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"348mm in 12 Hours" Three Times the Monthly Rainfall... Record Torrential Rain Leaves 4 Dead, Was Typhoon the Cause? Record-breaking torrential rain pounded Chiba Prefecture in the Tokyo metropolitan area, leaving four people dead and one missing. SBS Aug 14, 2026 1:27 PM

Leaping Overboard After Reaching a Breaking Point: Enduring Nine Months USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier The "breaking point" reached by crew members aboard the U.S. SBS Aug 14, 2026 1:13 PM

Quickly Building Temporary Houses in 3 Minutes... Speeding Up Return to Daily Life Two weeks have passed since the magnitude 7.1 Kumamoto earthquake, but more than 3,000 residents are still staying in evacuation centers, and a significant number of people are living in their cars. SBS Aug 14, 2026 12:54 PM

Taking a Midnight Flight After Hearing the News… Who Are the 'Orange Rescuers' Amid the Debris? Members of "Topos Azteca" , a Mexican civilian rescue group that has traveled to disaster sites around the world for some 40 years, are fighting desperately to carry out rescue operations at the site of a major earthquake in Colombia. SBS Aug 14, 2026 11:56 AM

9 Months Off Iran: 'Multiple Suicide Attempts' Aboard US Carrier USS Lincoln This is because it is by no means someone else's story, not only for the families of the Lincoln's crew members, but also for US military personnel and their families deployed around the world. SBS Aug 14, 2026 11:50 AM

North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Claims "New Golden Age" in Bilateral Ties with China; Chinese Ambassador Calls for Unity and Cooperation According to the Chinese Embassy in North Korea on the 14th, a North Korea-China friendship exchange event took place at the embassy in Pyongyang the previous day. SBS Aug 14, 2026 11:32 AM

Trump Intervenes to Switch Aircraft Carrier Catapults from Electromagnetic to Steam aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered the Navy to replace the latest electromagnetic aircraft launch systems on aircraft carriers with older steam-powered systems, the Wall Street Journal reported on the 13th . SBS Aug 14, 2026 11:32 AM

Trump Signs Proclamation Imposing Up to 100% Tariffs on Drones to Curb China; What About South Korea? US President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation imposing tariffs of up to 100% on drones and drone components. SBS Aug 14, 2026 11:12 AM

Saudi Arabia Resumes Crude Oil Loading in Gulf Amid Houthi Red Sea Threats Based on satellite imagery taken on the 13th, the outlet reported that a very large crude carrier was spotted moored at the Ju'aymah terminal of the Ras Tanura oil export complex in the Persian Gulf. SBS Aug 14, 2026 11:11 AM

Who Are the 'Orange Crew' Amid the Rubble?… Battling for Lives at Colombia Earthquake Site According to the U.S. daily The New York Times on the 13th , Topos members previously spent 40 days rescuing survivors and recovering bodies in La Guaira, the hardest-hit area of a major earthquake in Venezuela. SBS Aug 14, 2026 11:05 AM