Italy’s Meloni has a youth problem as election approaches
ROME, Aug 13 – Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government is increasingly unpopular among young voters, opinion polls show, a trend that could prove costly ahead of a national election…
Senators demand inquiry into conditions aboard USS Abraham Lincoln
It comes amid reports of food shortages, broken plumbing and mental health crises during the aircraft carrier’s record-setting deployment. Read More
Ukraine needs 5% of US Patriot stocks to get through winter: Zelensky
Zelensky said Ukraine in 2026 had two-and-a-half times less interceptors than it had in 2025. Read More
Venezuela looks to UK-held gold reserves for reconstruction as inflation surges
Aug 12 – Venezuelan authorities plan to focus on reconstruction efforts and recovering gold reserves worth an estimated $4 billion held in the Bank of England’s underground vaults, National Assembly…
US immigration agency plans to buy electric shock gloves, raising alarm among rights advocates
WASHINGTON, Aug 12 – The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency plans to buy electric shock gloves for officers in the field, alarming rights advocates who have condemned the action…
Ukrainian platoon stranded at front for months calls for help
Several servicemen from the 121st Territorial Defence Brigade appear gaunt and exhausted in a video. Read More
Two US Army soldiers killed in Texas helicopter crash
Aug 12 – Two U.S. Army soldiers died when an Apache military helicopter attached to the service’s Fort Hood base crashed into a field in Texas on Wednesday, sparking a…
Tropical Storm Cristobal expected to dissipate this week, NHC says
Aug 12 – Tropical Storm Cristobal that formed over the central subtropical Atlantic is expected to dissipate by Thursday night or Friday morning, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on…
‘Trying to bury the science’: US climate research under siege
Scientists saw a “broad attack” on attribution science, including from Republicans in Congress seeking to outlaw climate accountability lawsuits. Read More
Senators press Rubio, Bessent on lack of counter-evasion sanctions on Russia
WASHINGTON, Aug 12 – Two senior Democratic U.S. senators on Wednesday pressed Trump administration officials on why they have paused imposing fresh sanctions on companies, banks and other entities that…