Aug 23 Out of control wildfires in Greece kill 20, devour forests and homes By Elena Becatoros, Costas Kantouris, Associated Press Advancing flames are devouring forests and homes in Greece as wildfires that have killed 20 people are raging. Continue reading
Aug 23 North Korea launches rocket, likely 2nd attempt on spy satellite By Associated Press South Korea’s military said in a statement that the launch involved what the North called “a space launch vehicle.”… Continue reading
Aug 23 Top Russian general linked to Prigozhin dismissed, state media reports By Associated Press Russian media reports that Gen. Sergei Surovikin, a former commander of Moscow's forces in Ukraine who was linked to the leader of an armed rebellion, has been dismissed from his job as chief of the air force. Continue reading
Aug 23 Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was aboard plane that crashed, Russian agency says By Dasha Litvinova, Associated Press Prigozhin, who led a brief armed rebellion against the Russian military earlier this year, was aboard a plane that crashed north of Moscow on Wednesday, killing all 10 people on board, according to Russia’s civil aviation agency. Continue reading
Aug 23 Voting delays mark Zimbabwe's election as Mnangagwa seeks a second term By Farai Mutsaka, Associated Press This is the second general election since the ouster of longtime ruler Robert Mugabe in a coup in 2017. Continue reading
Aug 23 Russia and Ukraine trade drone attacks as Kyiv claims it took out a key missile defense system in Crimea By Susie Blann, Associated Press Later Wednesday, the Ukrainian intelligence agency claimed it had destroyed a key Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile defense system in occupied Crimea. Continue reading
Aug 23 2 Philippine supply boats breach Chinese coast guard blockade in hotly contested South China Sea By Jim Gomez, Aaron Favila, Associated Press It's the latest flare-up from territorial disputes in the busy sea that has become a delicate fault line in the U.S.-China rivalry. Continue reading
Aug 23 India becomes only the 4th country to successfully land a spacecraft on the moon By Ashok Sharma, Associated Press India made history by becoming the first country to touch down near the little-explored south pole region. Continue reading
Aug 23 Flooding expected as Tropical Storm Franklin makes deadly landfall on Haiti and Dominican Republic By Martín Adames Alcántara, Dánica Coto, Associated Press The storm has killed at least one person and injured two others. Continue reading
Aug 22 Watch 4:52 News Wrap: California towns digging out of debris left behind from Tropical Storm Hilary In our news wrap Tuesday, crews in mountain and desert towns in California are still digging out of mud and debris left behind from Tropical Storm Hilary, more than 800 people on Maui are still unaccounted for two weeks after… Continue watching