At the Dallas meeting of Republicans focused on the midterms, Trump portrayed the Strait of Hormuz as being under American control. He jokingly proposed the name “Trump Strait,” saying he should get “something out of it.”

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Preliminary ship-tracking data showed that vessel transits through the Strait of Hormuz slipped to seven on Wednesday from 12 the day before, remaining below the 10-day average of 14.

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US President Donald Trump defended the war against Iran and said the United States would call the Strait of Hormuz “Trump Strait.”

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US President Donald Trump proposed renaming the Strait of Hormuz the “Trump Strait” and said he would announce the move at the Republican midterm convention in Texas. He also said he was convinced oil prices would fall after the United States wins the war with Iran, again claiming that the US controls the key oil route.

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Donald Trump has promised every American $5,000 if Republicans win November’s midterm elections, without explaining how the plan would work or be funded. Democrats call it an “empty promise”, while others question its legality. The proposal could cost the US government about $1.3 trillion.

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US President Donald Trump says he would give every adult American $5,000 if Republicans win both chambers of Congress in November’s midterm elections. The proposal could cost about $1.3tn, but Trump gave no details on its funding or operation. Democrats called it an “empty promise”, while legal experts questioned whether it would be lawful.

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President Trump’s speech at the Republican convention centered on a promise of a $5,000 payment and his claim that oil prices will “come tumbling down.”

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President Donald Trump promised on Wednesday to give every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of Congress in November. He paired the extraordinary claim with a call for supporters to “pretend” he was also on the ballot.

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US President Donald Trump urged supporters on Wednesday to treat November’s midterm elections as if he were personally on the ballot. He said he would give every American adult $5,000 if right-wing Republicans retain control of Congress, as he faces low approval ratings, rising living costs and a months-long war with Iran.

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Speaking at the Republican National Committee’s midterm convention, Donald Trump pledged a $5,000 “dividend” for every adult US citizen if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in November’s midterm elections. If enacted, the proposal would cost $1.2 trillion.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he will sue Haaretz and the authors of a report alleging that UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed warned him about Hamas’s plans 10 days before the October 7, 2023 attacks. Netanyahu calls the report fabricated and politically motivated, and denies speaking with the UAE leader.

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A recent investigative report by Israel’s Haaretz alleges that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu knew about the Hamas-led Oct. 7 attack several days before it took place.

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The EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service says August had a global average air temperature of 16.96°C, surpassing the previous monthly record from 2023. Scientists mainly attributed the extreme heat to human-caused climate change, while continued ocean warmth and a strong El Niño could raise the risk of floods, droughts and wildfires.

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Europe’s Copernicus climate service said Earth had just endured its hottest August on record. Scientists said global heat remains stuck at an elevated level.

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Copernicus says the global average air temperature in August 2026 was 1.65°C above the pre-industrial reference level, tying it with the hottest month ever recorded. Prolonged, early heatwaves also pushed Western Europe past its previous summer temperature record, set in 2003.

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The EU climate monitor said Thursday that August was the hottest single month ever recorded worldwide, while western Europe experienced the warmest summer measured by the agency.

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is scheduled to meet Vladimir Zelensky in Calgary on September 10 at 3:00 p.m. GMT. Zelensky and his wife are visiting Canada from September 9 to 11, with the program focused on shared Canada-Ukraine priorities, including deeper defense, economic and energy cooperation.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is visiting Canada this week for the first time in nearly a year, as Ukraine deals with a deadly barrage of airstrikes.

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A Hong Kong court found Dow Jones Publishing guilty of preventing reporter Selina Cheng from taking up a role at the Hong Kong Journalists Association, while clearing it of a second charge alleging dismissal or discrimination because of her union rights. Cheng was fired weeks after becoming the association’s chair, in a case that heightened concerns about press freedom in the city.

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A Hong Kong court convicted the publisher of The Wall Street Journal of deterring one of its reporters from taking up a trade union role.

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Apple’s new CEO made a debut appearance as the company unveiled its latest iPhone generation, including the highly anticipated foldable Duo.

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Apple’s new iPhone comes with many features, but the detail drawing the most attention is the crease and how visible it looks.

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Apple’s new iPhone Duo costs $3,199 in its highest-end configuration, setting a record price for a mass-market smartphone.

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The iPhone is set for its biggest change in nearly two decades, with a screen that can fold in half.

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Apple’s new iPhone Duo is the company’s first folding-screen device, but it is neither the first foldable on the market nor the first product to use the Duo name. The article looks back at earlier Duos from NEC, Google, Apple, Microsoft, and Asus, including consoles, software, laptops, chargers, and phones.

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Apple has unveiled the iPhone Duo, its first-ever foldable smartphone. The device uses an asymmetric design that opens into a 7.6-inch Super Retina XDR display.

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The US Treasury has raised the ceiling for its Sept. 10 buyback of older 10- to 20-year bonds to $6 billion, triple the prior limit. The operation could ease dealers’ inventory burden, but the amount alone does not create net liquidity or amount to Federal Reserve quantitative easing. Whether any benefit reaches Bitcoin depends on sustained improvement in bond trading and funding conditions, which remains unproven.

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The LAPTOP project attributed a 99% launch-day crash to sniper bots and thin liquidity. It said it would add pool incentives and expects early prediction-market burns to reduce supply.

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A sold-out exhibition of the Bayeux Tapestry opens in London on Thursday, amid what is described as public “mania” in Britain. The medieval artwork depicting the Norman conquest of England is being displayed outside France for the first time.

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Donald Trump used the Republican Party’s first midterm convention in Dallas to rally loyalists and urge them to vote as if he were on the ballot. He stressed his continued control of the party, warned about the challenge of replacing him, and defended short-term economic pain and high fuel prices linked to the war in Iran.

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