Trump Delays Canada Tariffs, Takes Hard Line on Iran | Daybreak Europe 8/19/2026

Bloomberg Daybreak Europe is your essential morning viewing to stay ahead. Live from London, we set the agenda for your day, catching you up with overnight markets news from the US and Asia. And we'll tell you what matters for investors in Europe, giving you insight before trading begins. The Trump administration delayed 50% tariffs on billions of dollars of Canadian products for three days, saying the two sides had reached a tentative agreement to resolve a broader trade dispute that had pl...

Mary Peltola and Dan Sullivan Advance in Key Alaska Senate Contest

The Democratic former congresswoman and the incumbent Republican senator will face off in November. Whether a potential spoiler candidate with the same name as the senator qualifies alongside them has not been determined.

By Kellen Browning

Postcard from Kansas: my pilgrimage to the centre of America

A rural road trip leads Neville Hawcock to the US’s very midpoint, where he finds modest monuments, quiet small-town charm — and the pleasure of straying far from the tourist trail

Former Fauci aide admits hiding emails to thwart pandemic inquiry

David M. Morens, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States, said he was trying to protect his boss. Fauci was not accused of wrongdoing in the case.

By Jeremy Roebuck

Democratic socialist Angie Nixon clinches surprise primary win in Florida US Senate race

Nixon bested Alexander Vindman to win Democratic nomination and now faces Republican Ashley Moody in November In an upset for the Democratic establishment, progressive Angie Nixon won the party’s US Senate primary in Florida, beating former army intelligence officer Alexander Vindman. Nixon, a state representative and member of the Democratic Socialists of America, had significantly less funding going into the primary – with $975,000 to Vindman’s $16.3m at the end of July, according to Florid...

By Richard Luscombe

Liberia agrees to take 1,200 third-country deportees from the U.S.

The 1,200 deportees will include Africans as well as nationals from North America, South America and the Caribbean, with the first batch of 20 expected on Thursday.

By The Associated Press

Scaling back US-South Korea drills may fail to woo Kim away from China

Trump is scaling back US-South Korea military exercises as he signals interest in renewed talks with Kim Jong Un.

GOP senator, ex-House Dem emerge from Alaska’s ‘jungle primary’ despite far-left meddling

Dan Sullivan and Mary Peltola advance from Alaska's jungle primary, but a second Dan Sullivan on the ballot raises election confusion claims.

Democratic Representative Moskowitz fends off challenge in Florida from democratic socialist

US urged to follow China’s lead in treating data as an economic asset

As China deepens the commercialisation of its vast troves of data, the United States needs to develop its own national data strategy that treats data as an economic asset to better position itself to prevail in emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and robotics, a key US congressional advisory body has said. In a report published on Tuesday, the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) warned that the US risks ceding global leadership in setting global data...

By Vincent Chow

Trump announces pause on 50% tariffs for Canada after reaching ‘a DEAL’

The 50 per cent tariffs were due to go into effect overnight

By Kanishka Singh,Promit Mukherjee and Maria Cheng

Democratic Socialist Angie Nixon Scores Major Upset In Florida Senate Primary

Nixon is the latest in a line of left-leaning anti-establishment candidates who have scored wins in the Democratic Party’s primaries.

By Siladitya Ray, Forbes Staff

COVID is ‘growing’ in nearly every state, CDC reports. Here’s where levels are highest

US issues details of new Green Card rules coming into effect from September 18

Starting September 18, 2026, new regulations from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services will affect Green Card applications, implementing a more rigorous public charge test. This means applicants will be assessed more thoroughly regarding any public benefits received. However, existing Green Card holders and certain humanitarian cases will not be subject to these enhanced evaluations.

By TOI TECH DESK

Global authors, diverse themes to take centre stage at US, Canada editions of Jaipur Lit Fest

Global authors, diverse themes to take centre stage at US, Canada editions of Jaipur Lit Fest

US, South Korea cut annual war games short after Trump criticism

Annual war games between South Korea and the United States will end around a week earlier than planned, both countries said on Wednesday, after US President Donald Trump ordered the “inappropriate and hostile” drills scaled back. Trump said on Sunday that he had told the Pentagon to curtail the annual Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises — a day before they started — citing his “good relationship” with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Pyongyang’s state media criticised the drills on Wednesday as a ...

By [email protected] (AFP)

Americans love giant trucks — but they’re killing us

An key obstacle is that U.S. automakers apparently can't make money on anything but large vehicles.

Randy Fine beats Dan Bilzerian as another Jewish incumbent wins primary

In another race, South Florida Democrat Rep. Lois Frankel defeated outsider Victoria Doyle in a Democratic primary race on Tuesday.

US sanctions ICC president, senior trial lawyer in latest attack on court

The US imposed sanctions Tuesday on the International Criminal Court's president and a senior trial lawyer at the court, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said. The move is the latest escalation in the Trump administration's campaign against The Hague-based court, which was established in 2002 by ‌the international community to prosecute war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity. The US is not a member of the court. Rubio said in a statement that he was imposing sanctions on Tomoko Akane,

By The Korea Herald

'Teeming with life': Cook Islands officials enthuse over NOAA deep dive

A 26-day deep sea expedition in the Cook Islands by a United States scientific agency has uncovered new information about marine life and seabed minerals within the country's EEZ.

US, South Korea to cut length, scope of military drills after Trump order

Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise to run through August 21 instead of original end date of August 27

By Reuters

Why is Liberia taking in 1200 US deportees?

Monrovia insists the arrangement is not a "quid pro quo" and that deportees will arrive as...

Illegal Immigrant Killer Found Not Guilty By Insanity, Flees US During Hospital Leave

Illegal Immigrant Killer Found Not Guilty By Insanity, Flees US During Hospital Leave An illegal immigrant found not guilty by reason of insanity in a 2019 killing managed to flee the United States on a one-way flight to his native Tajikistan while on an approved 48-hour pass from a state mental health facility. Now a Soros-backed prosecutor is under fire for his pattern of pursuing insanity pleas for violent offenders who are illegal immigrants. Steve Descano, commonwealth's...

By Tyler Durden

Berendsen: Netherlands “disapproves” of new Trump ICC sanctions

Dutch foreign minister Tom Berendsen has criticised the latest sanctions imposed by the Trump administration against officials of the International...

By Gordon Darroch

Liberia to receive about 1,200 US deportees

The Trump administration has launched a sweeping expansion to deportations where the government has argued it can send people to a country that is not their home nation. The post Liberia to receive about 1,200 US deportees appeared first on Vanguard News.

By Henry Oduah

US lifts security restrictions on ships from Nigeria after 12 years

The United States has lifted security restrictions imposed on vessels arriving from Nigeria after more than a ​decade, the Marine and Blue Economy Minister Adegboyega Oyetola said ‌on Tuesday

By Abubakar Ibrahim