Russian missile sparks blaze in Ukraine as Kyiv’s troops push into Russia’s Kursk region
Russia kept up its assault on Ukraine Saturday even as Ukrainian forces pushed into Russia's Kursk border region.
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Kursk could hasten Russia’s post-Putin political succession
The Ukrainian operation in Russia’s Kursk region began in late July with several days of airstrikes before Kiev’s ground forces quickly advanced several miles deep into Russian territory on August 6, 2024.
The biggest bubble is always the one that pops
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Southeast Asia low priority for Donald Trump in event of US election win: report
“Southeast Asia will not be a focus for a re-elected President Trump, which may allow other parts of the US system, including Congress, State Department, and US Indo-Pacific Command, to drive US engagement,” the institute’s Southeast Asia Program director Susannah Patton said.
What’s Ukraine’s endgame in Kursk?
Ukrainians have long become used to grim news reports from their besieged lands. But that’s suddenly changed. Following its remarkably successful incursion of Russia’s Kursk region, cheerful Ukrainian journalists are now covering the war from captured Russian territory.
China isn’t getting the Japan it wants
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Kim Jong-un and Putin vow deeper ties on Korean liberation day
SEOUL — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un reaffirmed a pledge to deepen co-operation with Russia in a message to President Vladimir Putin as Pyongyang marked an anniversary of independence from Japan's colonial rule, KCNA state news agency said on Friday (Aug 16).