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A German navy ship pictured docking in Greenland - an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark
Denmark summons top US diplomat over alleged Greenland influence operation
COPENHAGEN — Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen has summoned the top US diplomat in Copenhagen, following a report that American citizens have been conducting "covert influence operations" in Greenland.Denmark's public broadcaster DR quoted sources as saying the aim was to infiltrate Greenland's society and promote its secession from Denmark to the US, although it was unable to clarify whether the men were working on their own.Rasmussen said in a statement that "any attempt to interfere in the internal affairs of the Kingdom [of Denmark] will of course be unacceptable", and the US charge d'affaires had been summoned in that light.However, US President Trump has said several times he wants to annex Greenland, an autonomous part of the Kingdom of...
August 27, 2025

Denmark summons top US diplomat over alleged Greenland influence operation

South Korean students spend much of their time preparing for a highly competitive school-leaving exam
South Korea bans phones in school classrooms nationwide
SINGAPORE — South Korea has passed a bill banning the use of mobile phones and smart devices during class hours in schools — becoming the latest country to restrict phone use among children and teens.The law, which comes into effect from the next school year in March 2026, is the result of a bi-partisan effort to curb smartphone addiction, as more research points to its harmful effects.Lawmakers, parents and teachers argue that smartphone use is affecting students' academic performance and takes away time they could have spent studying.The ban has its sceptics, including students, who question how it would work, its wider implications and whether it is addressing the root cause of addiction.The bill passed convincingly on Wednesday afternoon, with 115 votes in favour out of 163...
August 27, 2025

South Korea bans phones in school classrooms nationwide

Luang Phor Alongkot is famed for establishing a HIV-Aids hospice at a central Thailand temple in 1992
Buddhist monk arrested for alleged embezzlement in Thailand
SINGAPORE — A Buddhist monk who set up a hospice in Thailand for people with HIV/Aids has been arrested for alleged embezzlement of donations to the care home.Luang Phor Alongkot, 65, was arrested Tuesday at his temple in the central province of Lopburi. He denied wrongdoing.Alongkot is the abbot or head of Wat Phrabatnampu temple, where he established a HIV/Aids hospice in 1992 and raised his profile as a humanitarian. The hospice also takes in people with other illnesses and provides education for its patients' children.Police also arrested Seksan Sapsubbsakul, an influencer who had helped to raise funds for the temple.The investigation on alleged misuse of temple donations started with Seksan and was later expanded to include Alongkot.Alongkot resigned from his post last week as...
August 27, 2025

Buddhist monk arrested for alleged embezzlement in Thailand

Russia's defence ministry released an image claiming to show Russian troops inside the village of Zaporizke, but Ukraine says it is still in control there
Ukraine admits Russia has entered key region of Dnipropetrovsk
KYIV — Ukrainian forces have acknowledged that Russia's military has crossed into the eastern industrial region of Dnipropetrovsk and is trying to establish a foothold."This is the first attack of such a large scale in Dnipropetrovsk region," Viktor Trehubov, of the Dnipro Operational-Strategic Group of Troops told the BBC, although he made clear their advance had been stopped.Russia has claimed throughout the summer that it has entered the area, as its forces try to push deeper into Ukrainian territory from the Donetsk region.In early June, Russian officials said an offensive had begun in Dnipropetrovsk, although the latest Ukrainian reports suggest they have barely breached the regional border.Any Russian advance into Dnipropetrovsk would be a blow to Ukrainian morale, as...
August 27, 2025

Ukraine admits Russia has entered key region of Dnipropetrovsk

Rescue workers evacuate villagers from a low-lying area due to rising water level in the Sutlej River in Pakistan's Punjab province, 26 August, 2025
Evacuations under way in eastern Pakistan as India releases water from swollen rivers
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan has evacuated tens of thousands of people to safer areas after neighbouring India released water from overflowing dams and swollen rivers into low-lying border regions, officials said on Tuesday.The move came a day after New Delhi alerted Islamabad about possible cross-border flooding, marking the first public diplomatic contact between the two nuclear-armed rivals in months.Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said it had issued an advance alert to its Punjabi counterparts about a surge in the Sutlej River and the risk of flooding and that evacuations from various districts in the eastern Punjab province were underway.In a statement, it said rescuers evacuated more than 14,000 people from Kasur, a district in Punjab province, while over 89,000...
August 27, 2025

Evacuations under way in eastern Pakistan as India releases water from swollen rivers

President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025, in Washington
Trump demands death penalty for all murder cases in Washington
WASHINGTON — Speaking during a cabinet meeting at the White House on Tuesday, US President Donald Trump said his government will seek the death penalty for all murders in Washington, DC, as part of a crackdown on crime in the capital."We’re going to be seeking the death penalty," Trump said, calling capital punishment a “very strong preventative.”Most murders in Washington are prosecuted under local law in DC Superior Court, where the harshest punishment prosecutors can seek is life in prison.Proseutors can bring murder charges to federal court in certain conditions, and federal laws then establish if a crime is eligible for the death penalty.DC and nearly two dozen states have abolished the death penalty.According to the Death Penalty Information Center, studies have...
August 27, 2025

Trump demands death penalty for all murder cases in Washington

Smoke rises from the side of the Ilsky Oil Refinery manufacturing complex in the Krasnodar region in southern Russia
Ukraine knocks out 17% of Russia's oil refining capacity
KYIV — Ukraine has significantly intensified its attacks against Russia's energy sector over the past few weeks, inflicting significant losses on the primary source of financing of Moscow’s war machine.Kyiv’s recent strikes on 10 Russian oil refineries have reportedly disrupted at least 17% of all of Russia’s refining capacity, an equivalent of 1.1 million barrels per day.Ukraine’s targeted campaign is focused on refineries, oil depots and military-industrial sites. This way Kyiv disrupted Moscow’s ability to process and export oil. Ukraine’s campaign also created shortages in some Russian regions and in Moscow-annexed Crimea.On Sunday, Kyiv targeted a gas terminal in the Leningrad region and an oil refinery in Samara.A source in Ukraine's Security Service (SBU)...
August 27, 2025

Ukraine knocks out 17% of Russia's oil refining capacity

An Iranian security official in protective clothing walks through part of the Uranium Conversion Facility just outside the city of Isfahan, 30 March, 2005
European and Iranian diplomats fail to agree on how to avoid reviving UN sanctions
GENEVA — Representatives of three European countries threatening to reimpose UN sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program failed to agree with their Iranian counterpart on Tuesday on how to avoid the measures days ahead of a deadline, a diplomat said.The discussions in Geneva among representatives of France, Germany and the United Kingdom "ended without a final outcome," said the diplomat with knowledge of the meeting, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to speak publicly about the talks.The diplomat said efforts would continue to find a solution ahead of a deadline at the end of this month to invoke the so-called snapback mechanism of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal over what the countries have deemed Iran's lack of compliance.The snapback would...
August 27, 2025

European and Iranian diplomats fail to agree on how to avoid reviving UN sanctions

Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage speaks a press conference at Oxford Airport, 26 August, 2025
Reform UK chief Nigel Farage says party will mass deport migrants if it wins election
LONDON — Nigel Farage, the leader of Britain's hard-right Reform UK party, said on Tuesday that if he wins the next general election, the country will leave the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and immediately detain and deport anyone who arrives in the country illegally.Farage laid out his plans to tackle illegal immigration following a significant rise in the number of migrants who arrive by boat across the English Channel, and weeks of protests over the government's use of hotels to house asylum-seekers.Despite holding just four of the 650 seats in the House of Commons, Farage's party has gained momentum by seizing on public frustration over successive governments' inability to bring down the number of migrants coming by boat.National polls have suggested...
August 27, 2025

Reform UK chief Nigel Farage says party will mass deport migrants if it wins election

Following the attack on a Ver.di demonstration in Munich, murder charges have now been brought
German authorities charge Afghan suspect in Munich car ramming attack 
MUNICH — Authorities in Germany announced murder charges against a man on Tuesday, accused of killing two people and injuring 44 others in a car-ramming in Munich in February that prosecutors say was motivated by a desire to avenge the suffering of Muslims.The man, an Afghan national identified only as Farhad N. in line with German privacy rules, was arrested immediately after the attack during a labour union demonstration.He came to Germany as an asylum seeker and was 24 years old at the time of the attack.Federal prosecutors said in a statement that on the morning of 13 February, the suspect "deliberately drove his car" into the union event in downtown Munich.The car ramming fatally injured two people, a two-year-old girl and her 37-year-old mother.Forty-four other people...
August 27, 2025

German authorities charge Afghan suspect in Munich car ramming attack 

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