Rogue Russian pilot tried to shoot down RAF aircraft in 2022 (www.bbc.co.uk)
Indian Military Studying ‘Options’ if China Invades Taiwan (www.thedefensepost.com)
The Indian military is studying potential responses in case near-peer adversary China launches a full-scale invasion of Taiwan....
Indian authorities rush to contain a deadly Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala (www.cnn.com)
A state in southern India is taking measures to contain an outbreak of the Nipah virus after two people died from the rare and often deadly disease, shutting schools and testing hundreds to prevent its spread....
Russia's Putin praises Elon Musk as an 'outstanding person' and 'talented businessman' (www.cnbc.com)
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday praised Elon Musk, calling the Tesla and SpaceX founder a “talented businessman.”...
US Approves $5 Bn Sale Of F-35 Jets To South Korea (www.barrons.com)
The United States on Wednesday approved a $5 billion sale to South Korea of F-35s, top-of-the-line fighter-jets with stealth capacity, as tensions soar with North Korea....
Stolen van Gogh painting worth millions recovered by Dutch art detective (abcnews.go.com)
Father of imprisoned reporter Evan Gershkovich calls on world leaders to urge Russia to free him (apnews.com)
The father of imprisoned Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich called on world leaders meeting at the United Nations next week to stand up for freedom of the press and urge Russia to release him....
Russia's Pivot Away From US Dollar Is Not Going According to Plan (www.newsweek.com)
Billions in Russian oil sale profits are stuck in Indian banks, marking a blow to President Vladimir Putin’s attempts to stop using the U.S. dollar for trade....
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What We Know About the Deadly Floods in Libya (www.nytimes.com)
What We Know About the Deadly Floods in Libya...
Putin signals potential willingness to assist Kim as two leaders meet for expected weapons talks (www.cnn.com)
Russian President Vladimir Putin signaled a potential willingness to assist North Korea in developing its space and satellite program Wednesday, as he gave Kim Jong Un a tour of Russia’s vast Vostochny space launch site ahead of expected arms talks....
Vietnam: 56 people dead after fire at nine-floor apartment building (www.theguardian.com)
About 70 people have been rescued, according to Hanoi authorities, with nearly 40 injured...
‘No corridor without Turkey’: Erdogan opposes India-Middle East-Europe mega project (www.firstpost.com)
One of the biggest successes of the G20 Summit 2023 under India’s presidency was the announcement of India-Middle East-Europe economic corridor, but one of the leaders of the group member countries, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has been opposing it....
Sweeping study finds 1,000 cases of sexual abuse in Swiss Catholic Church since 1950 (www.swissinfo.ch)
India, Saudi Arabia look to marry power grids with undersea cable. (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
Ukrainian missiles strike Russian warships in Crimean naval base (www.cnn.com)
Two Russian warships were damaged after Ukraine launched an extensive assault on a Russian ship repair base in Crimea early Wednesday morning, officials said, in what appears to be Kyiv’s most ambitious strike on the port since the war began....
French agency says the iPhone 12 emits too much radiation, tells Apple to withdraw it (abcnews.go.com)
Russia enticed soldiers to join a unit by saying it wouldn't fight in Ukraine for months, then sent it straight to the front, UK intel says (www.businessinsider.nl)
We can’t rely on Russia to protect us anymore, Armenian PM says (www.politico.eu)
Russia’s catastrophic invasion of Ukraine means Armenia can no longer rely on Moscow as a guarantor of its security, even as fears grow of a return to open conflict with Azerbaijan, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told POLITICO in an interview....
Nearly five decades after the fall of Saigon, U.S. will help Vietnam boost its military capabilities (www.cnbc.com)
Photos: Panama’s Darien Gap good for tourists, hell for migrants (www.aljazeera.com)
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It's midwinter, but it's over 100 degrees in South America (www.washingtonpost.com)
It’s the middle of winter in South America, but that hasn’t kept the heat away in Chile, Argentina and surrounding locations. Multiple spells of oddly hot weather have roasted the region in recent weeks. The latest spell early this week has become the most intense, pushing the mercury above 100 degrees Fahrenheit, while...
US behind more than a third of global oil and gas expansion plans, report finds (www.theguardian.com)
OSIRIS-REx asteroid probe heads toward Earth for Sept. 24 sample delivery (www.space.com)
Over 5,200 people feared dead, another 10,000 missing after flooding in Libya, officials say (abcnews.go.com)
