Columbus, OH

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The soldier, identified as Volodymyr, told the FT that his Stryker unit entered Kursk on August 6 and drove right into the Russians' coffee table.

A Ukrainian soldier said Russian troops in Kursk were 'sitting in the forest and drinking coffee,' unaware they were being invaded

The Guardian

A rise in sexual violence means food prices have leapt in CAR as women and girls say they fear working in the fields

‘They turn our farms into rape centres’: Russian mercenaries accused of abuse in Central African Republic

Ukraine said it provided intelligence to a group of separatists who attacked Russa's Wagner Group mercenaries in Mali, killing many.

Putin's Wagner Group mercenaries got thrashed in the African desert — and Ukraine says it helped

Fox News

Dozens of Russia's Wagner mercenaries were killed in a brutal ambush over the weekend by Tuareg rebels in northern Mali following days of fighting near Algeria's border.

Dozens of Russia’s Wagner mercenaries massacred in Mali ambush

The Independent

Wagner mercenaries were killed by jihadis and rebels over the weekend in northern Mali in what one analyst described on Monday as the largest battleground blow to the shadowy Russian group in years. Others were taken captive.Approximately 50 Wagner fighters in a convoy were killed in an al-Qaida ambush, which was joined by rebels who were in pursuit, along the border with Algeria, said Wassim Nasr, a Sahel specialist and senior research fellow at the Soufan Center, a security think tank, who said he counted bodies in a video of the aftermath. The mercenaries had been fighting mostly Tuareg rebels...

Russia’s Wagner group hit by largest battleground loss in years

- Advertisement - In an exclusive revelation, the government has confirmed that North Korea has deployed over 500 technical and medical support troops to Russian-occupied territories in Ukraine. This deployment occurred even before North Korea and Russia signed a treaty on “automatic military aid” in June, according to TV Chosun....

North Korea deploys 500 technical and medical troops to Russian-occupied Ukraine

TheDailyBeast

Ukrainian forces captured over 100 Russian troops in the largest single surrender since the start of the war two and a half years ago, according to multiple reports.The latest victory is part of a surprise incursion launched by Ukraine into Russian territory earlier this month. The surrender will not please Russian President Vladimir Putin, who was already visibly rattled during a testy televised meeting with officials earlier this week.The Ukrainian online newspaper Ukrainska Pravda posted a video on X Thursday, which it said came from a source at the country’s Security Service, showing dozens of Russian soldiers lying with their...

Humiliation for Putin as Over 100 Troops Raise White Flag on Russian Soil

Khawar was preparing to start medical school in Afghanistan when Taliban fighters swept into the capital Kabul, seizing power and imposing the world’s only ban on educating girls over 12.

Shut out of school by the Taliban, Afghan girls and women are finding new ways to learn

Georgia State

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Atlanta, GA

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A 40-year-old man has been sentenced to over 28 years in prison for distributing significant amounts of fentanyl and other controlled substances to dealers in the Middle Georgia region. Authorities revealed that investigators uncovered evidence linking the drugs provided by the defendant, 40-year-old Lagary Williams, also known as "Frog," from Atlanta, to a fatal overdose.

Atlanta Man Sentenced to 28 Years for Supplying Deadly Fentanyl Linked to Fatal Overdose

Two attacks on US military bases last week — one in Iraq and another in Syria — injured a number of American service members.

With the Middle East on the edge and Iran and its proxies riled up, US forces in Iraq and Syria are again taking hits

Tulsa, OK

The latest search for the remains of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre victims has ended with three more sets containing gunshot wounds, investigators said.

Latest search for 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre victims ends with 3 more found with gunshot wounds

Mississippi State

A fossil hunter was scouring a Mississippi creek for remnants of the past when he came across the discovery of a lifetime — a tusk from an ice age Columbian mammoth.

He stumbled onto a large tusk in a Mississippi creek. It turned out to be a first-of-its-kind discovery

House Democratic Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries tells CNN’s Jake Tapper that “we should not be surprised” by Trump’s questioning of Harris’ race “because this is someone who’s often engaged in racial arson to try to inflame passions amongst the American people.”

Jeffries touts Harris’ economic plan ahead of convention

The Supreme Court on Friday turned down a request from the Biden administration to enforce parts of a new federal rule meant to protect LGBTQ+ and pregnant students from discrimination in 10 states where the rule was put on hold by federal judges.

Supreme Court rejects Biden administration’s request to enforce new civil rights protections for LGBTQ+ students

North Carolina State

A home in North Carolina collapsed due to strong swells from Hurricane Ernesto, which also delivered heavy blows to Bermuda and has begun ramping up coastal danger for much of the United States’ Eastern Seaboard.

Video shows house collapsing from Hurricane Ernesto swells

Colorado State

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A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

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Colleton County, SC

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Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

Heather Whaley’s father, Paul Bucha, who passed away two weeks ago, received a Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military decoration, for his leadership during the Vietnam War. She spoke to CNN after President Trump said at an event that a civilian award was “much better,” given that Medal of Honor recipients are often injured or killed.

Daughter of Medal of Honor veteran reacts to Trump comments

TheConversationAU

This week marks the third year since America’s retreat from Afghanistan and the Taliban’s return to power. 

The United States had intervened in Afghanistan in response to the September 11 2001 terror attacks by al-Qaeda. The aim was to combat international terrorism and chart a new global order to make the world safer and more secure. 

Yet, as I argue in my new book, How to Lose a War: The Story of America’s Intervention in Afghanistan, the world today is arguably more conflict-ridden and polarised than during the Cold War. It potentially stands on the edge of yet another world...

3 years after the Taliban’s return, Afghanistan is a broken country swarming with terrorists again

CNN’s Will Ripley talks to Peter Fairlie, who stumbled upon North Korean State TV using his backyard satellite dish, about what he saw in the programming, and what happened when he posted the content online to his YouTube channel. 

He stumbled upon North Korean State TV and put it online. It went viral

NewsBreak

Dozens of Russian mercenaries killed in rebel ambush in Mali, in their worst known loss in Africa

The video is as triumphant as it is gruesome. Rebel fighters, rifles slung over their shoulders, step among more than a dozen bodies strewn across the sand...

Dozens of Russian mercenaries killed in rebel ambush in Mali, in their worst known loss in Africa

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