- Putin Says Ukraine Opened ‘Pandora's Box’ With Strikes on Economic Targets The Moscow Times
- Putin says Ukraine opened 'Pandora's box' with strikes on economic targets Reuters
- Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 19, 2026 Institute for the Study of War
- Ukraine Drones Strike Samara Oil Refinery, E-Commerce Warehouse Bloomberg.com
- Russia Strikes Ukraine After Putin ‘Pandora’s Box’ Warning Newsweek
Live Updates: Latest from Israel, Iran, and the Middle East – The Jerusalem Post
Man leaves tired 7-year-old son alone on Japan’s Mount Fuji during family hike – CNN
- Man leaves tired 7-year-old son alone on Japan’s Mount Fuji during family hike CNN
- Father leaves 7-year-old son alone on Mount Fuji to continue hike BBC
- Father abandons 7-year-old on Mount Fuji to reach summit WXLV
- 7-year-old boy left behind on Mount Fuji by his dad Japan Today
- Man leaves young son on Mount Fuji before ascending Japan’s highest peak The Guardian
Woman in her 30s who pretended to be a child and lived with family found guilty of fraud – New York Post
- Woman in her 30s who pretended to be a child and lived with family found guilty of fraud New York Post
- At 37, she pretended to be 12. Now she’s on trial for fraud. The Washington Post
- She said she was 12. She was actually 38 The Times
- Woman, 37, pretended to be 12-year-old to live with foster family, convicted of fraud AL.com
- Woman Convicted After Posing as 12-Year-Old Girl and Living with Foster Family People.com
Reports credit North Korea’s newest missile of terror with 2.5-ton warhead and 900-km range. Expert explains why those numbers can’t both be true – Euromaidan Press
- Reports credit North Korea's newest missile of terror with 2.5-ton warhead and 900-km range. Expert explains why those numbers can't both be true Euromaidan Press
- North Korea boosts support for Russia to include drone operators, Ukraine says CNN
- Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 21, 2026 Institute for the Study of War
- Will North Korean forces bolster Russia's Ukraine war? DW.com
- North Korea's Kim Yo Jong denies Zelenskiy's claim on additional troops deployment Reuters
Man completes 2,800 mile scoot across Australia
Bob Brown from Saltash has ridden a non-electric scooter from Perth to Sydney.
‘Friday afternoon fraud’: warning for UK homebuyers on bank scams
Victims have lost tens of thousands – and in one case £300,000 – due to fake emails from solicitor or estate agent
You are poised to move house and are awaiting the solicitor’s instructions that things are ready to go and it is time to hand over your deposit. When the email arrives giving you their bank details, you set up the transfer and move the cash. And then the solicitor calls to ask where the money is.
Conveyancing fraud involves criminals getting access to an email chain between homebuyers and their solicitors or estate agents and requesting payment to a bank account they control. Sometimes the solicitor has been hacked, but often the homebuyer has been the victim of a phishing exercise.
Continue reading...Egypt and Iran discuss how to go about making peace with the world’s most powerful military, even as it attempts to shield itself – Business Insider Africa
Kazakhstan parliamentary elections begin: What’s at stake?
The Central Asian country heads to the polls on August 23.
Germany news: Most voters expect Merz to leave office early – DW.com
- Germany news: Most voters expect Merz to leave office early DW.com
- ‘Friedrich Merz's fate is a warning for Andy Burnham’ MoneyWeek
- German chancellor fighting for political survival: The beginning of the end? Anadolu Ajansı
- Poll: Most Germans Expect Merz to Be Replaced before Next Election تسنیم
- Germany's Merz to visit wildfire-hit region to thank emergency crews Yahoo
Ex-Colombian president: Restoring Israeli ties applauds Gaza genocide
Ex-Colombian President, Gustavo Petro, says restoring ties with Israel amounts to applauding the Gaza genocide.
Burnham expected to give mayors new powers over local planning decisions
Move would allow mayors to greenlight large-scale developments and have more say on national housing funding
Andy Burnham is expected to give mayors new powers to take control of local planning decisions and greenlight large-scale developments in proposals to be presented next week.
The move would allow mayors to “call in” the decisions and direct councils to take them forward or refuse them.
Continue reading...Marvel actors join campaign calling for release of Palestinian terrorist Marwan Barghouti – The Jerusalem Post
- Marvel actors join campaign calling for release of Palestinian terrorist Marwan Barghouti The Jerusalem Post
- The Avengers Assemble: For a Mass-Murderer VINnews
- Actors Back Campaign to Free Marwan Barghouti اسلام تايمز
- Marvel stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Mark Ruffalo and others call for Marwan Barghouti's release thenationalnews.com
- More than 20 Marvel stars back call to free Marwan Barghouti The New Arab
A moderate earthquake shakes Japan, injuring more than 30 people in the Tokyo region – AP News
- A moderate earthquake shakes Japan, injuring more than 30 people in the Tokyo region AP News
- A moderate, magnitude 5.9 earthquake shakes eastern Japan. No tsunami alert is issued ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
- Strong Kanto quake injures dozens, triggering warnings of similar shaking over next week The Japan Times
- M5.9 quake shakes eastern Japan, injuring more than 20 people Japan Today
- M5.9 quake strikes eastern Japan including Tokyo, disrupting trains Japan Wire by Kyodo News
Swans fans turn up to support women’s team – as it happened
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Victorian Labor expands on free dental care election promise
The Victorian premier, Ben Carroll, and health minister, Ingrid Stitt, have held a press conference this morning off the back of their announcement yesterday that the Labor government would open 10 free public dental clinics if re-elected in November.
You can’t use a Medicare card for dental unless you’ve got a healthcare card or you are a category of a particular citizen, it is very difficult … I’ve been visiting a lot of dentists over the past few weeks. There [are] waiting lists. People are in enormous, unbearable pain.
This will be a cost of living measure but it will also make sure that we deal with the healthcare of some of the most vulnerable Victorians. This is really going to fill the gap that’s been there for decades.
Continue reading...Liberal plan to split Victorian appeals court attacked as ‘thought bubble’ that would politicise judiciary
Opposition leader Jess Wilson says new dedicated court of criminal appeal would set precedents for tougher sentences
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A radical overhaul of Victoria’s highest court, proposed by the Liberal party to increase sentences, has been criticised by legal and human rights groups who warn it would politicise the judiciary.
The opposition leader, Jess Wilson, on Sunday announced that if elected in November the Coalition would split the court of appeal in two, creating a dedicated court of criminal appeal alongside a separate court of civil appeal.
Continue reading...The ‘ordinary’ woman accused of assassinating a Russian commander in Crimea
Friends close to Margarita Reutt are shocked she could allegedly plant bomb that killed Ukrainian defector Robert Shageev, while others recall a stubborn grit to see any plan through
It was just after dawn in Sevastopol when a powerful explosion tore through a quiet square in a residential district of the Russian-occupied Crimean port city.
Hidden inside a rubbish bin, a bomb containing the equivalent of about 500g of TNT detonated on 13 August as Robert Shageev, the deputy commander of a Russian Black Sea fleet submarine brigade, walked past in naval uniform. He was killed on the spot.
Continue reading...‘We’re not going to run from it’: Sydney Marathon laughs off medal error
Runners will receive a medal at the 2026 Sydney Marathon with an engraving of a German stadium.
‘You just can’t trust Trump’: Canadian premiers fire back in trade war
Provincial premiers have joined Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney, firing back after US President imposed tariffs.
Iran’s foreign minister calls threat of new US economic sanctions ‘desperate’
Abbas Araghchi says country is unbowed but president Masoud Pezeshkian admits its people face ‘many problems’
Iran’s foreign minister has dismissed the threat of a fresh round of US economic sanctions as a “desperate” ploy, even as its president acknowledged that the Iranian people are facing “many problems” amid Washington’s efforts to isolate and debilitate the country’s economy.
Last week, Donald Trump announced a new campaign to increase the pressure on the Iranian economy, calling it “the most crushing economic operation ever taken against any country”. The US Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, is expected to announce further punitive economic measures on Iran – which he has described as “the toughest sanctions in history” – on Monday.
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