- Pope Declares First Millennial Saint: Pope Leo XIV has named Carlo Acutis as First Millennial Saint. The 15-year-old, known for his devotion to the Eucharist, died of leukemia in 2006.
- Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba Resigns: Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced on Sept. 7 that he is stepping down, following two election losses. Ishiba first took office in October 2024.
- South Korea Makes Deal With US to Release Detained Georgia Plant Workers: The South Korean government on Sept. 7 said that the more than 300 South Korean workers who were detained during a federal immigration operation at a Georgia Hyundai plant.
- New Mexico Governor Says National Guard Making Progress in High-Crime Albuquerque: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—In the shade of a tall fence along Central Avenue, a group of homeless people lingered in Albuquerque’s troubled International District as three squad cars and a medical vehicle…
- Robot Toy Maker Allegedly Sends Children’s Info to China: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) took action against a robot toy maker that sold its products in the United States via online retailers such as Amazon.
- Reuters Pulls Xi–Putin Footage, Issues ‘Kill’ Notice: China’s state-owned broadcaster has rescinded international wire agency access to hot mic video footage of Chinese and Russian leaders discussing longevity and organ transplants, an effort that shows the Chinese regime’s fear of attention on the topic, critics say.
- AI-backed Deepfake Impersonations Are Getting Harder to Detect, FBI Warns: Increasingly hard-to-detect deepfake content created with artificial intelligence (AI) is being exploited by criminals to impersonate trusted individuals, the FBI and the American Bankers Association (ABA) said in a report.
- Georgia Commits 300 National Guard Troops to DC Crime Crackdown: The state of Georgia is sending more than 300 of its National Guard troops to support President Donald Trump’s ongoing crime crackdown in the nation’s capital.
- Video Shows Moments Before Ukrainian Woman Stabbed to Death in North Carolina: Officials on Sept. 5 released footage showing the moments before a Ukrainian woman was stabbed to death on a light rail train in North Carolina last month.
- Treasury Will Be Forced to Refund ‘Half the Tariffs’ If Supreme Court Rules Against Trump, Bessent Says: The Treasury Department will be forced to issue tariff-related rebates if the Supreme Court upholds a lower court order that blocked a large portion of tariffs.
- Rising death toll of SA corruption-busters like Bouwer van Niekerk highlights cost of accountability: We cannot afford to look away from the assassination of lawyer Bouwer van Niekerk – the latest in what appears to be an escalation of threats and attacks against lawyers, investigators, auditors, whistleblowers and journalists.
- Russia has hit Ukraine with the largest air attack of the war, hitting the main government building in Kyiv and killing four people, including an infant. The US reacted on Sunday, warning that it was ready for a second phase of Russian sanctions.
- Donald Trump issued a “final warning” to Hamas to accept a hostage exchange deal, on Sunday. A release of hostages in exchange for thousands of Palestinians jailed in Israel, along with a ceasefire, is now on the table.
- Transnet’s annual loss narrows significantly: State-run logistics company Transnet is back on the rails but still has a long haul ahead to get its groove back. “We have not arrived. We have a long way to go,” group chief executive Michelle Phillips said on 5 September, as she unveiled the state-owned enterprise’s 2025 full-year financial results.
- France’s fourth prime minister in three years, François Bayrou, faces near-certain defeat in today’s confidence vote, deepening political paralysis. The crisis threatens EU unity, fiscal discipline and debt ratings as deficit and debt exceed EU limits.
- Japan’s Q2 GDP sprinted ahead, revised to 2.2% annualised on stronger consumption and inventories. Brisk growth offers relief, but Trump’s tariffs and prime minister Shigeru Ishiba’s resignation cloud the outlook, threatening exports and complicating BOJ policy as political and trade storms gather.
- US president Donald Trump urged foreign firms to hire and train Americans while obeying immigration laws, after a raid at Hyundai’s Georgia battery plant detained 475 workers including 300 South Koreans.
- After months of infighting, sabotage scares and death threats, Nelson Mandela Bay’s acting electricity boss Tholi Biyela is out – officially by choice, though the crises he warned about a year ago now mirror the chaos surrounding his exit.
- Angela Rayner’s exit leaves Labour in a pickle: On Friday Rayner resigned after the prime minister’s ethics adviser found she had breached the ministerial code over her underpayment of stamp duty on her £800,000 seaside flat.
- Politics – Shabana Mahmood, the new home secretary, will host a meeting of the Five Eyes security alliance to discuss how to stop people-smuggling.
- UK news – Almost 900 people were arrested at a demonstration in central London on Saturday against the banning of the protest group Palestine Action.
- Ukraine – Russia has launched its largest ever air attack on Ukraine, hitting a key government building in Kyiv for the first time and killing at least three people.
- Australia – Erin Patterson has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a non-parole period of 33 years after murdering three people and attempting to murder a fourth with a lunch laced with death cap mushrooms.
- New Zealand- A fugitive father who had been hiding in New Zealand’s rugged wilderness with his three children for nearly four years has been shot dead by police investigating an armed burglary in which a police officer was shot and badly wounded.
- South Africa’s economy collapsing one domino at a time: South Africa’s economy is collapsing after 15 years of mismanagement, with key industries shutting down, thousands of jobs being lost, and failing infrastructure preventing meaningful growth.
- Major South African CEO says government is infiltrated by criminals: Ninety One CEO Hendrik du Toit warned that South Africa is being consumed by criminality and corruption, with a feeble, infiltrated government unable to act, and urged citizens to stand up for law and order.
- From 45 million trips a month to zero and back: South Africa’s commuter rail system, once the backbone of public transport, has collapsed due to years of corruption, mismanagement, and neglect at PRASA, with a very gradual and costly recovery now underway.
- Over 21,700 illegal firearms seized in five years: More than a quarter of these weapons have been linked to murder cases around the country.
- One sector keeping South Africa’s economy alive: South Africa’s meagre growth is being propped up by consumer spending, with this narrow, import-heavy retail boom not enough to meaningfully boost economic activity.
- Trump snubs South Africa: President Donald Trump said he would not attend this year’s Group of 20 leaders’ summit in Johannesburg in November after months of attacks on South Africa’s government.
- The only world-class South African infrastructure project: The Gautrain is the only South African infrastructure project rated world-class, standing in stark contrast to the country’s overall D rating as collapsing infrastructure hampers economic growth.
- How South Africa’s ultra-rich protect their wealth: South Africa’s ultra-wealthy are increasingly using luxury real estate as a cornerstone of wealth preservation and legacy planning.
- The Catholic Church recognized its first Millennial saint yesterday, with Pope Leo XIV canonizing English-Italian Carlo Acutis in an open-air ceremony in St. Peter’s Square. Pier Giorgio Frassati, a Catholic activist from the early 20th century, also received sainthood.
- The Catholic Church recognized its first Millennial saint yesterday, with Pope Leo XIV canonizing English-Italian Carlo Acutis in an open-air ceremony in St. Peter’s Square. Pier Giorgio Frassati, a Catholic activist from the early 20th century, also received sainthood.
- Lady Gaga wins artist of the year at MTV Video Music Awards; see full list of winners.
- “Father Mother Sister Brother” wins the Golden Lion, the top prize at the 82nd Venice Film Festival; see complete list of festival winners.
- Warner Bros. sues AI startup Midjourney for use of images of Batman, Superman, and other intellectual property; follows recent $1.5B settlement by Anthropic over pirated books for chatbot training.
- Researchers find blue-throated macaws can learn new behaviors by observing third-party interactions between others, a trait previously seen only in humans.
- Paleontologists discover pair of baby pterosaur fossils that died roughly 150 million years ago in a violent storm.
- US stock markets close lower Friday (S&P 500 -0.3%, Dow -0.5%, Nasdaq -0.0%) after report showing hiring slowdown, downward revision to June data.
- Eight OPEC+ countries agree to boost oil production next month by 137,000 barrels per day; next meeting is scheduled for Oct. 5.
- Shares of Tylenol’s parent company, Kenvue, fall over 9% Friday on report Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will release a report potentially linking Tylenol use in pregnancy to autism.
- Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announces he will resign after less than a year in the role following conservative party’s electoral losses in July.
- South Korea finalizes a deal with the US to repatriate hundreds of workers detained for alleged immigration violations at a Hyundai plant in Georgia. | See previous write-up.
- Russia unleashes largest-ever drone attack on Ukraine, including striking cabinet building in Kyiv for the first time.
- Winning $1.8B Powerball tickets sold in Texas and Missouri.
- Microplastics are continuously invading our bodies.
- Company uses AI to produce Bible videos.
- Study finds joyful music could help with carsickness.
- Darth Vader’s lightsaber sells for $3.7M.
- Iryna Zarutska Stabbing Video Released.
- Treasury Will Be Forced to Refund ‘Half the Tariffs’ if Supreme Court Rules Against Trump, Bessent Says.
- South Korea Makes Deal With US to Release Detained Georgia Plant Workers.
- AI-backed Deepfake Impersonations Are Getting Harder to Detect, FBI Warns.
- Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba Resigns.
- Turns out whales and dolphins aren’t just passing acquaintances in the ocean… they’re actually pals. Researchers have spotted them hanging out, swapping hunting grounds, and even catching a few waves together. These social bonds show the intelligence and flexibility of these marine mammals. By observing these friendships, scientists gain insights into how life in the ocean is more connected than we imagined.
- Cabinet reshuffle: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer gave his cabinet a major reshuffle over the weekend, making wide-ranging ministerial changes to the Home Office.
- Epic eclipse: There was a total lunar “blood moon” eclipse last night!
- A-lotto loot: Two winning tickets for Saturday night’s $1.8 billion Powerball jackpot were sold in Texas and Missouri. The prize was the second largest ever.
- Gals who globetrot: Older women are redefining and reshaping solo travel, according to new research from women-only travel company, Girls’ Guide to the World.
- She leaves quite an impression: Sabrina Carpenter has secured the UK’s biggest opening week for an international artist in 2025 with Man’s Best Friend.
- Two Palestinian gunmen opened fire at a bus stop on the outskirts of Jerusalem, killing six people in what police described as “a terrorist attack,” one of the deadliest in the city in the past few years.
- Israel said it would ramp up airstrikes on Gaza in a “mighty hurricane”, to serve as a last warning to Hamas that it will destroy the enclave unless fighters accept a demand from US President Donald Trump to free all hostages and surrender.
- Ruling party lawmakers in Japan prepared their bids to replace outgoing premier Shigeru Ishiba, as financial markets recoiled on the political uncertainty and the possibility of his successors ramping up government spending.
- France’s fourth prime minister in three years, François Bayrou, faces almost certain defeat in a confidence vote, tipping the euro zone’s second-biggest economy further into political uncertainty. Gabriel Stargardter explains how a new prime minister will face exactly the same problems on today’s Reuters World News podcast.
- Several casualties have been reported as Nepali police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse young people who tried to break into parliament during a protest against a social media shutdown and alleged government corruption, state TV said.
- Russia launched its largest air attack of the war on Ukraine, setting the main government building on fire in central Kyiv and killing at least four people, including an infant, Ukrainian officials said.
- The man accused of attempting to kill Donald Trump last year at his Florida golf course goes on trial and is facing the prospect of life in prison has opted to fire his legal team and defend himself in court.
- An Australian woman convicted of murdering three elderly relatives of her estranged husband with a meal containing poisonous mushrooms was sentenced to a minimum of 33 years in prison, in one of the longest jail terms ever given to a woman in the country.
- A New Zealand father who had been on the run with his three children for nearly four years was shot dead by police and the children are all safe in custody, police said.
- Tesla’s US market share dropped to a near eight-year low in August as buyers chose electric vehicles from a growing stable of rivals over the aging lineup offered by CEO Elon Musk’s company, according to data shared exclusively with Reuters. Additionally, Tesla’s $1 trillion, 10-year pay package to retain Musk is likely to be approved by shareholders at the company’s annual meeting in November.
- With Donald Trump Jr. as a partner, venture fund 1789 Capital is drawing a flood of new investments and landing stakes in hot emerging tech firms – including xAI and two other Elon Musk ventures – as it tops $1 billion in assets and executes plans to cash in on a MAGA “parallel economy.” Read our special report.
- When Apple debuts new iPhones on Tuesday, analysts say its biggest challenge will be to ride out another ho-hum launch as rivals have skated past it in embedding artificial intelligence into their products and services.
- EchoStar agreed to sell wireless spectrum licenses to SpaceX for its Starlink satellite network for about $17 billion, after regulators scrutinized its underused assets intended for a 5G rollout.
- South Korea is moving to pick up Korean workers following a raid at a Hyundai plant in the US state of Georgia last week, a Korean presidential official said as the Trump administration promised more raids on businesses and urged foreign companies to hire and train American workers.
- Major automakers showcased their latest models at the Munich car show, unveiling new EVs and lower-cost models as Europe’s auto sector fights crises ranging from tariff hikes to rising costs and rivalry with Chinese firms on their home turf.
- London’s Tube network came to a standstill as its workers began a week of strikes over pay and working conditions, disrupting travel for commuters and tourists in the British capital.
- Trump said he is ready to move to a second phase of sanctioning Russia, the closest he has come to suggesting he is on the verge of ramping up sanctions against Moscow or its oil buyers over the war in Ukraine. Watch our daily market rundown for more.
- Gold’s stellar rally extended beyond the $3,600 level for the first time after soft US jobs data cemented expectations of an interest rate cut by the US Federal Reserve next week.
- Immigrant faithful turn to virtual sermons and home communion amid Trump crackdown: Sitting alone at her dining room table this past Sunday, Doris Aguirre took a bite of a soda cracker and a sip of the orange juice she had prepared to represent the body and blood of Jesus Christ. Eyes closed, she then made the sign of the cross.
- Archaeologists in Albania have discovered a large Roman burial chamber dating from the third to fourth century AD, the first of its kind found in the Balkan country that was once part of the Roman Empire.
- President Cyril Ramaphosa has backed the National Anti-Corruption Advisory Council’s call for institutional reform, stressing that corruption is entrenched in both the government and business. He agreed that lasting change comes from fixing the systems that allow corruption to flourish — not just prosecuting offenders.
- Nepali police used tear gas and rubber bullets to stop protesters opposing a social media ban and alleged corruption, killing one and injuring dozens. Curfews were enforced in Kathmandu and unrest spread to other cities including Biratnagar, Bharatpur and Pokhara.
- Ryan Routh, who is accused of attempting to assassinate Donald Trump at his golf course last year, has decided to “walk alone” and represent himself during the trial. If convicted, Routh could face a lifetime behind bars.
World News – 8 September 2025
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