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Trump Submits Nuclear Agreement with Saudi Arabia to Congress President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman U.S. President Donald Trump has submitted a nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia to Congress, the Wall Street Journal and other outlets reported on the 25th local time. SBS Aug 26, 2026 3:00 PM

Custom Luxury Watches Trend in Silicon Valley: OpenAI Creates Limited Edition Worth Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars According to the U.S. daily The Wall Street Journal on the 25th local time, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman specially ordered seven custom watches from Vanguart, a rising Swiss luxury watchmaker. SBS Aug 26, 2026 2:19 PM

Ticket Sales and Donations Plunge After Attempt to Rename Kennedy Center to 'Trump-Kennedy Center' Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, a premier performing arts venue in the U.S. SBS Aug 26, 2026 2:05 PM

U.S. Aircraft Carrier Lincoln, Embroiled in 'Extended Deployment Exhaustion' Controversy, to Make Port Call in Thailand Next Week Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier returning home amid controversy over crew "exhaustion" due to prolonged operational deployment, is set to make a port call in Thailand next week, providing the crew with a long-awaited break on land. SBS Aug 26, 2026 2:00 PM

China Expands Military Outposts in South China Sea; Facility Presumed to Be Early Warning Radar Spotted According to Reuters on the 26th local time, a commercial satellite image captured by the provider Vantor on the 17th revealed a new type of structure on Tree Island in the western Paracel Islands. SBS Aug 26, 2026 1:58 PM

China Sentences Dissident Artist Who Satirized Mao Zedong to 3 Years in Prison Human rights groups have called for his immediate release. According to reports by AFP, AP, and Reuters on the 26th , the US-based human rights organization Chinese Human Rights Defenders stated that Gao Zhen, 70, who was indicted on charges of defaming the reputation and honor of heroes and martyrs, was sentenced to three years in prison by the People's Court of Sanhe in northern China's Hebei Province on the 25th. SBS Aug 26, 2026 1:52 PM

China Pushes for Bridge Linking to Taiwan's Frontline Kinmen; Taiwan Says 'No Unilateral Decisions' According to the Xiamen Daily on the 26th, Xiamen City stated in its recently announced "12 Measures to Promote Exchanges and Cooperation with Taiwan" that it will continue construction on the Xiamen section of the "Xiamen-Kinmen Bridge" with the goal of opening by the end of this year, while also studying plans for constructing the Kinmen section. SBS Aug 26, 2026 1:50 PM

Surge in Parasite Infections in Small Russian Coal Town Blamed on Influx of North Korean Workers According to a 2025 epidemiological report recently released by health authorities in Russia's Rostov Oblast, cases of soil-transmitted parasitic infections such as trichuriasis and ascariasis, as well as metagonimiasis and clonorchiasis linked to consuming raw fish, are on the rise, identifying the increase in North Korean migrant workers as the cause of the spread. SBS Aug 26, 2026 1:48 PM

U.S. Temporarily Suspends Visa Interviews Worldwide for Screening Training Embassy in Seoul to apply for U.S. visas. The Donald Trump administration has temporarily suspended visa interviews for visa applicants worldwide. SBS Aug 26, 2026 1:41 PM

SK Gas Pays Record $5.3 Million Fast-Track Fee for Panama Canal Transit 7.3 billion KRW) as a fast-track fee to pass through the Panama Canal on September 1, Bloomberg reported on the 26th local time, citing anonymous sources. SBS Aug 26, 2026 1:37 PM