Business
SpaceX stock climbs to highest since June, returning Musk to trillionaire status
SpaceX shares have bounced almost 60% off their low in early August, boosted by the company's AI business and Starship progress.
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Science
Creosote found in beach pollution investigation
Restrictions remain in place on Blyth Beach after a pollution incident was reported in August.
Politics
Algeria sent fighter jets to Niger to thwart ‘coup attempt’, president says
President Abdelmadjid Tebboune says Algiers deployed warplanes to Niamey in late August following an attack by mutineers.
Business
Treasury sanctions operation targets Iran's auto, rail industries in latest economic attack
"Operation Economic Outcast" was touted by President Donald Trump as Iran's "economic D-Day" when Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent unveiled it in August.
World
Pennsylvania confirms fifth measles-associated death as US outbreak grows
Cases have more than doubled since August as a dispute with federal health officials over the death count continues.
Business
Jim Cramer's top 10 things to watch in the stock market Wednesday
Micron reports earnings tonight, and the PCE price index for August came in cooler than expected.
Business
Fed’s preferred gauge showed core inflation at 3.0% in August, much lighter than expected
The personal consumption expenditures price index was projected to show an annual gain of 3.7% on headline and 3.3% for core, according to the Dow Jones consensus.
World
Photos: A journalist is crowned king in Uganda
The death of King Oyo Nyimba in August triggered widespread grief and a succession dispute in Uganda’s Tooro Kingdom.
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Business
Disney laying off around 300 employees in latest cuts under new CEO Josh D'Amaro
Disney warned about the most recent round of cuts in its August earnings report as one of the levers it was evaluating to reduce costs at the company.
World
Estonia accuses Russia of arson attack on defence firm supplying Ukraine
Tallinn accuses Moscow of responsibility for the fire at Estonian company Milrem Robotics, a supplier of unmanned ground vehicles to Ukraine.
Business
US ban on Canadian alcohol and dairy takes effect as trade war drags on
It is the latest escalation in the Canada-US trade war after negotiations collapsed in late August, with no word on when talks may resume.
World
France puts out massive fire that torched 42,000 hectares and smouldered for 69 days
France's largest wildfire since 1949 has been declared extinguished more than two months after it broke out in southwestern Gironde, forcing the evacuation of around 224,000 people and covering the city of Bordeaux with a thick plume of smoke. The blaze was put under control on August 1, but continued to smoulder underground for weeks.
World
US deportations are triggering a 'cascade' of rights abuses, UN experts warn
The Trump administration's policy of deportating thousands of people to countries with which they have no links is "increasing risks of torture and ill-treatment and enforced disappearance", a panel of independent UN experts warned on Monday. An investigation by an international consortium of journalists including FRANCE 24 reporters determined last week that more than 25,000 third-country nationals had been deported by the end of August.
World
‘We cannot take it anymore’: Haiti’s informal vendors protest over gang warfare
From early August and continuing through September, dozens of informal vendors who used to ply their trade have been protesting in the hope of getting the Haitian government’s support.
World
Black woman found hanging from tree was dead before body was 'staged', police say
Tasia Fortune's body was found hanging from a tree on the grounds of an abandoned home in Jackson in August.
Sports
Chelsea charged by FA over discriminatory chanting
Chelsea are charged by the Football Association over alleged discriminatory behaviour by fans during their win at Fulham in August.
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Politics
AFCON 2027 qualifiers: African giants kick off their campaigns
Inspired by the women’s team’s continental title win in August, which they came to Garoua to showcase, Cameroon’s Indomitable Lions began their 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaign in style with a 3-1 victory over the Comoros. This was a promising beginning for Cameroon, who were not involved in last summer’s World Cup.
World
EU sanctions Russian pundit Xenia Fedorova after expulsion from France
The European Union on Thursday imposed sanctions on Russian commentator Xenia Fedorova, whom France expelled in August over claims that she was disseminating "pro-Russian narratives" in the country.
World
A look back at Tunisia's summer of shortages
Repeated power and water outages, long queues for bottled water, and poultry farms destroyed by the heat: millions of Tunisians were affected by water and electricity shortages over the summer. Our Observers say this is the result of years of underinvestment. The water shortage eased in late August when authorities sent millions of bottles of water to stores, but many are concerned the same thing could happen next summer.
Sports
Leicestershire to appeal against 27-point penalty
Leicestershire are to appeal against the 27-point ECB penalty they received for breaching pitch regulations in August.