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August 31, 2026

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☰ × CBC Canada

-	Lake America replaces Lake Ontario on multiple Canadian websites after Google Maps update
-	On the road with pro-independence Albertans, one small town at a time
-	Iran's Revolutionary Guard retaliates after U.S. bombs targets in Strait of Hormuz
-	15 people may be missing after Grand Canyon flash flood, dozens evacuated
-	The National \| Nepal flooding traps hundreds in tunnels
-	Sask. woman crowned Mrs. Canada Universe after 26 years away from the stage
-	Canada has leverage in this trade fight, but economists warn it comes with a cost
-	Nepal warns of possible fresh flooding as communities grapple with devastation

☰ × BBC World

-	Eight killed and 18 missing after ferry capsizes off northern Cyprus
-	US strikes Iranian launchers on Larak Island in first known attack in weeks
-	Iceland votes against restarting EU membership talks
-	Manhunt after shooting at Swiss rave kills woman, 22, and injures five
-	15 hikers feared missing after 'terrifying' flash flooding hits Grand Canyon
-	'A giant leap forward': Nasa launches powerful new space telescope
-	Zambian opposition leader charged with treason
-	Russia says it helped to repel Niger attempted coup

☰ × Global News

-	Horvath scores 4 TDs, Lions beat winless Redblacks
-	Winnipeg man on pilgrimage missing in deadly Nepal-China floods
-	Some Ontario government, business websites show ‘Lake America’ on maps
-	Woman dead after being hit by light rail train in Ontario city: police
-	Unionized GM workers to wrap up voting on tentative agreement
-	New Brunswick horse owners warned about potential virus exposure
-	Affordability the focus for parties on Day 4 of the Quebec election
-	Danielle Smith to speak at Alberta Day celebration as referendum nears

☰ × NPR News

-	Arizona's taps won't run dry, but water bills will go up under federal plan for Colorado River
-	What Argentina gets right about youth soccer — and what the U.S. gets wrong
-	Families of pilgrims likely caught in floods are desperate for news from Nepal
-	Canada claps back at Trump's efforts to rename Lake Ontario as 'Lake America'
-	Exclusive: Meet the inaugural winner of Fat Marmot Week
-	Politics chat: more tariffs, mail-in voting order, Kushner-Jeffries meeting
-	Are you sure that Kimmel clip was real? Late-night AI deepfakes are spreading online
-	'A glorious dawn launch': NASA's newest space telescope has left the Earth

☰ × The Guardian

-	People fleeing Sudan civil war face ‘dire and deteriorating’ conditions in refuge city
-	Egyptian queen’s 673-diamond necklace stolen in Vienna smash-and-grab raid
-	What could Meta’s US settlement mean around the world – and what now for other claims against firm?
-	UK urged to help free British-Egyptian ‘arrested in Cairo over sister’s activism’
-	South African police arrest two Thai men for allegedly smuggling parrot eggs
-	Canada erects giant ‘Lake Ontario’ sign as spat with Trump over name escalates
-	Venezuela’s Delcy Rodríguez defends ‘endless’ benefits of her oil deal with Trump
-	Was it a mistake for 99 Colombian guerrillas to lay down their arms?

☰ × Al Jazeera

-	Mamdani lookalike contest draws hundreds of hopefuls in New York
-	Two Palestinians reported dead as Israeli forces raid Nablus
-	Iran targets Jordan after first US attack in a month
-	Niger mutiny puts Russia’s expanding role in the Sahel to the test
-	Tunisia swelters as power cuts disrupt water supplies
-	US plans to sanction another bank to keep economic pressure on Iran
-	Venezuela’s Maduro shares first photos from US detention
-	What are the implications of the US-Venezuela oil deal?

☰ × The Verge

-	Professor Murder Rides the Subway is a forgotten slice of dance punk perfection
-	Enormous 12TB Steam leak includes abandoned Half-Life 2: Episode 3 assets
-	The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches to study dark matter and dark energy
-	Texas Governor Abbott blocks funding for more Flock cameras
-	Chess.com launched a poker site and is planning even more classic games
-	China’s robots race ahead
-	Two new small, powerful Macs
-	Vicariously hike the Appalachian in the gorgeous A Trail Tale

☰ × TechCrunch

-	The U.S. is building barriers around drones and robots, but China has scale to get around them
-	Grindr wants to be the everything app for gay men; investors are still deciding whether it can pull it off
-	Liux’s Big microcar bets on sustainability to take on Chinese rivals
-	Musk’s faster path to more gas turbines comes with pollution problem
-	TechCrunch Mobility: The hidden human cost of robotaxis
-	Caterpillar is bringing to AI deployment what it learned from automating mining
-	Sony Music, Warner sue Anthropic, alleging a “brazen campaign” of intellectual property theft
-	At TechBBQ, Europe’s AI conversations kept coming back to: Who’s actually in control?

☰ × TechRadar

-	'If you’re looking for a cheap mechanical keyboard, you can’t do much better': I tested a budget clacker that's impressive for gaming or home working — but its cutbacks are evident
-	‘Makes up for its predecessor’s fumbles, rather than actually keeping pace with competitors’ — I like this Epson projector’s Google TV OS and boosted HDMI ports but these quality of life upgrades are too little too late
-	The MacBook Neo may no longer be 'affordable', but a small discount sees it drop to a three-figure price
-	Amazon is buying 2 million Nvidia GPUs for AWS data center expansion
-	I switched from Goodreads to Fable for tracking all of my favorite books, and it’s one of the best digital migrations I’ve made yet
-	'Unarguably one of the very best wireless stereo speaker systems you can currently buy': KEF's LS Luxe is the real deal, if you can accept the placement fussiness and 'visual drama'
-	Norway deploys anti-drone C-UAS system to defend air bases hosting its new F-35 jets from threats
-	I hit 40 and knew my lifestyle had to change. This app is helping me power up, take more steps, and supercharge my water intake

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