August 2026
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Joint South Korea drills shrink as Japan looks to Australia and India for munitions
Joint exercises with South Korea will shrink substantially, Donald Trump said. Japan's defence minister began a three-day trip for munitions ties with Australia and India, while Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin traded liberation-day pledges.
Kharg loads again as Hormuz stays empty and Gulf shares rise
Kharg Island's western terminal resumed crude loading after 25 idle days, even as Hormuz traffic stayed thin. Most Gulf stock markets still advanced. Israel's economy grew at an annualised 15.4 per cent after the war quarter.
Kushner lands in Israel after Hamas talks as eight ministers blame Israel for the stall
After Hamas talks in Egypt, Jared Kushner flew on to meet Benjamin Netanyahu. Eight foreign ministers blamed Israel for blocking the US-backed Gaza roadmap as settlers pitched new West Bank outpost tents.
Low-dose digoxin cut admissions 25 percent; midlife tracks split by ethnicity; HIV memory profiles divide three ways
Pooling three Dutch trials linked low-dose digoxin to a 25 percent drop in heart-failure hospitalizations; a San Antonio cohort tied cognitive decline to ethnicity-specific cardiovascular tracks; a memory game found three profiles among older adults with HIV.
Morocco detains migrants at Ceuta as those inside demand asylum
Moroccan forces detained 294 migrants near the Ceuta border on Saturday. On Sunday, about 200 people already camped inside the Spanish enclave protested for asylum and said they did not want to return to Morocco.
OpenAI and Tencent push assistants from chat into everyday workflows
OpenAI's opt-in Mac timeline lets ChatGPT and Codex consult a user's activity, while Tencent is testing Xiaowei inside WeChat for reservations and orders. Both products extend assistants toward work history and practical tasks, with limited or user-controlled access.
Overnight strikes kill civilians on both sides of the Russia-Ukraine border as NATO jets down a drone in Romania
Officials on each side reported six deaths in Belgorod and two in Sumy overnight. Ukraine's heaviest drone wave yet burned a Moscow warehouse, and Spanish NATO jets downed a drone that entered Romania from Moldova.
Philippine banks tap last-resort window as Ang deals advance
Philippine banks drew 60.1 billion pesos from the discount window in 2025. The Energy Regulatory Commission is assessing Ang's Lopez stake. Pangilinan said Ang will lead the planned tollway merger.
Philippine system resources hit records as remittance growth slows
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas data put financial system resources at 38.309 trillion pesos at end-June, while cash remittances from overseas Filipino workers posted their weakest annual rise in four years.
Research ship warned off Okinawa as Arunachal and Manila disputes flare
Japan's coast guard warned a Chinese research ship lowering a wire near Okinawa. A party team in Arunachal Pradesh reported Chinese advances on the border line, while Beijing and Manila traded accusations over worker detentions.