India’s Modi and China’s Xi agree to ‘intensify efforts’ to deescalate border issue following rare meeting
World
August 25, 2023
India’s Modi and China’s Xi agree to ‘intensify efforts’ to deescalate border issue following rare meeting
CNN — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese leader Xi Jinping agreed to “intensity efforts” to deescalate tensions at…
Four million children in Pakistan have no safe water, a year after deadly floods
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August 25, 2023
Four million children in Pakistan have no safe water, a year after deadly floods
CNN — One year after catastrophic floods devastated swathes of Pakistan, some four million children in the South Asian nation…
Wagner boss Prigozhin’s apparent death may be the stuff of a second-rate thriller, but it might pay dividends for the Kremlin
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August 25, 2023
Wagner boss Prigozhin’s apparent death may be the stuff of a second-rate thriller, but it might pay dividends for the Kremlin
CNN — If Yevgeny Prigozhin’s final chapter has indeed been written, he lived as he apparently died: Violently, flamboyantly and…
China is launching an ‘unprecedented’ crackdown on corruption in its health industry as economic woes pile up
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August 25, 2023
China is launching an ‘unprecedented’ crackdown on corruption in its health industry as economic woes pile up
CNN — China has launched a sweeping anti-corruption campaign targeting its hospitals, pharmaceutical industry and insurance funds as it grapples…
How Pakistan rescued cable car school children stranded hundreds of feet above ground
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August 23, 2023
How Pakistan rescued cable car school children stranded hundreds of feet above ground
Islamabad, Pakistan CNN — Battling anxiety and nausea, they huddled together in the ruptured cable car, gripped by fear as…
Melting Austrian glacier gives up body of long-dead man
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August 23, 2023
Melting Austrian glacier gives up body of long-dead man
A mountain guide found the body of a man believed to have died more than 20 years ago on a…
Ukrainian strikes reportedly hit bases in Russia housing supersonic warplanes
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August 23, 2023
Ukrainian strikes reportedly hit bases in Russia housing supersonic warplanes
Ukrainian forces appear to have stepped up their efforts to weaken Russian air superiority in the war by attacking bases…
India becomes the fourth country ever to land a spacecraft on the moon
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August 23, 2023
India becomes the fourth country ever to land a spacecraft on the moon
CNN — India has landed its Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on the moon, becoming only the fourth nation ever to accomplish such…
African Union suspends Niger in crackdown over coup
World
August 23, 2023
African Union suspends Niger in crackdown over coup
CNN — The African Union has suspended Niger following the takeover of the West African country by a military junta…
18 bodies found as fires rage in Greece and Europe suffers another heat wave
World
August 23, 2023
18 bodies found as fires rage in Greece and Europe suffers another heat wave
CNN — The burned bodies of 18 people were found as wildfires ripped through Greece on Tuesday and countries across…