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Ukraine strategy targets Russian army lifelines in Kherson. When is the big counteroffensive?
South China Morning Post 17 Aug 2022photo: AP / Aaron Doster
Serena Williams thrashed by Emma Raducanu at Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati
BBC News 17 Aug 2022
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Militants spread from the Sahel to coastal West Africa
Urdu Point 17 Aug 2022
Cotonou, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 17th Aug, 2022 ) .Their campaign began in northern Mali a decade ago, advanced into the country's powder-keg centre and from there into neighbouring Niger and Burkina Faso. Now, fears are growing that the ruthless militants wreaking havoc in the Sahel are heading towards coastal West Africa ... ....
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Access denied: I went to Rwanda to talk firsthand to refugees … and the state wouldn't let me
The Guardian 17 Aug 2022photo: AP
Crimea ‘sabotage’ highlights Russia’s woes in Ukraine war
Al Jazeera 17 Aug 2022
A spate of fires and explosions has turned Russian-annexed Crimea from a secure base for the further invasion of Ukraine into the latest flashpoint, highlighting Moscow’s challenges ahead in a war that is nearing the half-year mark. A statement from British defence intelligence on Wednesday said that ... .
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Scientists plan the resurrection of an animal that’s been extinct since 1936
Egypt Independent 17 Aug 2022
CNN) – Almost 100 years after its extinction, the Tasmanian tiger may live once again. Scientists want to resurrect the striped carnivorous marsupial, officially known as a thylacine, which used to roam the Australian bush ... Genetic blueprint ... We are essentially engineering our dunnart cell to become a Tasmanian tiger cell,” Pask explained.
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Abbas causes outrage in Germany with Holocaust remarks
The New Arab 17 Aug 2022
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz voiced "disgust" at remarks by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas that the German leader said diminished the importance of the Holocaust, while Israel accused Abbas of telling a "monstrous lie" ... "I am disgusted by the outrageous remarks made by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas." ... "History will never forgive him.".
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Thailand’s south rocked by wave of bomb and arson attacks
Al Jazeera 17 Aug 2022
Explosions and fires have ripped through at least 17 locations in southern Thailand, authorities said, in what appeared to be multiple coordinated attacks that injured several people. The bombings and arson attacks occurred late on Tuesday and in the early hours of Wednesday morning, military and police officials said ... .
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Liz Cheney considers run for president after Republican primary defeat
The Guardian 17 Aug 2022
Cheney decisively lost her Republican primary race on Tuesday night and will lose her seat in the US Congress. ... .
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'Prepare for war': China nears breaking point
NewstalkZB 17 Aug 2022
China is seething following another bipartisan US delegation visit to Taiwan, with Beijing renewing its "prepare for war" warning and launching fresh military drills around the island ... The two-day visit, aimed at reaffirming the US government's support for Taiwan, came days after a similar trip by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ... Photo / AP ... Photo / AP ... .
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Zelensky to meet Erdogan, Guterres this week
Suryaa 17 Aug 2022
Kiev, Aug 17 (IANS) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres this week, a spokesman for the world body confirmed ... The agenda of the meeting has not been revealed ... ....
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Putin blasts US 'hegemony,' predicts end to 'unipolar' world
Stars and Stripes 16 Aug 2022
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the United States of trying to encourage extended hostilities in Ukraine as part of what he described Tuesday as Washington's alleged efforts to maintain its global hegemony ... "They need conflicts to retain their hegemony," Putin charged ... Putin also drew parallels between the U.S ... .
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Ukraine Tells Civilians to Avoid Russian Ammo Depots After Blast
Voa News 17 Aug 2022
Following massive explosions at a military depot in the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told people there and in other parts of southern Ukraine to “be very careful” and avoid areas where Russian forces store ammunition and equipment ... “But they all have the same meaning ... Demilitarization in action." ... U.N ... .
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S.Korea calls for talks as N.Korea test fires missiles
The Jerusalem Post 17 Aug 2022
Talks with North Korea should not be for political show but contribute to establishing peace, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said on Wednesday, just hours after the North test fired two cruise missiles into the sea ... U.S ... KEVIN LAMARQUE/REUTERS) ... It has been observed preparing for a possible nuclear test, which would be its first since 2017 ... .
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Climate change: 'Staggering' rate of global tree losses from fires
BBC News 17 Aug 2022
Around 16 football pitches of trees per minute were lost to forest fires in 2021, a new report says. Data from Global Forest Watch suggests that across the globe, the amount of tree cover being burned has nearly doubled in the past 20 years. Climate change is a key factor in the increase as it leads to higher temperatures and drier conditions ... .