Archives — August 2026

A weakened currency can potentially increase the cost of daily family and business spending for countries in Africa that rely largely on imports. A recent reminder of such pressure was experienced in Ghana last week.

ADVERTISEMENTKitchener WatchPolice are investigating after multiple bullets were fired into a business early Sunday morning. CTV's Hannah Schmidt has the details. August 30, 2026 at 4:30p.m. EDT

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Employment of telemarkers is projected to fall from 2025 to 2035. Automation is set to reduce the need for some jobs over the next decade, like order clerks and switchboard operators. New Bureau of Labor Statistics projections show which jobs may rapidly grow between 2025 and 2035, and which may shrink. Word processors and typists are projected to experience the largest percent decline, falling 34%. It's one of 206 jobs that the Bureau of Labor Statistics classified as having "very high" exposure to AI. The 12 jobs with the largest projected percent declines typically aren't high-paying. Most of them earned less than the national median annual wage of $50,980 in 2025. Employment of foundry mold and coremakers, as well as metal and plastic patternmakers, is projected to decline, partly due to businesses' ability to leverage 3D printers. For word processors and typists, BLS said other workers are taking on these duties, and "traditional typing methods continue to be replaced by automated processes through use of machine learning (ML) technologies. "Telemarketers and mining roof bolters are set to see changes in demand for different reasons.

Public health is the science and practice of protecting and improving the health of populations — entire communities, countries, or the world — rather than treating one patient at a time. Where clinical medicine asks “what is wrong with this patient and how do we treat it,” public health asks “what is making groups of people sick, injured, or die prematurely, and what can be changed — in policy, environment, behavior, or health systems — to prevent it.” This guide covers what public health actually studies, its major sub-disciplines, the real research funding landscape for the field, the methods practitioners and researchers use, and typical training and career pathways — the research-administration layer that a general encyclopedia entry on public health usually leaves out. Public health is often summarized by three core functions first articulated in the U. S.

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Timothy Garton Ash is right that serious artificial intelligence risks demand international action, but “AI Hiroshima” may be the wrong picture (Would even an AI disaster on the scale of Hiroshima be enough to make humankind protect itself? I fear not, 22 August). Hiroshima was not technology going rogue. Human beings designed the bomb, authorised its use and dropped it. The technology worked much as intended. AI may one day behave in ways we cannot control, but many of the gravest harms could happen without any dramatic moment when “the AI takes over”. AI might help design a pathogen, find a vulnerability in critical infrastructure or improve a weapons system while people still decide what happens next. Other harms may build almost invisibly through thousands of ordinary decisions – more autonomy here, one safeguard removed there, another consequential task handed over because the system has worked well so far. By the time the danger is obvious, the important decisions may already have been made. That is also where international agreement could begin.

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The undrafted rookie cornerback consistently made plays throughout the preseason and may have done enough to force his way onto the Bolts’ initial 53-man roster.

From alcohol bans to abandoned trips south, Canada’s response to Trump’s tariffs is reshaping its identity — and capturing Europe’s attention.

Today at 7:26 a.m. EDT, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope officially launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center near Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Falcon Heavy’s 27 Merlin engines generated over 5 million pounds of thrust, and pushed the rocket through the atmosphere. It got it’s “first taste of space” about four minutes after liftoff. Roman is now en route to the second Lagrange point (L2), roughly 932,000 miles “behind” Earth as viewed from the sun. Once it reaches L2, the new space telescope will be about four times farther from Earth than the moon.

The Carolina Panthers are adding some much-needed experience to their defense, agreeing to a one-year deal with veteran linebacker Bobby Okereke. The move comes as Carolina finalizes its roster ahead of the regular season. Okereke, 30, spent the past three seasons with the New York Giants after beginning his NFL career with the Indianapolis Colts.…

Google Maps has changed the name of Lake Ontario for American users. Google Maps changed Lake Ontario's name for its American users, and the internet is not happy. On Thursday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to rename Lake Ontario, which straddles the Canadian and US border, to Lake America. The US Geographic Names Information System formally changed the name of the water body. On Sunday, Google said it updates Maps based on official government sources, meaning US users would see "Lake America" while Canadian users would see "Lake Ontario. "Users outside these two countries would see "Lake Ontario (Lake America). "The backlash to Google's change was swift. Some users on X called the change "pathetic" and an instance of Google "distributing misinformation. " Another said it showed how weak Google was, with how it "bows down to" Trump. Another more creative X user called the tool "Google Craps. "The change also got some blowback from Canadian politicians. Stephen Crawford, a member of Ontario's provincial parliament, said some Canadian government websites displayed "Lake America" because they pull map data from Google Maps, an issue the province is fixing.

An adipocyte (fat cell) seen under a microscope. (jxfzsy/Canva) As scientists look for ways to tackle the global obesity crisis, research has established that once the obesity stage is reached, it can be very difficult for many people to find weight loss methods that work long-term. What's not as clear is exactly why, though it seems obesity leaves some kind of imprint on our bodies that persists even if we start losing weight. A study published earlier this year showed one way that our immune cells carry 'memories' of obesity around with them. Now a new study published in Science Translational Medicine describes a separate impact that obesity has on a different set of immune cells, located right inside fat tissue – and apparently leading to permanent biological changes that directly interfere with fat loss. The study researchers, from institutions across Japan, analyzed adipose tissue macrophages (ATMs) in mice. These ATMs are the most abundant immune cells in fat tissue, charged with managing fat levels and inflammation, fighting infection, and clearing away dead and damaged cells – a process called efferocytosis (which we'll come back to).

Researchers at Phenikaa University work in a laboratory as Việt Nam expands its research and training capacity in quantum technology. — Photo baotintuc.vnBy Mai HươngHÀ NỘI — For Việt Nam, the quantum race is no longer a question of whether to join, but how far it can go. The country has a strong foundation in mathematics, computer science and young talent – yet the hardest step lies ahead: building expertise in quantum physics, hardware and the experimental technologies at the heart of the field. Quantum technology uses quantum physics for computing, communications and sensing. Once largely theoretical, it is now moving into real-world applications and attracting growing investment worldwide. Việt Nam identifies quantum technology as one of the country’s strategic priorities under a resolution on breakthroughs in science, technology and innovation adopted by the Communist Party in December 2024, also called Resolution 57, providing a stronger policy basis for research, training and cooperation. But industry experts said the country should focus less on simply joining the race and more on building the foundations needed to develop its own capabilities.

Donald Trump and Canada continued a verbal duel on Saturday over the US government’s administrative renaming of Lake Ontario, with the Ontario premier erecting a giant sign saying “Lake Ontario. Now and Always” – and the American president posting a video of him tearing down an avatar of that sign, erecting a replacement saying Lake America, and dancing to YMCA. Rhetoric over the naming of Lake Ontario is the public face of an escalating trade dispute between the US and its northern neighbor involving a 50% US tariff on Canadian steel and retaliatory tariffs from Ottawa. Trump’s order for the US government to refer to Lake Ontario as Lake America by Sunday had at least one prominent impact. Google Maps had changed Lake Ontario’s name to Lake America for US users to reflect the president’s executive renaming order. Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, has flat-out rejected the renaming, explaining that Lake Ontario derives from an Indigenous Wendat word meaning “the lake is beautiful, the lake is great” that dates back more than 400 years.