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First on AP: Nearly 200 activists in Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s “Make America Healthy Again” movement sent a letter to President Donald Trump criticizing his promotion of coal to fuel the rise of AI data centers. apnews.com/article/maha...

In recent months, John Perrino, a senior policy advisor for The Internet Society (ISOC), has repeatedly met with officials from the Department of Canadian Heritage to get some clarity on how the legislation will be implemented. www.thewirereport.ca/2026/08/21/q...

Why can disagreements over vaccines, climate change, or elections feel so personal? This article by two psychology professors explains why. theconversation.com/the-false-an...

Trump asks Supreme Court to hear his defamation case against CNN SCOTUS Blog For describing him “as a knowing liar who fabricated objections to the 2020 election, lacked supporting evidence, and deliberately deceived the American people” Truth is a defense against libel bit.ly/3SgvLcp

'‘Perfect storm’ brews for global food supply… Russia & Ukraine continue to attack one another’s port infrastructure, blocking shipments from the “breadbasket of Europe” & driving up wheat prices, & adding to a grim cocktail of factors afflicting global food supply.' www.cnbc.com/2026/08/21/g...

Three popular Rust libraries, one with 245M downloads, were briefly poisoned to run a password stealer at compile time. Pulled within 2 hours, but any build in that window is exposed. Pin arrayref to 0.3.9, check your CI.

World number one Jannik Sinner pulls out of US Open

Argentina's Paredes banned for 10 games after World Cup final clashes

The panel’s chair said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a member of the RSS. He also described the RSS as an umbrella organisation “whose sub-groups have perpetrated attacks on religious minorities, including Christians and Muslims”. scroll.in/latest/10951...

'According to the website MPdata.uk the average amount of donations received per MP since the beginning of this Parliament (July 2024) is £37,134. For Labour MPs the average figure is £22,755. In 7 months, Streeting has received almost 10 times the amount ... an average Labour MP gets in two years'

open.substack.com/pub/thomhart... Howard Lutnick, Commerce Secretary, claimed 24,000 noncitizens who’d illegally voted in the 2020 election. It’s a lie, this will be the foundation for GOP rules to prevent married women, racial minorities, and low-income people from voting this fall and in 2028.

We've got used to there being a stalemate in Ukraine - but things are changing now, with risks for Putin, Zelenskyy, and indeed Europe markurban.substack.com/p/double-jeo...

‘Shameful’: UK, Australia and Canada criticise Israel over Gaza aid convoy killings decision Joint statement issued after IDF said it will not pursue criminal investigations into April 2024 strike that killed seven humanitarian workers www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Australian Who Joined Ukraine’s Army to Spy for Russia Arrested A 27-year-old man has been arrested in Australia after allegedly joining the Armed Forces of Ukraine for obtaining information for Russian intelligence. militarnyi.com/en/news/aust...

“The West is often seen as trying to preserve an order that has lost legitimacy… but China is positioning itself as protecting their sovereignty and allowing them to take back control of their affairs...” chinabooksreview.com/2026/08/20/p...

NewsInsideUkraine t.me/c/1966917236... 🇺🇦❗️A National Guard special forces officer was revealed to be an agent of Russian intelligence services. The "mole" within the SBU (Security Service of Ukraine) was exposed with the assistance of the National Guard command.

@congressmanraja.bsky.social, D-IL, a member of the House Intelligence Committee, joins Morning Joe following a recent trip to Ukraine. Krishnamoorthi, who toured the country’s drone factories and operations centers, calls Ukraine’s drone strategy “incredibly sophisticated.”

Michigan Republican Mike Rogers holds millions in AI-related investments while backing Donald Trump’s push to fast-track the infrastructure fueling the industry. www.levernews.com/the-senate-c...

Russian frozen assets have Australia's Senate fired up "The Australian government (should) consider legislation to seize Russian sanctioned entity assets and consider legislation to disburse these assets to Ukraine," recommends a Senate report.

My second EFE story: Baltic countries commemorate 35 years of independence under the shadow of the war in Ukraine www.swissinfo.ch/spa/pa%c3%ad...

Ukrainian AS-90 Commander Shows How Britain's 155 mm Self-Propelled Gun Works (Video) New footage from Ukraine's 58th Brigade offers a close look at the AS-90 crew preparing British 155mm self-propelled gun for a firing mission en.defence-ua.com/news/ukraini...

💙💛 Ukraine’s Defense Forces have received the first domestically produced Alexa Spatium jet drone interceptor. The Ministry of Defense has approved the system for military use. mezha.net/eng/bukvy/43...

1/ "The tragic story surrounding Jason Arday has taken another unsettling turn after the British academic who brought plagiarism allegations against the late Cambridge professor into the public spotlight is being investigated." www.theroot.com/new-question...

In our news wrap Thursday, U.S. military says the USS Abraham Lincoln is heading home following a roughly nine-month deployment and reports of poor living conditions, storms and at least one tornado tore through parts of Germany overnight and China sentenced the founder of Evergrande to li..

A former Moldovan police officer is to be deported from Northern Ireland after he pleaded guilty to ‘people smuggling’ into the UK. Ion Bilea had previously denied a single charge of assisting unlawful immigration to the UK of a non-UK national on May 18, 2025.