Tuesday, September 22, 2026
Updated 6m ago
President Donald Trump launched "Trump TV," a White House streaming channel, after he barred CNN, MSNOW and Politico from the White House, sparking a network boycott and legal challenges.
The United States, Denmark and Greenland signed a security agreement at the United Nations in New York, and the U.S. pledged to open two military bases in Greenland.
President Donald Trump said at the United Nations the United States would call artificial intelligence "superintelligence", rejected a global oversight body and said the Justice Department could intervene.
Xi Jinping pressed President Donald Trump in Washington to halt U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, prompting Taiwanese alarm that Washington might delay previously promised deliveries.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met U.S. President Donald Trump in New York at the U.N. General Assembly, where Trump urged a temporary energy truce, multiple outlets reported.
President Trump delivered a UN General Debate speech in New York urging Iranians to rise up and pressing Iran over the war, though critics said the conflict was uniting Iranians.
OpenAI announced its AI had solved more than 100 longstanding mathematical problems and enlisted leading academics to explain the breakthroughs amid security worries and surging open-source AI development.
De Tweede Kamer stemde dinsdag vrijwel unaniem voor ruimere inzage in afstandsdossiers en adoptiedossiers, twee maanden na excuses aan afstandsmoeders; D66 stemde tegen en belangengroepen vonden het niet ver genoeg.
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Republican candidates in key battleground states urged a speedy end to the war with Iran and publicly distanced themselves from President Trump, citing low public support ahead of November midterms.
Paramount settled with 12 U.S. states, removing their challenge and clearing the way for its $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros, one of the largest media mergers.
Saudi Arabia reopened the East–West oil pipeline, allowing crude loading at the Red Sea port of Yanbu to resume after drone attacks forced its Sept. 13 shutdown.
The World Health Organization warned a strong El Niño would peak late 2026 and persist through February 2027, increasing floods, droughts, heat and mosquito-borne disease and raising Asian food-price risks.
Earl Spencer published a memoir in Britain that accused King Charles III of mistreating Princess Diana and quoted the monarch as saying they would "forget her soon enough," sparking concern.
Alaska's Fat Bear Week 2026 competition is underway, with returning champion Chunk among 16 brown bears vying in the online vote for the year's fattest title.
Sport Vlaanderen and Mechelen, Zemst and Boortmeerbeek agreed to build a 50‑metre top‑sport pool in Hofstade, the only such facility in Flemish Brabant, with work starting late 2028.
In Austin, ICE agents shot Venezuelan Wilber Garcés Pérez, who retained a bullet and was taken into custody, while video suggested an officer fired through a rear window.
Spain transferred to the Audiencia Nacional an extradition request for pro‑Palestine activist Fergie Chambers, saying the decision was not definitive; his lawyer Baltasar Garzón called it political.
Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson starred in Apple TV's comedy series "Brothers," a fictional show built around a rumor they might be half-brothers.
