Breakfast News Recap: Ukraine under fresh attack as US tariffs hit Canada and Middle East tensions rise
Ukraine faced another deadly wave of Russian attacks, with the death toll from a drone strike on a shopping centre in Kryvyi Rih rising to 16 and 130 people injured, while separate strikes killed at least two more people and caused fires and injuries in Kyiv and Zaporizhzhia. 🔗 🔗European pressure on Moscow is also intensifying, with the EU threatening tougher sanctions after the Kryvyi Rih strike, and Ukraine separately imposing sanctions on the producers and distributors of the Russian animated series Masha and the Bear, which Kyiv says is linked to national security concerns. 🔗 🔗In the Middle East,... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews Recap | 22 Aug 2026 08:37 LONDON
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US imposes 50% tariffs on Canadian goods after trade talks fail
The United States has imposed 50% tariffs on about $20bn worth of Canadian goods after trade talks in Washington, DC failed to produce a deal. The move came after three days of negotiations and followed the expiry of a deadline set by President Donald Trump at 12:01am Eastern Time on Saturday. Canada said it would respond with retaliatory tariffs on a dollar-for-dollar basis.Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Ottawa would match the new tariffs and described recent progress in talks as insufficient to meet Canada's objectives. He said his government would introduce new measures in the coming days to support... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 22 Aug 2026 06:00 LONDON
Breakfast News Recap: Ebola response expands as US pressure on Iran and global tensions mount
The World Health Organization is allocating 70,000 doses of the Ervebo Ebola vaccine to the Democratic Republic of the Congo as the country faces a worsening outbreak, underlining the scale of the health emergency. 🔗In the Middle East, fighting in Yemen has intensified sharply, with government forces saying they carried out 81 attacks on Houthi positions in the past 24 hours, while the Houthis said they had launched their own strikes. 🔗 The United States has also sent a new carrier strike group to the region to relieve the USS Abraham Lincoln, adding to the military build up. 🔗Washington is... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews Recap | 21 Aug 2026 08:20 LONDON
Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil activists convicted as sentencing awaits
Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung have been found guilty in Hong Kong of inciting subversion in a case tied to annual vigils for the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. The verdict was delivered under the city's 2020 national security law, which has become the legal basis for some of the most closely watched political prosecutions in Hong Kong. Sentencing will take place later, and the two defendants face a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.The pair were leaders of the now-defunct Hong Kong Alliance, which organised the city's annual Victoria Park vigils. A third defendant, former lawmaker Albert Ho, pleaded... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 21 Aug 2026 04:00 LONDON
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