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Trump Says Strait of Hormuz Will Open Soon, Responds 'That Could Be' to Reports of Imminent Deal President Donald Trump U.S. President Donald Trump said on the 4th that the Strait of Hormuz will open soon or Iran will face a very strong attack. SBS Aug 5, 2026 3:31 PM

Ukraine: North Korean Missile Unit Deployed to Russia's Western Border Andrii Cherniak of Ukraine's Main Directorate of Intelligence told Reuters on the 5th that the North Korean missile unit has already begun deploying to Russia's western Voronezh region, adding that up to 120 ballistic missiles and six launchers could be deployed there. SBS Aug 5, 2026 3:20 PM

Anthropic Accelerates Data Center Securing... Additional $10 Billion Contract 14.2 trillion won) to secure computing capacity from Volta Infrastructure, a GPU-based cloud provider startup, Bloomberg News reported on the 4th , citing sources. SBS Aug 5, 2026 3:06 PM

From Streets to Homes Covered in Darkness: "We Can't Take It Anymore" The streets of Havana, the capital of Cuba, are completely shrouded in darkness. SBS Aug 5, 2026 2:59 PM

Big Tech Faces $1 Trillion Lease Burden in AI Data Center Race Reuters reported on the 4th, local time, that five major U.S. hyperscalers (operators of large-scale data centers) face $1.09 trillion (approx. SBS Aug 5, 2026 2:56 PM

Trump Says Strait of Hormuz Will Open Soon, Warns Iran of Strong Attack Otherwise President Donald Trump said on the 4th that the Strait of Hormuz will open soon, warning that otherwise Iran will face a very strong attack. SBS Aug 5, 2026 2:31 PM

Ukraine Claims Russia Deployed North Korean Missile Unit to Western Region Reuters reported, citing Ukraine's Main Directorate of Intelligence, that "a North Korean missile unit has begun deploying to western Russia" and that the unit is "equipped with 120 ballistic missiles and 6 launchers for attacking Ukraine." Ukraine's Main Directorate of Intelligence added that "a North Korean missile unit consisting of about 90 personnel will be deployed within the 112th Missile Brigade in Russia's western Voronezh region." This statement from the Ukrainian side follows Russia's launch of two North Korean-made missiles toward Ukraine last week. SBS Aug 5, 2026 1:55 PM

Japanese Police Shoot and Kill Knife-Wielding Suspect During Standoff According to Japanese media reports, including Kyodo News, police responded to an emergency call at around 7:00 PM yesterday in Kawachinagano, Osaka Prefecture, reporting that a bloodied man wielding a kitchen knife was rampaging. SBS Aug 5, 2026 1:40 PM

Release of Late Japanese Author Higashino's Posthumous Work 'Eternal Memory' Draws Fans to Midnight Event Pictured here is "Eternal Memory" displayed at a Japanese bookstore. "Eternal Memory," the posthumous work of prominent Japanese mystery novelist Keigo Higashino, who passed away from colon cancer last month, was published locally in Japan on the 5th. SBS Aug 5, 2026 1:32 PM

ABC: Cyberattacks Reported on US Water Systems, Iran Suspected Potential cyberattacks targeting water and wastewater treatment facilities in the United States have been reported across at least 12 states, ABC News reported on the 4th local time. SBS Aug 5, 2026 1:26 PM