Some global news... Europe
Erasing Women: Queen Elizabeth I of England Was ‘Non-Binary’, Claims ‘Trans Awareness’ Academic
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2022/08/18/erasing-women-queen-elizabeth-i-of-england-was-non-binary-claims-trans-awareness-academic/
UK inflation clears 10% with food prices rising fastest
https://justthenews.com/world/europe/uk-inflations-clears-10-food-prices-rising-fatest
Sweden: Electricity Prices Up 400 Per Cent From 2021
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2022/08/18/sweden-electricity-prices-up-400-per-cent-from-2021/
Finnish PM Sanna Marin facing backlash over leaked party footage
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/8/18/finnish-pm-facing-backlash-over-leaked-party-footage
Pro-EU Germany Aims to Take Back Territory Lost to Poland After War: Polish Central Bank Head
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2022/08/18/pro-eu-germany-aims-to-take-back-territory-lost-to-poland-after-war-polish-central-bank-head/
Gas Crisis Chaos: Minister Brands Unhappy Public ‘New Enemies of the State’ Amid Riot Warnings
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2022/08/18/gas-crisis-chaos-minister-brands-unhappy-public-new-enemies-of-the-state-amid-riot-warnings/
Germany lowers natural gas tax to ease burden on consumers
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-germany-prices-berlin-f4f4525af01a8488bb3bd093b85a9dc1
Powerful storm lashes France's Corsica; 3 dead, several injured
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/powerful-storm-lashes-frances-corsica-3-dead-several-injured/2664074
Armani, others flee wildfire on Sicilian island retreat
https://nypost.com/2022/08/18/fashion-designer-giorgio-armani-others-flee-from-wildfire-on-sicilian-island/
In the Balkans, tensions escalate between Serbia and Kosovo
https://www.kuow.org/stories/in-the-balkans-tensions-escalate-between-serbia-and-kosovo
EU-mediated talks fail to settle tensions between Serbia, Kosovo
https://www.dw.com/en/eu-mediated-talks-fail-to-settle-tensions-between-serbia-kosovo/a-62859378
Estonia fends off ‘extensive’ cyberattack following Soviet monument removal
https://www.politico.eu/article/estonia-extensive-cyber-attack-following-soviet-war-monument-removal/
Smoke blankets Russian capital as wildfire spreads in neighboring region
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/environment/smoke-blankets-russian-capital-as-wildfire-spreads-in-neighboring-region/2663847
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Russia/Ukraine War
Finland Says Russian Fighter Jets ‘Suspected’ of Violating Airspace
https://www.thedefensepost.com/2022/08/18/russian-jets-violate-finnish-airspace/
Turkey and Ukraine sign agreement for reconstruction of war-torn country
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-ukraine-sign-agreement-reconstruction
How long can Turkey play both sides in the Ukraine war?
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/how-long-can-turkey-play-both-sides-in-the-ukraine-war/
Ukrainian Pres. Zelenskyy To Host Lviv Talks With U.N., Turkey
https://www.newsy.com/stories/ukrainian-pres-zelenskyy-hosting-talks-with-u-n-turkey/
Russia Calls UN Proposal To Demilitarize Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Plant 'Unacceptable'
https://www.rferl.org/a/zaporizhzhya-nuclear-demilitarize-russia-rejects-un/31994360.html
Russia says Ukraine planning 'provocation' at nuclear plant; Kyiv dismisses accusation
https://www.rawstory.com/russia-says-ukraine-planning-provocation-at-nuclear-plant-kyiv-dismisses-accusation/
Zelensky Slams Russia’s ‘Nuclear Blackmail,’ Pleads for U.N. Action on Forced Deportations
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/zelensky-slams-russias-nuclear-blackmail-pleads-for-u-n-action-on-forced-deportations/
Moscow Reportedly Moves Three Warplanes With Hypersonic Missiles To Kaliningrad Exclave
https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-hypersonic-kaliningrad-missiles-mig-31e/31994306.html
In Ukraine’s Hard-Hit Chernihiv, Volunteers Help Older People Survive
https://www.voanews.com/a/in-ukraine-hard-hit-chernihiv-volunteers-help-older-people-survive/6706701.html
Russian occupiers in Luhansk Oblast offer food for information on men's whereabouts, detain fathers outside kindergartens
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/08/18/7363759/
The US has quietly given Ukraine the HARM Radar Hunters
https://www.novinite.com/articles/216347/The+US+has+quietly+given+Ukraine+the+HARM+Radar+Hunters
'How I hate you': Russian airstrike kills top Ukrainian high-jumper's mother as devastated athlete lashes out at Moscow in video showing her bombed-out home
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11123369/Russian-airstrike-kills-Ukrainian-high-jumpers-mother-Kharkiv.html
Ukraine is convinced that time is on its side. So is Russia
https://spectatorworld.com/topic/ukraine-war-convinced-russia-six-months/
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Middle East Region
Israel's Lapid Lobbies U.S., EU to Abandon Iran Nuclear Talks
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2022-08-18/ty-article/.premium/israels-lapid-lobbies-u-s-eu-to-abandon-iran-nuclear-talks/00000182-b1aa-d018-adae-b9be0f7e0000
Israel Closes Offices of Palestinian NGOs Designated as Terror Groups
https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2022/08/18/israel-closes-offices-of-palestinian-ngos-designated-as-terror-groups/
Did Israel attack a Houthi camp in Yemen during the Gaza fighting?
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-gaza-yemen-houthi-camp-attack
German chancellor speaks with Israeli PM Lapid following Abbas Holocaust remark in Berlin
https://www.foxnews.com/world/german-chancellor-speaks-israeli-pm-lapid-following-abbas-holocaust-remark-berlin
EU hails decision by Türkiye, Israel to restore full diplomatic relations
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/eu-hails-decision-by-turkiye-israel-to-restore-full-diplomatic-relations/2664038
US Senator Menendez Warns Turkey Over Supply Of Russian Missiles
https://greekreporter.com/2022/08/18/us-senator-menendez-warns-turkey-over-supply-of-russian-missiles/
Turkey shocks markets with rate cut despite inflation near 80%
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/18/turkey-surprises-markets-with-rate-cut-despite-inflation-near-80percent-.html
A Russian perspective on Iran’s final offer for a nuclear deal
https://thebulletin.org/2022/08/a-russian-perspective-on-irans-final-offer-for-a-nuclear-deal/
Afghan families separated by US bureaucracy fear Taliban reprisal
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/afghan-brothers-separated
Death toll in Kabul mosque bombing rises to 21, Taliban says
https://www.foxnews.com/world/death-toll-kabul-mosque-bombing-rises-taliban-says
Saudi Arabia Sentences Shia Woman to 34 Years in Prison for Retweets
https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2022/08/18/saudi-arabia-sentences-shia-woman-to-34-years-in-prison-for-retweets/
Dubai court finds mishandled peroxide caused 2021 port blast
https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-dubai-united-arab-emirates-9934412820290413172b873733477f67
Pregnant wife, 21, is left fighting for life with full body burns after enraged husband sets fire to her using a gas canister 'because she refused to have an abortion' in Lebanon
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11124121/Pregnant-wife-21-fights-life-husband-set-fire-abortion-refusal-Lebanon.html
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Asia
China to Execute Senior Communist Party Official for Bribery
https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2022/08/17/china-to-execute-senior-communist-party-official-bribery/
China, Russia to Engage in Joint Military Exercise
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/china-russia-military-exercise/2022/08/17/id/1083550/
China Shuts Down Factories Due to Power Shortages
https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2022/08/17/china-shuts-down-factories-due-to-power-shortages/
UN Report: China's Mistreatment of Uyghurs Akin to Modern Slavery
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/united-nations-china-uyghurs/2022/08/17/id/1083560/
Dozens dead or missing as floods hit western China and heat and drought shut down industry in another region
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/china-flash-flooding-heat-drought-climate-deaths-shanghai-tesla-shutdown/
Pelosi's Taiwan-China Miscalculation
https://townhall.com/columnists/armstrongwilliams/2022/08/18/pelosis-taiwanchina-miscalculation-n2611907
Taiwan says China continues its military activities nearby
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/taiwan-says-china-continues-its-military-activities-nearby-2022-08-18/?rpc=401&
US to hold wide-ranging trade talks with Taiwan amid tensions with China
https://www.foxnews.com/world/us-hold-wide-ranging-trade-talks-taiwan-tensions-china
Why North Korea Might Reject Yoon Suk-yeol’s Audacious Initiative
https://www.cfr.org/blog/why-north-korea-might-reject-yoon-suk-yeols-audacious-initiative
North Korea Celebrates Alleged End of Coronavirus Pandemic with Communist Posters
https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2022/08/18/north-korea-celebrates-alleged-end-of-coronavirus-pandemic-with-communist-posters/
EXCLUSIVE Crisis-hit Sri Lanka to ask Japan to open talks with main creditors, says Wickremesinghe
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/exclusive-sri-lanka-ask-japan-open-talks-debt-restructuring-with-key-lenders-2022-08-18/
Report: Disgraced Sri Lankan Ex-President Applies for U.S. Green Card
https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2022/08/18/report-disgraced-sri-lankan-ex-president-applies-u-s-green-card/
Enraged mother hacks off her boyfriend's genitals with a kitchen knife 'after he tried to rape her 14-year-old daughter' in India
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11122941/Mother-hacks-boyfriends-genitals-tried-rape-14-year-old-daughter-India.html
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Latin America
Katko: Cartels Using Money Made from Border Crisis to ‘Tighten’ Grip on Central American Governments
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2022/08/18/katko-cartels-using-money-made-from-border-crisis-to-tighten-grip-on-central-american-governments/
EXCLUSIVE: Overwhelmed Texas Border Town Funeral Home Refuses Dead Migrants
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2022/08/18/exclusive-overwhelmed-texas-border-town-funeral-home-refuses-dead-migrants/
U.S. State Department Issues Travel Warning for These States in Mexico
https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/national-international/mexico-travel-advisory-crime-kidnapping-tijuana/3026464/
Honduran drug trafficker 'Lord of the Skies' is extradited to Texas for smuggling loads of cocaine from South America to the United States on boats and airplanes
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11124501/Honduran-drug-trafficker-Lord-Skies-extradited-Texas-smuggling-cocaine.html
Argentina’s Ambassador to China Rails Against ‘Demonizing Communism’ in Beijing State Media
https://www.breitbart.com/latin-america/2022/08/17/argentinas-ambassador-china-rails-against-demonizing-communism-beijing-state-media/
Landmines Are Still Taking Lives in Colombia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrFCX2JEhLM
Nine miners rescued after collapse in Colombia
https://www.digitaljournal.com/world/nine-miners-rescued-after-collapse-in-colombia/article
Lithium: Argentina will be the world’s largest producer, with 12 projects underway
https://www.riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/mercosur/argentina/lithium-argentina-will-be-the-worlds-largest-producer-with-12-projects-underway/
Argentina suffocates in the face of severe fires that have enveloped Buenos Aires in smoke
https://www.riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/mercosur/argentina/argentina-is-suffocating-in-the-face-of-the-severe-fires-that-have-enveloped-buenos-aires-in-smoke/
Chinese Fleet Threatens Latin America’s Fish Stocks
https://www.ipsnews.net/2022/08/chinese-fleet-threatens-latin-americas-fish-stocks/
Brazil: Jair Bolsonaro Launches Reelection Bid in City Where He Was Stabbed
https://www.breitbart.com/latin-america/2022/08/17/brazil-jair-bolsonaro-launches-reelection-bid-city-where-he-was-stabbed/
US Reports Spike in Weapons Smuggling to Haiti and the Caribbean
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/haiti/2022/08/17/id/1083559/
Exodus from Cuba is already the largest in decades
https://www.riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/mercosur/exodus-from-cuba-is-already-the-largest-in-decades/
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Africa
THREE ARRESTED, 20 CORPSES FOUND FROM SHRINE, IN EDO
https://olorisupergal.com/three-arrested-20-corpses-found-from-shrine-in-edo/
Malian Govt Accuses Macron’s France of Collaborating with Jihadists
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2022/08/18/malian-govt-accuses-macrons-france-collaborating-with-jihadists/
Mali requests a UN Security Council meeting amid tensions with France
https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/mali-requests-a-un-security-council-meeting-amid-tensions-with-france/
Barkhane: 3,000 French troops deployed in the Sahel, after Mali
https://www.africanews.com/2022/08/18/barkhane-3000-french-troops-deployed-in-the-sahel-after-mali/
Report: U.N. Staff Impregnated Girls as Young as 10 in Democratic Republic of Congo
https://www.breitbart.com/africa/2022/08/17/report-u-n-staff-impregnated-girls-as-young-as-10-in-democratic-republic-of-congo/
W.H.O. Chief Tedros: World Ignoring Ethiopian Civil War Disaster Due to Racism
https://www.breitbart.com/africa/2022/08/18/w-h-o-chief-tedros-world-ignoring-ethiopian-civil-war-disaster-due-to-racism/
Police Confirm Killing Of Gunman During Ebonyi Checkpoint Attack
https://independent.ng/police-confirm-killing-of-gunman-during-ebonyi-checkpoint-attack/
Zimbabwe: Measles Outbreak Kills at Least 157 Children
https://www.breitbart.com/africa/2022/08/17/zimbabwe-measles-outbreak-kills-least-157-children/
Black Americans: UK Should Not Return Artefacts to ‘Slave Trader Heirs’ in Africa
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2022/08/18/black-americans-uk-should-not-return-artefacts-to-slave-trader-heirs-in-africa/
Workers Threaten To Shut Abuja Cemeteries
https://dailytrust.com/breaking-workers-threaten-to-shut-abuja-cemeteries
Africa Needs Conventional Fuels, Not Windmills and Solar Panels
https://mises.org/library/africa-needs-conventional-fuels-not-windmills-and-solar-panels
Prince Harry makes surprise three-day solo visit to Mozambique where he was spotted visiting a luxury beach resort - ahead of his return to the UK with Meghan Markle next month
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-11123709/Prince-Harry-makes-surprise-three-day-solo-visit-Mozambique.html
North African Children Set Out for Europe in Flimsy Boat, Alone
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2022/08/18/north-african-children-set-out-for-europe-in-flimsy-boat-alone/
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South Pacific
Australian Women’s Rugby Champion Now Identifies as a Trans Man
https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2022/08/18/australian-womens-rugby-champion-now-identifies-as-a-trans-man/
Disney+ Banishes Episode of Aussie Children’s Cartoon ‘Bluey’ for Dog Fart
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2022/08/18/disney-banishes-episode-of-aussie-childrens-cartoon-bluey-for-dog-fart/
Police: Remains found in suitcases bought at auction belong to primary school-age children
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2022/08/18/remains-two-children-found-suitcases-bought-auction/10355677002/
Double Vaxxed New Zealanders SEVEN TIMES Sicker this Year than Pre-COVID 2019! (VIDEO)
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/08/double-vaxxed-new-zealanders-seven-times-sicker-year-pre-covid-2019-video/
Media Rush to Blame Climate Change for ‘Frightening’ New Zealand Floods
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2022/08/18/media-rush-blame-climate-change-frightening-new-zealand-floods/
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Canada
Agents Seize Nearly 30 Kilograms Of Cocaine At Ambassador Bridge Border Crossing
https://detroit.cbslocal.com/2022/08/18/agents-seize-nearly-30-kilograms-of-cocaine-at-ambassador-bridge-border-crossing/
Stefanik urges Canada to drop ArriveCAN requirement for cross-border travel
https://www.wwnytv.com/2022/08/18/stefanik-urges-canada-drop-arrivecan-requirement-cross-border-travel/
Justin Trudeau Celebrates After Democrats Sign $700 Billion Spending Bill that Will Benefit Automobile Manufacturers in Canada
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/08/justin-trudeau-celebrates-democrats-sign-700-billion-spending-bill-will-benefit-automobile-manufacturers-canada/
Pope: No evidence to start sex-assault probe against Canadian cardinal
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/pope-no-evidence-to-start-sex-assault-probe-against-canadian-cardinal/2664469
Freedom Convoy-affiliated group alleges attempted eviction from Ottawa church
https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/freedom-convoy-affiliated-group-alleges-attempted-eviction-from-ottawa-church-1.6032319
