Archive · 13 Aug 2026

World Roundup: Leavitt Steps Down, Meta Faces Tobacco Moment

World Roundup: Leavitt Steps Down, Meta Faces Tobacco Moment

Sometimes one newspaper page has many different stories from all over the world.

One story says the person who talks to reporters for the White House, Karoline Leavitt, is leaving her job at the end of August to spend more time with her family.

In Texas, two soldiers died when their Army helicopter crashed.

In Venezuela, leaders from different sides met and agreed to make the courts fairer and to try to get money from the Bank of England to help after an earthquake.

A court case in California says Meta, the company that makes Facebook and Instagram, made those apps too fun and addictive for kids; four states want as much as $1.4 trillion in penalties.

In Colombia, a big earthquake killed 265 people and almost 500 are still missing.

In Europe, millions of people watched a rare total solar eclipse.

A jury in Chicago decided Boeing must pay $29 million to the family of a man who died in a plane crash.

So this page is full of big news from around the world.

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