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USA & Canada Intelligence Brief August 15, 2026: Four Days And A Draft

USA & Canada Intelligence Brief August 15, 2026: Four Days And A Draft

Rio Times · USA & Canada Intelligence Brief August 15 Key Facts — Four days A 50% American tariff on roughly $20 billion of Canadian goods takes effect on Wednesday. — A draft for Monday Canadian… The post USA & Canada Intelligence Brief…

S&P Affirms Cape Verde Sovereign Rating as Tariff Relief Extended

S&P Affirms Cape Verde Sovereign Rating as Tariff Relief Extended

Cape Verde · ECONOMY Key Facts —Rating affirmed: S&P Global Ratings confirmed the Cape Verde sovereign rating at B+/B with a positive outlook on 7 August 2026, after upgrading it from B on 6 February 2026. —Reserve buffer: The February…

TAAG Angola Airlines Opens New Angola–Senegal–Cape Verde Route in October 2026

TAAG Angola Airlines Opens New Angola–Senegal–Cape Verde Route in October 2026

Angola · BUSINESS Key Facts —Launch date: The Luanda–Dakar–Praia route begins on 31 October 2026, in the opening week of the IATA winter 2026/27 season, which opens on 25 October. —Operator: TAAG – Linhas Aéreas de Angola, with IATA code…

Adeleke claims arrest of Osun PDP chairman, demands immediate release

The Punch

Adeleke claims arrest of Osun PDP chairman, demands immediate release

Osun Governor Ademola Adeleke condemns the alleged arrest of PDP Chairman Sunday Bisi, demanding his immediate release and calling it an attack on democrac Read More…

The Punch

Laurent Gbagbo Delegates Powers in PPA-CI Without Immediate Succession

Laurent Gbagbo Delegates Powers in PPA-CI Without Immediate Succession

Côte d’Ivoire · POLITICS Key Facts —Party re-election: Laurent Gbagbo was re-elected president of the African People’s Party – Côte d’Ivoire (PPA-CI) by acclamation at its first ordinary congress in Abidjan on 14–15 May 2026. —Delegation…

Africa Intelligence Brief August 15, 2026: Four Of Two Hundred And Twenty-Six

Africa Intelligence Brief August 15, 2026: Four Of Two Hundred And Twenty-Six

Rio Times · Africa Intelligence Brief August 15 Key Facts — Counting resumed Zambia's electoral commission restarted the count on Friday evening after consulting law enforcement and reviewing security conditions. — The first official…

Israeli strikes kill 11 in Lebanon two months into truce

Financial Times

Israeli strikes kill 11 in Lebanon two months into truce

Attacks were ‘response to an action’ by Hizbollah, says Israeli military

Financial Times

Bloomberg This Weekend | Conditions Aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, Up Close with a Drone Swarm

The news doesn’t stop when markets close. Hosts Joe Mathieu, Carol Massar and Lisa Mateo bring clarity, context and a bit of humor to the weekend’s biggest headlines, LIVE from New York. Joined by Natalie Oliverio, Navy Veteran & Military…

‘It’s archaic’: the struggle to heat poorly insulated homes let by royal estates

The Guardian

‘It’s archaic’: the struggle to heat poorly insulated homes let by royal estates

A number of idyllic-looking homes in estates owned by King Charles and Prince William do not meet energy standards for rentals • Royal estates rent out homes that fail to meet legal energy efficiency standards This summer, the duchy of…

The Guardian

Peru’s Economy Unexpectedly Slows as Fishing, Agriculture Slump

Peru’s economy unexpectedly slowed in June due to a slump in fishing and agriculture output amid unusual weather conditions.

Drone Swarms Push AI Deeper Into Modern Warfare

Bloomberg News Cyber Security & Tech Reporter Katrina Manson got a firsthand look at autonomous drone-swarm technology that allows multiple aircrafts to coordinate and strike targets even when communications or GPS are disrupted. Joining…

Riggleman Warns Private Cyberattacks Could Backfire

Joining Bloomberg This Weekend to discuss the war in Ukraine one year after the Trump-Putin Alaska summit, Former Republican Congressman and current CEO of RIIG Technologies Denver Riggleman also spoke with hosts Joe Mathieu and Carol…