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US Expects Allies, Including Japan, to Halt Support for ICC After Sanctioning Its Japanese President government has reportedly called on countries including Japan to suspend their support for the court, according to Kyodo News. SBS Aug 19, 2026 3:07 PM

Hiding 'Sinocentrism' and Spreading Globally: China's Next Strategic Move Beyond 'Distillation' China has begun supplying large-scale datasets for AI training to the world. Analysts suggest this is a strategy to narrow the AI technology gap with the United States while expanding Chinese influence across global AI ecosystems. SBS Aug 19, 2026 2:51 PM

Man in Bizarre Mask Chases Woman Asking, "Ready to Die?" Ignites Outrage This is CCTV footage captured around Center City in Philadelphia, USA, at around 5 a.m. SBS Aug 19, 2026 1:14 PM

Trump Seeks Summit With Kim Jong-un as Early as This Fall U.S. President Donald Trump is reportedly pushing for a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as early as this fall, according to U.S. SBS Aug 19, 2026 12:06 PM

Trump Suspends Planned 50% Tariff on Canada for Three Days President Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Carney in October of last year Just a day before a 50% tariff on Canadian products was set to take effect, U.S. SBS Aug 19, 2026 11:57 AM

Wall Collapse at College Acceptance Party in China Leaves 5 Dead, 17 Injured According to Chinese state-run media outlets such as Xinhua News Agency and China News Service on the 19th, the accident occurred at around 5:30 p.m. SBS Aug 19, 2026 11:45 AM

Israel Strikes Syria, Dealing Another Blow to Trump's Middle East Vision Israel carried out an airstrike on a military airport in northwestern Syria on the 18th local time, which analysts say has further distanced the realization of U.S. SBS Aug 19, 2026 11:20 AM

US DoD: S. Korea-US Joint Exercises Significantly Scaled Down, But No Setbacks to Readiness Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth The U.S. Department of Defense officially announced on the 18th local time that, following instructions from President Donald Trump, it has significantly scaled down the joint South Korea-U.S. SBS Aug 19, 2026 11:04 AM

NASA Releases Photos of Crater Formed by Falcon 9 Rocket Debris Impact on Moon National Aeronautics and Space Administration released photos on the 18th of a crater created when a rocket booster that once carried a lunar lander crashed into the lunar surface. SBS Aug 19, 2026 11:03 AM

China's Solar and Wind Power Capacities Overtake Thermal Power, Accounting for 47% of Total According to the "Annual Development Report on China's Power Construction Industry" released by the China Power Construction Enterprise Association on the 18th , China's total power generation capacity reached 3.9 billion kW at the end of last year , marking a 16.2% increase from a year earlier. SBS Aug 19, 2026 10:44 AM