Russia Goes After Ukraine With Distant Strikes and New Tactics – The New York Times

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  1. Russia Goes After Ukraine With Distant Strikes and New Tactics  The New York Times
  2. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 8, 2025  Institute for the Study of War
  3. The Russia-Ukraine War Report Card, Aug. 6, 2025  Russia Matters
  4. Russia ramps up grinding summer offensive as Ukraine seeks US battlefield aid  ABC News
  5. UK Defence Intelligence says Russia likely captured up to 550 sq km of Ukrainian territory in July  Українська правда
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‘Bizarre and wrong’: Danish zoo sparks debate with plea for pets to use as food – The Guardian

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  1. ‘Bizarre and wrong’: Danish zoo sparks debate with plea for pets to use as food  The Guardian
  2. A Zoo in Denmark Wants to Feed Your Pets to Its Predators  The New York Times
  3. Danish zoo asks pet owners to donate rabbits and horses to feed its predators  The Guardian
  4. Zoo in Denmark calls for unwanted pets to feed its animals  NBC News
  5. A Danish zoo is seeking unwanted pets — to feed to its predators  The Washington Post
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White House envoy Witkoff meets Qatari prime minister to discuss plan to end Gaza war – Axios

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  1. White House envoy Witkoff meets Qatari prime minister to discuss plan to end Gaza war  Axios
  2. Witkoff reportedly meets Qatar PM on comprehensive deal amid scramble to stop Gaza takeover  The Times of Israel
  3. Report: Mediators Conducting Intensive Talks With Israel, Hamas to Reach Gaza Truce  Haaretz
  4. U.S. and Israeli Officials Float Idea of ‘All or Nothing’ Gaza Deal  The New York Times
  5. US, Qatari mediators shaping package of cease-fire, hostage release proposals to end war in Gaza  New York Post
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Israeli envoy attends Nagasaki 80th atom bomb anniversary, a year after Gaza war snub – The Times of Israel

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  1. Israeli envoy attends Nagasaki 80th atom bomb anniversary, a year after Gaza war snub  The Times of Israel
  2. Nagasaki mayor issues chilling warning on 80th anniversary of atomic bombing  Fox News
  3. Japan marks 80 years since the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki days after Hiroshima remembrance ceremony  ABC7 Los Angeles
  4. Opinion | My ancestors fought in WWII. Hiroshima is plagued by shallow reading.  The Washington Post
  5. Grandchildren of 2 men who experienced both A-bomb attacks in Japan work for peace 80 years later  AP News
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Canadian who could not renew visa due to mental health crisis faces UK ban

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Academic Heather Scott has been told by Home Office that being ‘acutely ill’ is not an exceptional circumstance

The Home Office is threatening to ban a Canadian academic from the UK after she was unable to renew her visa in time during a mental health crisis.

Dr Heather Scott has lived in Britain since she came in 2011 on a study visa. The renowned academic, whose area of research relates to Victorian cemeteries including Highgate, Brompton and Abney Park, is required to be based in London.

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After starvation in Gaza, Sudan, refeeding syndrome a risk – DW

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  1. After starvation in Gaza, Sudan, refeeding syndrome a risk  DW
  2. How to Prevent More Starvation Deaths in Gaza  The New Yorker
  3. Anatomy of a famine: how Gaza has starved  The Economist
  4. The Unparalleled Devastation of Gaza: Why Punishing Civilians Has Not Yielded Strategic Success  Foreign Affairs
  5. Aid blockade deepens Gaza crisis as malnutrition deaths rise, warns UNRWA  UN News
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Bolsonaro supporters pray for Trump rescue as coup plot trial verdict nears

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Far-right ex-president’s devotees pin hopes on pressure campaign but tariffs and sanctions appear likely to fail

Each morning, Edite Costa steps out of her bungalow on Brasília’s sun-baked savannah, stands beneath a mango tree and lifts her hands to the sky in prayer. “I ask God to work so that not just Trump but all Americans come to help us rip out the evil that has taken hold of the country I love,” said the 66-year-old Baptist, who is a fervent supporter of Brazil’s far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro.

Bolsonaro could face decades in jail for allegedly leading a murderous conspiracy to seize power after his leftwing rival Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva beat him in the 2022 presidential election. But Costa believes her populist leader can still be saved – if her prayers are answered and Donald Trump intervenes.

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We get asked about tariffs all the time. Here’s what we say – NPR

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  1. We get asked about tariffs all the time. Here's what we say  NPR
  2. Trump remade the global trading system. He’s just getting started  CNN
  3. Opinion | The Contradiction at the Heart of Trump’s Trade Deals  The New York Times
  4. Cars, coffee and clothing are poised to get pricier with new tariffs  The Washington Post
  5. Trump is underwater on trade in 40 states  Strength In Numbers | G. Elliott Morris
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