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August 22, 2026
The day's top events, read by how settled the reporting is.
16,250 Ebola doses arrive in DR Congo
Kinshasa took delivery of 16,250 Ervebo doses late Friday at N’djili International Airport, part of 70,000 announced by the World Health Organization and partners.
Roberts pauses halt on ballroom construction
Chief Justice John Roberts paused a lower court order that would have stopped aboveground work on the White House ballroom.
Canada trade talks end without a deal at deadline
Washington and Ottawa failed to close a tariff agreement Friday night, hours before duties of 50 percent were set to land on Canadian goods valued at $20 billion.
US escorts move 660 million barrels through Hormuz
Escorted convoys keep crude moving past Iran's declared closure of Hormuz, and US Central Command tallies 660 million barrels shipped since early May.
Iran rejects U.S. sanctions as global overreach
Iran's foreign ministry says new U.S. sanctions assert extraterritorial sovereignty over every U.N. member state, as Washington promises sweeping economic isolation.