World News and International Policy.
- Fusion energy is not only cheap, clean and limitless, it is also the "engine" that will drive the enormous increases in artificial intelligence (AI) that will be the ultimate super-weapon of this century. AI requires power — enormous amounts of it —
- The rise of radical Islamic influence under Yunus's watch threatens to transform Bangladesh from a secular democracy into a theocratic state. The passive response of Yunus's interim government to these demands signals either weakness or tacit approval of
- International law — particularly Article 1 of the 1933 Montevideo Convention — defines the criteria for statehood: a permanent population, a defined territory, an effective government, and the capacity to engage in relations with other states. Yet
- Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping is mobilizing state entities, including, in this case, China State Shipbuilding Corp., in his all-of-society effort to achieve food security. [T]his effort is another signal that he is preparing to
- Recently, Jordan joined the list of countries that have banned the Muslim Brotherhood: Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Austria. The move came after Jordanian authorities announced that they had arrested 16 people suspected of planning attacks
- In response to the Chinese Communist Party increasing its presence in the western Pacific Ocean, the Trump administration recently responded brilliantly, in the manner of President Theodore Roosevelt, by increasing its presence in the Indo-Pacific. In
- [Hamas official Ghazi] Hamad made the threat [to carry out more massacres against Israelis… until Israel was annihilated] from Qatar, where he and several other leaders of Hamas have been leading comfortable lives for the past few years. Hamas's
Syrian civil war map, showing control by city. Size of circle is proportional to population.
- A 3.0 magnitude earthquake struck northern New Jersey late Saturday night, with tremors felt across parts of New York City Read Full Article at RT.com
- The UN is attempting to be more “impactful and coherent”, as most of the 1,100 reports a year it produces are barely read Read Full Article at RT.com
- US Vice President J.D. Vance has revealed he has been “obsessed” with UFOs and plans to “dive to the bottom” of the phenomenon Read Full Article at RT.com
- Washington is hoping to “lead” Russia and Ukraine to the negotiating table, Matthew Whitaker has said Read Full Article at RT.com
- The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is set to cease its operation in early 2026 after losing federal funding Read Full Article at RT.com
- The summit Brussels-Beijing economic summit spotlighted the bloc’s mounting strategic confusion and accelerating drift toward isolation Read Full Article at RT.com
- Jeffrey Epstein’s associate Ghislaine Maxwell has been unexpectedly transferred to a minimum security prison camp Read Full Article at RT.com
Map of the Ukraine / Russia conflict.
- France is halting its evacuations of Gazans as outrage grows over a Palestinian student's antisemitic posts. The country's foreign minister said the student "has no place" in France.
- Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki, one of the country's most active volcanoes, erupted twice within a matter of hours spanning Aug. 1 and 2.
- Migrant crossings at Panama's Darien Gap has dropped from a 82,000 monthly peak under Biden to only 10 in June following Trump's deportation policies.
- Cambodia to nominate Trump for Nobel Peace Prize for role in ending country's conflict with ThailandCambodia will nominate President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for his involvement in a ceasefire that ended the country's fighting with Thailand.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky praised U.S. peace efforts as Russian President Vladimir Putin has just one week to meet President Donald Trump's Aug. 8 deadline to end the war.
- Airport staff found a 10-year-old boy alone at Barcelona's El Prat airport after his parents left him behind due to expired passport and visa issues.
- State Department report reveals U.S. seeks full dismantling of UNRWA, citing Hamas ties, Oct. 7 involvement and refusal to return funds. Fox News Digital obtained the unreleased assessment.
- El Salvador's legislature has passed constitutional reforms that extend presidential terms from five years to six and allow for indefinite re-election.
- The U.S. announced sanctions against Palestinian Authority officials and PLO members after the State Department determined they violated agreements.
News Out of Ukraine
- The number includes 920 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
- A drone strike resulted in a major fire early on Aug. 3 at an oil depot in Russia’s resort city of Sochi, setting ablaze a 2,000-cubic-meter fuel tank, local authorities said.
- Republican senators left Washington for their August recess without passing a major Russia sanctions bill, effectively handing Donald Trump full authority to decide whether to follow through on his threat to penalize Moscow.
- The Zaporizhzhia plant, the largest nuclear facility in Europe and one of the ten largest globally, has been under Russian occupation since March 2022.
- A Russian airstrike damaged a key bridge in Ukraine's Kherson Oblast on Aug. 2, prompting local officials to urge residents to evacuate. The strike occurred around 6 p.m. local time, when Russian forces dropped two guided bombs on the city of Kherson.
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