- Sep 2
Grammy-winning jazz vocalist Cassandra Wilson dies at 70 in Mississippi
Two-time Grammy winner and NEA Jazz Master Cassandra Wilson has died at age 70 at her home in Jackson, Mississippi.
- Aug 26
Rescuers extract four survivors from Nepal flood debris ten days after disaster
Nepali and international rescue teams have pulled three hydropower workers and a 64-year-old woman alive from flooded tunnels and buried buildings in the Trishuli River valley.
- Aug 25
CIA Director Ratcliffe warns Moscow on NATO as Trump downplays secret trip
CIA Director John Ratcliffe secretly visited Moscow to warn Russian intelligence against targeting NATO and urge peace in Ukraine, while President Donald Trump dismissed reports of rising tensions.
- Aug 24
Dutch broadcaster Avrotros withdraws from Eurovision 2027 over Israel participation and neutrality rules
Dutch public broadcaster Avrotros has pulled out of the 2027 Eurovision Song Contest in Burgas, Bulgaria, returning its broadcast mandate to umbrella organization NPO.
- Aug 22
PEC Zwolle defeats Heerenveen 2-0 with second-half goals by Viergever and Kostons
Nick Viergever and Koen Kostons scored after the break to give PEC Zwolle a 2-0 away win against sc Heerenveen, earning the club their first league points of the season.
- Aug 17
HBO's 'Lanterns' premiere ends with Hal Jordan's frozen corpse and a 10-year time jump twist
HBO's Green Lantern series 'Lanterns' debuted its first episode on August 17, 2026, pairing Kyle Chandler's Hal Jordan with Aaron Pierre's John Stewart in a Nebraska murder mystery before a flash-forward revealed Hal's frozen corpse with a bullet hole in his forehead.
- Aug 15
Red Lions edge France 3-2 in Hockey World Cup opener in Wavre
Belgium's Red Lions came from behind twice to beat France 3-2 in their Hockey World Cup opener in Wavre, with penalty-corner goals from Roman Duvekot and Alexander Hendrickx securing three points in Group B.
- Aug 10
Las Vegas jury convicts ex-gang leader Duane Davis of murder in 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur
A Clark County jury deliberated for three hours before finding the 63-year-old former South Side Compton Crips leader guilty of first-degree murder, concluding a two-week trial that rested largely on Davis's own public confessions.
- Aug 9
Die Linke co-chair Pantisano defends Berlin housing expropriation and auto works socialisation in ZDF summer interview
Die Linke co-chair Luigi Pantisano used his first ZDF summer interview to defend expropriation of Berlin housing corporations and socialisation of threatened auto plants, while retracting his earlier comparison of the CDU to fascists.
- Aug 4
Stars and fans pack Dublin cathedral for funeral of Oscar-winning musician Glen Hansard
Bono, Eddie Vedder, Markéta Irglová and hundreds of mourners filled St. Patrick's Cathedral on Tuesday for the funeral of the Frames frontman, who died in a motorcycle crash at 56.
- Aug 1
August streaming slate brings 'Ted Lasso' return, the 'Cien años de soledad' finale, and a wave of new fiction
Apple TV+ revives its Emmy-winning comedy with a fourth season, Netflix closes the book on Macondo, and Ryan Murphy adapts Bret Easton Ellis for Disney+ in a month that also brings new DC superhero fare, spy thrillers, and Spanish-language originals.
- Jul 29
Anthony Bourdain biopic 'Tony' opens to mixed reviews, capturing a young chef's formative summer
Matt Johnson's coming-of-age drama, starring Dominic Sessa as a 19-year-old Bourdain in 1975 Provincetown, draws praise for its performances but criticism for its narrow scope and the shadow of Bourdain's 2018 suicide.
- Jul 29
Glen Hansard, Oscar-winning Irish singer-songwriter, dies in Dublin motorbike crash at 56
The Frames frontman and Once star was found on a road near Lucan in the early hours of Wednesday after a member of the public raised the alarm. Gardaí are preparing a file for the coroner.
