International Relations

Microsoft headquarters campus redevelopment in Redmond Washington

MSFT Stock Today — August 28, 2026

Microsoft shares rose 1.93% Friday to close at $515.37, extending a 28% one-month surge built on Azure's record $100 billion revenue milestone and a $678 billion commercial cloud backlog. Whether Azure can

August 29, 2026

Business·News·Technology

India consumer goods on shelf as FMCG makers absorb rising input costs

HUL’s Margin Shrinks Even as FMCG Volumes Grow, as Rural India Pulls in Two Directions

India's fast-moving consumer goods sector grew volumes 7% in Q1 FY27 but Hindustan Unilever's gross margin contracted 80 basis points as palm oil and crude-linked input costs absorbed what rural demand recovery

August 29, 2026

Business·News

Lake Ontario satellite view from NASA International Space Station showing Great Lakes

Trump Renames Lake Ontario ‘Lake America,’ Canada Says the Old Name Stays Forever

Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday renaming Lake Ontario 'Lake America,' escalating his trade war with Canada. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney invoked the lake's four-century-old Wendat name and said his

August 29, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Infographic showing the six-month mark of the Iran-US war and the shipping crisis in the Strait of Hormuz

Iran War at Six Months: 6,000 Sailors Stranded in the Strait of Hormuz

Six months after the US-Iran war began, 6,000 sailors remain stranded in the Strait of Hormuz as Washington and Tehran contest who controls the waterway. Oman and Iran have agreed on a

August 29, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Brazil's National Congress building in Brasília where lawmakers introduced bills to ban casino games from the regulated betting market

Brazil’s Congress Moves to Ban Casino Games From the Betting Market It Built Two Years Ago

Brazil's Workers' Party has introduced two bills to ban casino games or repeal the Bets Law outright, backed by President Lula ahead of October elections. The legislative shift threatens R$20 billion in

August 29, 2026

Business·News

Passengers at border control booths in a Schengen airport terminal

The Clause Keeping Europe’s Border Queues Down Expires on September 6

For most of the summer, the thing standing between a Schengen arrivals hall and a four-hour queue has been a clause allowing border guards to stop taking fingerprints. It expires on September

August 29, 2026

News·Travel

The Harry S. Truman Building in Washington, headquarters of the US Department of State

A Judge Voided a Visa Ban Covering 75 Countries. The Refusals Go With It.

Applicants who had already satisfied the public charge test were refused anyway because of the passport they carried. A federal judge in Manhattan vacated the policy behind those refusals, along with the

August 29, 2026

Government and Politics·News

The Strait of Hormuz photographed from the International Space Station showing Iran coast and Persian Gulf entrance

Iran Sets Conditions for Reopening Strait of Hormuz, Demands End to US Blockade and Sanctions

Iran's SNSC Secretary Mohsen Rezaei has named Tehran's formal conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz: the US must end its blockade, lift sanctions, release frozen assets, and agree to a region-wide

August 29, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

King Harald V of Norway, Europe's oldest reigning monarch, who died at age 89 at Oslo University Hospital on August 28, 2026

Norway’s King Harald V Dies at 89 as Son Becomes King Haakon VIII

King Harald V of Norway, Europe's oldest reigning monarch, died Friday at Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet at the age of 89. His son, Crown Prince Haakon, immediately ascended as King Haakon VIII

August 29, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Rescuers search for survivors along Nepal's flooded Trishuli River valley after a glacier collapse in Rasuwa district, August 2026

Nepal Braces for Second Flood as Barrier Lake at China Border Begins to Overflow

Nepal confronts a second threat as a barrier lake at the Nepal-China border begins to overflow following Wednesday's glacier collapse that killed more than 390 people. Rescue teams are racing to reach

August 29, 2026

Climate·News

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MSFT Stock Today — August 28, 2026

HUL’s Margin Shrinks Even as FMCG Volumes Grow, as Rural India Pulls in Two Directions

Trump Renames Lake Ontario ‘Lake America,’ Canada Says the Old Name Stays Forever

Iran War at Six Months: 6,000 Sailors Stranded in the Strait of Hormuz

Brazil’s Congress Moves to Ban Casino Games From the Betting Market It Built Two Years Ago

The Clause Keeping Europe’s Border Queues Down Expires on September 6

A Judge Voided a Visa Ban Covering 75 Countries. The Refusals Go With It.

Iran Sets Conditions for Reopening Strait of Hormuz, Demands End to US Blockade and Sanctions

Norway’s King Harald V Dies at 89 as Son Becomes King Haakon VIII

Nepal Braces for Second Flood as Barrier Lake at China Border Begins to Overflow

Radical Islam is being appreciated by Indian authorities too

Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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