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Wordle Answer Today - August 16, 2026 (#1884)

New Delhi, Aug. 16 -- a five-letter noun most players know only from old cookbooks, with two vowels, no repeated letters, and a C in the final position that almost nobody reaches early. Three hints f... Read More


NYT Strands Hints and Answer Today - August 16, 2026 (#896)

New Delhi, Aug. 16 -- Today's NYT Strands puzzle for Sunday, August 16, 2026 is number 896. The theme is "Learn by doing" and the spangram is JOBTRAINING. The five other theme words all name a person ... Read More


171,000 Canadians Sign Petition to Expel US Ambassador Pete Hoekstra

OTTAWA, Aug. 16 -- When Leanne Walker, a resident of Calgary, submitted a petition to Canada's House of Commons calling for the expulsion of the American ambassador, she likely did not anticipate that... Read More


Indonesia Earthquake Kills 47 as Rescue Teams Race to Reach Flores Island

MAUMERE, Aug. 16 -- Yulian Juita Ekalia had just stepped outside her apartment in Ruteng city when the ground shifted beneath her in a way she had never experienced. "It felt like we were on a trampol... Read More


Qatar Denies Holding Three Iranian Pilots Shot Down Near Al Udeid for Six Months

DOHA, Aug. 16 -- Three Iranian Air Force pilots may have been held in secret custody inside Qatar for six months. Or they may not. The dispute at the heart of a bitter new diplomatic rift between Tehr... Read More


South Korea Fires First 2026 Warning Shots After North Korean Troops Cross the MDL

SEOUL, Aug. 16 -- For the first time this year, South Korean forces fired warning shots along the most heavily fortified border on earth. The soldiers who triggered them were North Korean, apparently ... Read More


Reform UK Plans £50bn Welfare Overhaul Targeting Millions of Disabled Claimants

New Delhi, Aug. 16 -- a network of local council disability support accounts. Reform UK's Treasury spokesman unveiled what he called the party's welfare overhaul blueprint, a package the party says w... Read More


US-Saudi Nuclear Deal Could Give Riyadh Path to Uranium Enrichment, Triggering Regional Arms Race

RIYADH, Aug. 16 -- For a year, the central question in US-Saudi negotiations over a civilian nuclear cooperation agreement was not whether Saudi Arabia should have the technology. It was whether the d... Read More


ICC Removes Prosecutor Who Dared Issue Warrants for Netanyahu - Days Before Judges Cleared Him

THE HAGUE, Aug. 16 -- The International Criminal Court removed its chief prosecutor on July 25 under circumstances that, six days later, its own judges would describe as legally incoherent. A yearlon... Read More


Emilie Kiser Apologizes After Posting Toddler Without Life Jacket, a Year After Son's Drowning

PHOENIX, Aug. 16 -- The photograph was of a boat, of sunlight, of a toddler having a difficult afternoon. It was also of a 16-month-old boy without a life jacket. For Emilie Kiser, whose millions of T... Read More