Breaking news of Friday, 28 August 2026
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- 12:01
Trump signs order renaming Lake Ontario "Lake America"
Executive order signed Thursday in the Oval Office: Lake Ontario becomes “Lake America” for U.S. federal use, with thirty days given to the Department of the Interior and the Board on Geographic Names to complete the renaming (NBC, Washington Post). According to CNN, the U.S. Geological Survey has already registered the change in its electronic records (CNN). The context is the tariff war with Ottawa: 50% on twenty billion in Canadian goods, with a Canadian response of equal value. Prime Minister Carney recalled the Wendat origin of the name; New York Governor Hochul: “New York will not call it that” (transl. from English). The designation does not bind other states or international bodies.
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- 12:01
Nepal-Tibet, death toll rises to nearly 500 dead and over 1,500 missing
Update on this morning’s opening report. On Friday morning the Nepalese prime minister’s office counted 469 dead and 977 missing, while Chinese authorities reported 558 missing in Tibet, including 260 foreigners (Al Jazeera). At 11:36 Italian time, the reported count rose to at least 489 dead in Nepal and 5 in Tibet, with over 1,500 missing (ABC). Beijing raised the Tibetan death toll from 3 to 5. A new ice slide occurred at the barrier lake, approximately 50,000 cubic meters; CCTV reports a ten-meter drop in the water level (NBC). It remains unclear whether the two national counts overlap.
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