn armed group has posted a video showing what ⁠residents said were about ⁠600 women, children and ​older people abducted in an attack on a mosque in Nigeria’s north-central Niger State last week.The video, posted on Facebook and WhatsApp, ⁠showed large groups of people seated in a forested area surrounded by armed men. Several children could be heard crying in the background. Continue reading...

Aug 24, 2026 - World

A major donor to President Donald Trump is pleading with the commander in chief to get his “head in the game” and walk back his latest move that Zeteo’s Asawin Suebsaeng called “insanely stupid” and an “imperialistic disgrace.”On Friday, trade talks between the United States and Canada imploded, leading Trump to impose a 50% tariff on a number of Canadian goods. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney vowed to match those tariffs “dollar for dollar.” Beyond the tit-for-tat tariffs, however, the Trump administration has gone scorched earth on its neighbor to the north.Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy took to Fox News Sunday to threaten Canada with “devastating” consequences if it doesn’t return to the negotiating table, going as far as to suggest the United States may no longer protect its NATO ally militarily.“What happened this weekend wasn’t just folly and ‘Idiocracy.’ It was a scandal – an imperialistic disgrace that’s been going on far too long,” Suebsaeng wrote in an analysis published Monday in Zeteo.To get a better understanding of what some of Trump’s backers thought about the president’s latest trade war, Suebsaeng spoke with Dan Eberhart, a major Trump backer who personally contributed $100,000 and raised $500,000 for the president’s 2020 re-election campaign, according to Fox News.Eberhart was not a fan.“We need Trump’s head in the game to win the midterms,” Eberhart told Suebsaeng. “Republicans are better off with Trump holding rallies and holding off on a trade war with Canada.”Trump’s tariffs have been costly for Americans, who studies show have absorbed almost all of the price hikes caused by the elevated import taxes. On average, American households paid an average of $1,745 more due to tariffs during the first 11 months of Trump’s presidency, according to a study from the Democrats on Congress’ Joint Economic Committee.

Aug 24, 2026 - World

The announcement over the weekend by President Donald Trump to set off a major trade war with Canada got a huge thumbs down from the Wall Street Journal editorial board late Sunday.Not pulling any punches, the editors called it "The Dumbest Trade War Revisited" in the headline.The Journal's editors noted that Trump took exception last year when they called his tariffs against Canada and Mexico the dumbest trade war in history and responded with, "It got dumber this weekend as Mr. Trump escalated with another round of border taxes on Canadian imports, a mere 10 weeks before midterm elections."Trump issued his latest tariff threat against Canada last month under Section 338 of the 1930 Tariff Act. The law lets the President impose tariffs up to 50% on countries that discriminate against "commerce of the United States, directly or indirectly," with the editors pointedly adding, "No previous President has used this power."Trump set a deadline of midnight on Friday for Canada to reach a deal to avert 50% tariffs on $20 billion of goods. The countries were close to an agreement until "the cease-fire blew up" at the last minute, with each side blaming the other.Trump's threatened tariffs took effect Saturday morning. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney threatened to retaliate dollar-for-dollar starting September 8. Both sides could still walk back from the ledge, though Trump's escalation could make this harder for Carney politically since Canadians don't like being bullied by Washington, the editors insisted.To justify his new tariffs, Trump said Canada discriminated against the U.S. by retaliating against his national-security tariffs on autos. He also claimed that Canadian provinces had restricted sales of U.S. alcoholic beverages in response to his "emergency" tariffs last year.The editors concluded, "Mr. Trump’s latest round of border taxes will hit an array of consumer goods, construction materials and manufacturing components. Republicans are already getting pounded on the campaign trail over his tariffs and inflation. One reason for Mr. Trump’s frigid approval rating is that voters believe Mr. Trump is waging blunderbuss wars without a strategy, and on trade they’re right."

Aug 24, 2026 - World

West African country reports 46 suspected cases in outbreak declared in July, amid fears virus may be spreading undetectedMore than half of the mpox cases reported in Guinea-Bissau have been among children, local authorities have said, almost two months since the country announced an epidemic.A national outbreak was declared on 4 July, just over a week after a 27-year-old woman became the first confirmed case of mpox in the west African country. Since then, there have been seven confirmed cases and 46 suspected cases. Half of those patients have been children, with 16 under the age of four. Continue reading...

Aug 23, 2026 - World

The Trump administration deported a father of two who helped them prosecute Mexican drug cartels and put him at extreme risk of torture, Maryland court records show. The man, identified only as John Doe, was the subject of a memorandum opinion filed Friday by U.S. District Judge Stephanie Gallagher.Doe was granted Deferral of Removal under the Convention Against Torture (CAT) in 2024 after an immigration judge found he would likely be tortured if returned to Mexico, where he had testified against cartel-affiliated defendants on behalf of the Justice Department.Journalist Kyle Cheney wrote on social media Sunday that Doe "was illegally removed three times in recent weeks," including once to Mexico despite his CAT protection. Gallagher's opinion details a chaotic series of removals beginning in July, including one attempt to deport Doe to Guatemala, which refused to accept him and handed him to Mexican officials, who also declined to take him. Doe was deported to Mexico outright on Aug. 1 “without his phone or other personal belongings.”The opinion notes that Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director David Venturella and Secretary of State Marco Rubio personally moved to terminate Doe's CAT protection just days before his removal in a process the court called "extremely rare,” and with no explanation in the record for their involvement.Former immigration attorney Aaron Reichlin-Melnick wrote that Doe "put himself at enormous risk to turn on the cartels and testify against them, making him a target for a hideous death if they ever got their hands on him," adding that "the Trump admin deported him to Mexico anyway."Journalist Christy Somos described the pattern more broadly, writing that the administration is "just grabbing people and throwing them wherever – other countries, camps, in danger."Gallagher ordered Doe's immediate return and directed that he be detained within 200 miles of Baltimore, Maryland, if held further, with daily status reports required until he arrives.A man who aided US authorities by testifying against Mexican cartels was illegally removed *three times* in recent weeks — including to Mexico, where he had protection from deportation due to threat of torture/death.A judge in MD has ordered his return.https://t.co/McUyfk3yFL pic.twitter.com/7hlurhoRG4— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) August 23, 2026