| No Images? Click here  Monday, August 26PRESIDENT: CHINA TRADE NEGOTIATIONS IMMINENT President Donald Trump, under pressure to scale back a U.S.-China trade war partly blamed for a global economic slowdown, said the two sides will begin serious negotiations soon. [AP]SURPRISE G-7 INVITE FOR IRAN A top Iranian official paid an unannounced visit to the G-7 summit and headed straight to the buildings where leaders of the world’s major democracies have been debating how to handle the country’s nuclear ambitions. [AP]TRUMP ‘SUGGESTED NUKING HURRICANES’ Trump reportedly suggested “multiple times” that Homeland Security and military officials explore using nuclear bombs to stop hurricanes from striking the United States. According to an unnamed source, he said: “We drop a bomb inside the eye of the hurricane and it disrupts it. Why can’t we do that?” [HuffPost]YOUNG MIAMI CUBANS WARM TO SOCIALISM While more than half of Americans rejected socialism in a recent Gallup poll, 43% surveyed said some version of it would be good for the country. That sentiment was held by 58% of respondents ages 18 to 34, compared with just 36% of those 55 and older. And it’s growing among Miami’s young Cubans. [AP]HONG KONG POLICE DRAW GUNS IN LATEST PROTEST Hong Kong police drew guns and fired a warning shot Sunday night after protesters attacked officers with sticks and rods, and brought out water cannon trucks for the first time, an escalation in the summerlong protests that have shaken the city’s government and residents. [AP]PRINCE: MY RELATIONSHIP WITH EPSTEIN WAS A MISTAKE Prince Andrew spoke out for the first time since Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide, calling his relationship with the pedophile financier a “mistake and an error.” The Duke of York said he met Epstein in 1999, “saw him infrequently and probably no more than only once or twice a year.” [HuffPost]ANOTHER NEWSLETTER YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN As the United States and other nations grapple with the rise of far-right movements and white supremacy, HuffPost is relaunching the Fringe newsletter to keep you informed about the latest news on political extremism. Get it here.  CHINA WARNS U.S. ON TARIFFS China said on Saturday it strongly opposes Trump’s decision to levy additional tariffs on $550 billion worth of Chinese goods and warned the United States of consequences if it does not end its “wrong actions.” [Reuters]BOLSONARO SENDS ARMY TO FIGHT FIRES Backed by military aircraft, Brazilian troops prepared to deploy in the Amazon to fight fires that have swept the region and prompted anti-government protests as well as an international outcry. Some 44,000 troops will be available for “unprecedented” operations to put out the fires. [AP]CONTROVERSIAL FORMER SHERIFF RUNS AGAIN Joe Arpaio, the notorious former Arizona sheriff who was pardoned by Trump for criminal contempt in 2017, announced a bid to reclaim his old job. Arpaio was convicted in 2017 for violating a 2011 order that barred him from detaining people based merely on his suspicions about their immigration status. [HuffPost]DOMINGO GETS STANDING O AT SALZBURG Plácido Domingo received a standing ovation as he took to the stage at the Salzburg Festival on Sunday, a concerted show of support at his first performance since nine women accused him of sexual harassment in a report by The Associated Press. [AP]EU WILL RETALIATE IF TRUMP TAXES FRENCH WINE European Council President Donald Tusk warned the European Union will retaliate if Trump pushes forward with his threatened tariff on French wine, further ratcheting up global trade tensions. [HuffPost]GIANT ROCK COULD HELP HEAL BARRIER REEF A "raft" of floating pumice rock the size of Manhattan is drifting toward Australia, bringing along new marine life that could help with the recovery of the Great Barrier Reef's corals, half of which have been killed in recent years as a result of climate change. [CNN]
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