Zelensky: Diplomacy 'not at the expense of 30% of our territory' (kyivindependent.com)
Ukraine is committed to peace but not at the expense of giving up its territory, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a sit down with representatives of the Indian media that was published on Aug. 25....
Russian woman's killer released for second time to fight in Ukraine (www.bbc.com)
A Russian murderer who was released from prison to fight in the war in Ukraine, only to then kill an elderly woman, has been released a second time to return to the front, according to relatives of the woman....
North Korea could have sent over 6 million artillery shells to Russia, Seoul says (kyivindependent.com)
Ukraine used F-16s to repel Russia's mass missile attack, Zelensky confirms (kyivindependent.com)
Ukraine’s Air Force used F-16 jets as part of its defense against Russia’s mass missile and drone attack on Aug. 26, President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed during a press conference on Aug. 27....
More than 60 reported killed in northeast Sudan dam collapse (www.aljazeera.com)
Japan: Experts suspect lonely dolphin behind rise in attacks (www.bbc.com)
A lonely and potentially sexually frustrated dolphin has been blamed for a spike in attacks on swimmers in a Japanese seaside town....
Millions in Bangladesh stranded in flood disaster and many are blaming neighboring India (www.cnn.com)
The World’s Largest Wetland Is Burning, and Rare Animals Are Dying (www.nytimes.com)
Usually flooded for much of the year, the Pantanal in recent years has been parched by a string of severe droughts that scientists have linked to deforestation and climate change....
Putin’s war is raising risk of another Chernobyl, says historian who inspired hit TV show (www.theguardian.com)
Serhii Plokhy, the celebrated Harvard historian, is the author of the definitive account not only of the genesis of the current war but also of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster (for which he won the Baillie Gifford prize for nonfiction in 2018, and which was one source for the fabulous HBO drama of the disaster the following year)....
Biden Says Civilians Being Killed on Both Sides in Gaza. The Ratio Is 45 to 1. (truthout.org)
‘Decadent and passive’: China cracks down on ‘throwing eggs’ card game (www.theguardian.com)
As recently as last year, Chinese state media was hailing guandan as the card game that “can get you a promotion in China”....
Trudeau says Canada to impose 100% tariff on Chinese EVs (www.reuters.com)
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‘Working here is hell’: latest death of farm worker in 40C heat shocks Italy (www.theguardian.com)
Gaza polio vaccine rollout hindered by Israeli evacuation orders, says UN (www.theguardian.com)
US military open to escorting Philippine ships in the South China Sea, senior admiral says (apnews.com)
Russia Launches Deadly New Wave of Missiles and Drones at Ukraine (www.nytimes.com)
Russia launched a fresh wave of pre-dawn missile and drone attacks on Kyiv and several other large Ukrainian cities on Tuesday, the second day of a deadly, far-reaching bombing campaign that comes as Moscow fights to fend off a Ukrainian offensive on Russian soil....
A Syrian journalist who reports for international agencies is arrested by Turkish-backed authorities (apnews.com)
A local journalist in rebel-held northwestern Syria who works with international news agencies was arrested by Turkish-backed authorities, his wife and rights groups said Tuesday....
Ukraine says it has captured nearly 600 Russian soldiers during Kursk incursion (www.theguardian.com)
Ukraine has captured 594 Russian soldiers during its three-week military operation in the Kursk region and has seized 100 settlements inside Russia, Kyiv’s commander-in-chief said on Tuesday....
Pakistan man is acquitted of spreading misinformation that set off U.K. riots (www.nbcnews.com)
Israel attacks southern Lebanon, Hezbollah launches rockets at Israel (www.aljazeera.com)
… The Lebanese group said in a statement on Sunday that it fired more than 320 Katyusha rockets at 11 Israeli military bases and barracks, including the Meron base and four sites in the occupied Golan Heights....