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Board of Peace’s Gaza envoy denies financial deal with Hamas: ‘Not on the table’
$400 million will pay 'legitimate' contractors, severance to Hamas civil servants not hired by new technocratic government, sources tell ToI; NCAG reportedly to audit Hamas books …
How much of Russia’s biggest grain port did Ukraine’s drones just knock offline?
Ukrainian drones damaged two grain terminals at the port of Novorossiysk overnight, the Russian business daily Vedomosti and Reuters reported.
Annual inflation in Russia totals 5.98% in July — Rosstat
Food prices rose by 0.29% in July month-on-month
What disease is forcing Russian officials to slaughter pigs in the Tyumen region? They won’t say, except to describe it as ‘very dangerous.’
In Russia’s Tyumen region, authorities in several villages of the Golyshmanovsky district have begun seizing pigs from farmers and killing the animals, citing an unidentified dise…
Rosstat preliminarily estimates Russia’s GDP growth in Q2 2026 at 1.3%
GDP growth was driven primarily by retail trade turnover, food service turnover and freight turnover
Thousands of Canadians call for US ambassador's expulsion
An online petition accusing Pete Hoekstra of diplomatic interference in Canadian domestic affairs has garnered more than 60,000 signatures.
American mercenary Conor Kennedy arrested in absentia in Russia, placed on wanted list
He participated in combat operations on the side of the Ukrainian forces incognito
Three men will be executed on the same day as death penalties rise in US
Despite growing opposition to the death penalty, one state is behind the rising numbers.
Freestyle fundamentals with Nigeria's national champion
Meet Evelyn Okafor – a four-time Nigerian champion, three-time African champion, and the first African woman to qualify for the World Freestyle Football Championship.
Breakfast, lunch and natmad in Denmark – Scandinavian mealtimes explained | Letters
Gary Calder on the differences in names for mealtimes in Scandinavia. Plus Dr Paul Brown on the class division in dinnertimes on the TitanicConfusion over the names of mealtimes (…
Deflation in Russia equals 0.06% from August 4 to 10 — Rosstat
Consumer prices in Russia gained 4.69% year-to-date
Francesca Hong backs David Crowley for Wisconsin governor as Democratic nominee vows to earn support from progressives – live
Progressive Francesca Hong says her campaign ‘was not about getting one person into office’; David Crowley takes on Trump-backed Tom Tiffany in NovemberDavid Crowley wins Wisconsi…
Israel deliberately starting wildfires in southern Lebanon, firefighters say
First responders, residents and environmental groups say military dropping flares to destroy forests and cropsFirefighters and residents of south Lebanon have accused the Israeli …
Israeli settlers besieging Palestinian families in West Bank village
Israeli security forces have reportedly withdrawn and about a dozen settlers are said to remain at the site where two families have been besieged since Sunday.
Houthis lose over 80 fighters in Yemen in six days — TV
Yemeni government forces launched artillery and drone strikes against the rebels in northern Dhale Governorate on Tuesday evening
LA Lakers to be sold in record $12.5bn deal
The Los Angeles Lakers is to be sold for a reported record $12.5bn - less than a year after Mark Walter took a majority stake in the NBA franchise.
‘A hostile world’: As fear and mistrust reshape everyday life in wartime Russia, some are still finding ways to build community
Inside Russia, loneliness has become one of the war’s less visible but pervasive consequences. Many people are afraid to interact with others, because even an innocent conversatio…
Members of Trump's cabinet remained on decoy plane, after president's quiet exit
Trump boarded a different plane in Turkey during a Nato summit for security reasons involving Iran.
Closing Strait of Hormuz to virtually wipe out growth in British economy in 2027 — TV
According to the analysis, the British economy could face a recession, if the Strait of Hormuz remains closed until spring
Inflation in Iran to peak at 300% — US President Trump
The International Monetary Fund expects inflation rate in Iran to reach 69% this year
OPEC+ states’ output up by almost 1.4 mbd in July
The alliance’s production volume amounted to 28.928 mbd
Erdogan hopes for expansion of defense pact with Saudis, Pakistan, amid bid to woo Egypt
Turkish president says he aspires that deal, which currently includes Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, will include more countries in region The post Erdogan hopes for expansion…
Russian troops hammer Ukrainian fuel tanks, ship with military cargo in new strikes
Russian troops hit a Ukrainian patrol boat at the Ochakov port in the Nikolayev Region
Tyumen Region Imposes Mass Pig Culls Over Mystery Outbreak
The incident follows a similar livestock culling after a pasteurellosis outbreak in the Novosibirsk region earlier this year.