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Eight educators honoured with President's Award for Teachers 2026Society

Eight educators received the sector’s top honour for their exceptional care and dedication to nurturing students. President Tharman Shanmugaratnam presented the awards on 3 September. The recipients were chosen from 18 finalists, with two recognised teachers highlighted for innovative student-development initiatives.

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US public school crisis | This is AmericaSociety

Nearly 50 million children attend public schools, but districts are facing a funding crisis. Federal cuts are forcing many to reduce programs and close campuses. President Donald Trump calls the system bloated and broken while promoting private-school options, raising questions about whether this is a funding emergency or a partisan battle to remake American education.

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Floating island on B.C. lake mysteriously disappears, then reappearsOther

A dense mat of vegetation forming a floating island has captivated attention at British Columbia’s Williston Reservoir. The roughly 70-metre-wide, 140-metre-long “floating forest” was first seen near Finlay Bay in July, then repeatedly vanished and resurfaced elsewhere on the water.

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NTUC LearningHub survey: Scaling transformation remains a challengeEconomy

A new NTUC LearningHub survey finds that enterprise transformation is under way in Singapore, but many businesses have yet to turn it into meaningful organisation-wide change. Nearly eight in 10 business leaders describe transformation as moderate or limited, while two-thirds say the pace is slow.

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France had its hottest summer on record, environment minister saysWorld

France’s environment minister says the country experienced its hottest summer since records began more than a century ago. Météo-France reported an average summer temperature of 24°C, 3.6°C above normal and higher than the 2003 record of 2.7°C above normal.

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No, UN chief Guterres did not call Francesca Albanese 'out of control'World

Pro-Israel lobby group UN Watch claimed that UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Palestine rapporteur Francesca Albanese “out of control” and had previously described her as a “horrible woman.” Guterres did not name anyone, however, saying only that “many” independent rapporteurs were “totally out of control.” The UN said tying the remark specifically to Albanese was a “misreading.”

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'Highly likely' Russia will escalate attacks on EU, Lithuanian minister saysWorld

Lithuania’s foreign affairs minister says Russia is highly likely to intensify attacks against the EU. While praising Germany for attributing the attempted drone attack in Leipzig to Moscow, the minister argues that stronger EU-wide deterrence is needed to prevent further escalation.

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Two Palestinian teens killed as settlers, Israeli forces raid West Bank villageWorld

Funerals were held in the occupied West Bank after two Palestinian teenagers were killed during an Israeli raid on al-Mughayyir village, east of Ramallah, on Wednesday. Witnesses said snipers were placed on rooftops and soldiers sealed all village entrances. The village has endured repeated attacks by Israeli settlers in recent months.

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Trump Says Iran Strikes Will Be Short, Claims Control of Strait of HormuzWorld

US President Donald Trump said renewed attacks on Iran would probably be brief and repeated his claim that Washington controls the Strait of Hormuz. The latest fighting drove energy prices higher and revived fears that the war could continue indefinitely.

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Lindsay Clancy Trial LatestSociety

ABC News Live reports the latest developments in the Lindsay Clancy trial.

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Hundreds in Nepal capital hold candlelight vigil for flood victimsWorld

On Thursday, September 3, a candlelight gathering in Nepal’s capital brought together hundreds of people. They remembered those who died in the deadly flash flood and offered condolences to the victims’ families.

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Pitching mistakes that make investors nervous, according to a PhD in pitchingTech

There is no perfect startup pitch, but research-backed techniques can improve the delivery, deck and message. On Build Mode, host Isabelle Johannesen speaks with Dr. Eike Gerhardt, who spent nearly a decade studying the science of startup pitching before founding Autopoiesis Sciences.

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Global Bond Yields Rise, Waller Speaks Out | Real Yield 9/3/2026Economy

Bloomberg Real Yield examines the market-moving news of the day, including a global bond rout, rising yields and Ira Jersey’s discussion of Federal Reserve policy. Guests include portfolio and credit strategy leaders from JPMorgan Asset Management, Federated Hermes, Invesco and BNP Paribas.

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‘Godzilla’ El Niño is hitting us already: Here’s howScience

UN Secretary-General António Guterres warns that the world has entered a “danger zone of extreme weather” as El Niño’s effects begin to be felt globally. The phenomenon alters weather patterns, bringing drought to some regions and stronger typhoons and flooding to others.

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Russia shuts German cultural centers in response to Germany closing Russian facilitiesWorld

Russia says it will close Germany’s three Goethe-Institut cultural centers after Germany shut the Russian House in Berlin and a consulate in Bonn. Diplomatic tensions have intensified over an attempted drone attack at Leipzig Airport, which Berlin blames on Moscow, while growing numbers of Germans fear possible Russian hybrid attacks across the country.

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Wall Street Is Already On-Chain | Consensus 2026 MiamiEconomy

The financial system is being rebuilt in real time. At Consensus 2026 in Miami, the CEOs, founders and institutional leaders driving the transformation discuss why tokenization, stablecoins and blockchain infrastructure are no longer merely theoretical.

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Vance says US will not talk to Iran until Hormuz shipping attacks stopWorld

US Vice President JD Vance said Washington will not hold talks with Iran until Tehran “stops shooting at commercial shipping”. He said US actions in the Strait of Hormuz are intended to prevent a “catastrophic world energy crisis”.

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Feminist icon and Ms. Magazine founder Gloria Steinem dies at 92Culture

Gloria Steinem, the American journalist and political activist who became a leading face of second-wave feminism in the late 1960s and early 1970s, has died at 92. A statement on her verified Instagram account said she died Wednesday in New York City, surrounded by people who loved her, and continued working for equality until the end.

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