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Cargo ships are seen at sea near the Strait of Hormuz. - AP photo
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Trump says deal to reopen Strait of Hormuz could come as early as Wednesday

CAIRO (AP) – United States President Donald Trump said a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz could come as early as Wednesday, as Iran and Oman inched toward an agreement on the critical waterway that could ease pressure on the global economy and potentially help bring an end to the war.

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Gov’t proposes licensing framework for online broadcasters

BELMOPAN (CMC): Prime Minister John Briceño has defended Belize’s proposed Broadcasting Bill, arguing that it is intended to regulate revenue-generating online news platforms rather than restrict free…
Britain’s Prime Minister Andy Burnham (centre) speaks with interim Chief Coastguard John Craig and Border Security Commander Duncan Capps beside a recovered migrant boat during a visit to HM Coastguard’s Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre in Dover, En
Published 10 hours ago

157 migrants rescued after boat fire in English Channel

PARIS (AP): French and British teams rescued 157 migrants who were trying to cross the English Channel after the engine of their boat caught fire, French maritime authorities said.
A healthcare worker at an Ebola treatment centre in Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on July 22.
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Ebola death toll reaches 1,700 as outbreak surges

BUNIA (AP): Ebola has killed more than 1,700 people in eastern Congo in what has become the fastest-growing outbreak of the disease, according to data – spreading faster than health officials can…
Lava flows out of the crater of the Fuego volcano, as seen from San Juan Alotenango, Guatemala, onTuesday.
Published 10 hours ago

Hundreds evacuated after Fuego volcano erupts

GUATEMALA CITY (AP): Guatemala remained on alert yesterday after evacuating hundreds of people following an eruption the day before of the Fuego volcano, which is part of the Pacific Ring of Fire and…
August 4, 2026

Discarded SpaceX rocket on high-speed collision course with moon

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – A drifting SpaceX rocket is on a collision course with the moon after launching a pair of lunar landers more than a year ago. The rocket's upper stage will…
A volunteer firefighter observs a flame rising next to a house during a wildfire near Porto Germeno, northwest of Athens, Greece, Sunday.
August 4, 2026

Europe’s hot, dry summer takes its toll

ATHENS (AP): A record-breaking hot and dry summer tightened its grip on Europe yesterday as water-dropping planes swooped over a major wildfire in Greece, firefighters in France sought to stabilise a…
Manu Yaw Fofie, a cocoa farmer, walks through his farm in Kona, Ghana, March 6, 2026.
August 4, 2026

Cocoa farm crimes could bring 20-year prison terms

ACCRA (AP): Ghana’s parliament passed a bill that could send cocoa farmers to prison for up to 20 years if they convert their farms to other uses without government approval, according to a copy of…
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
August 4, 2026

Lula launches re-election bid

SAO PAULO (AP): What is very likely to be the last re-election bid of Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was confirmed on Sunday by his Workers’ Party as the 80-year-old leader faces…
A 12-year-old unaccompanied minor who crossed into Spain is escorted by a Spanish soldier to the Spain-Morocco border from the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, Monday.
August 4, 2026

Hundreds of migrant children stranded after mass crossing

CEUTA (AP): The teenage girl made it through the waves to Spanish territory. Her little brother did not, drowning in the Mediterranean, while their mother disappeared in the chaos when tens of…